Nexmo API

Nexmo API — free tier with API key

💬 Social & WorkHEALTHYchecked 12h ago
AUTH APIKEYCORS AGENT HTTPS COMMERCIAL ?

Nexmo API exposes a free-tier JSON API. Register for an API key if required; we verified a public or demo endpoint.

93HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 93 · healthy
Uptime history
100%90 days
100%30 days
567P50 · ms
1221P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 76 ms, slowest 924 ms, most recent 283 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://developer.nexmo.com/health

{
  "message": "OK",
  "timestamp": "2026-07-05T23:07:30.038Z",
  "region": "eu-central-1",
  "cluster": "1vapi-1",
  "hostname": "gw-sanity-service-7d8465d85d-6vjfp",
  "requestHeaders": {
    "host": "developer.nexmo.com",
    "x-forwarded-for": "46.1.3.138,10.210.45.30",
    "x-forwarded-proto": "https",
    "x-forwarded-port": "443",
    "x-amzn-trace-id": "Root=1-6a4ae3b2-06cedb6a6a08ca971a0572f0",
    "user-agent": "shipapisbot/1.0 (+https://shipapis.dev/methodology)",
    "origin": "https://shipapis.dev",
    "accept": "application/json, text/json, */*"
  },
  "requestBody": "",
  "additionalRandomLoadSizeInKB": "0 KB"
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://developer.nexmo.com/health"
const res = await fetch("https://developer.nexmo.com/health");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://developer.nexmo.com/health")
print(res.json())

BROWSER CALLS BLOCKED (NO CORS/HTTPS) — USE THE CURL SNIPPET

Endpoints · 3HealthyFULL DOCS ↗
Monitored path responding — GET /health567 mschecked 12h ago
GET/healthPROBED

Nexmo API — free tier with API key

GET/ping

Lightweight ping endpoint.

GET/status

Service status metadata.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

Nexmo API: common questions

Is Nexmo API free to use?

Yes — Nexmo API is a free social & work API. Free tier: Free tier — API key required. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Nexmo API need an API key?

Yes — Nexmo API needs a free API key, which you pass on each request. Rate limits: 10, 120;w=60;name="crd|generic_key^nexmo-gloo.sanity-service-remote-address-120-rpm|remote_address", 10;w=1;name="crd|generic_key^nexmo-gloo.sanity-service-remote-address-10-rps|remote_address" req/window · 9 remaining · resets 1.

Can I call Nexmo API from the browser?

Not directly — Nexmo API doesn't send browser-friendly CORS headers, so call it from a server or proxy instead. Copy the curl or Python snippet on this page to get started.

Is Nexmo API up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, Nexmo API is healthy with 100% uptime over 90 days and a 567 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.