Roboflow Universe
Roboflow Universe — free tier with API key
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Roboflow Universe exposes a free-tier JSON API. Register for an API key if required; we verified a public or demo endpoint.
🪦 DEADTHE GRAVEYARD
Uptime history
0.0%90 days
0.0%30 days
—P50 · ms
—P95 · ms
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://universe.roboflow.com/ping
{
"ping": "pong"
}Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://universe.roboflow.com/ping"const res = await fetch("https://universe.roboflow.com/ping");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);import requests
res = requests.get("https://universe.roboflow.com/ping")
print(res.json())THIS API IS DEAD — NOTHING TO RUN
Offline — GET /ping no longer responds reliably
GET
/pingPROBEDRoboflow Universe — free tier with API key
GET
/healthHealth check — confirms the service is up.
GET
/statusService 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.
Roboflow Universe: common questions
Is Roboflow Universe free to use?
Yes — Roboflow Universe is a free science & space API. Free tier: Free tier — API key required. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.
Does Roboflow Universe need an API key?
Yes — Roboflow Universe needs a free API key, which you pass on each request. Rate limits: Unpublished.
Can I call Roboflow Universe from the browser?
Not directly — Roboflow Universe 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 Roboflow Universe up right now?
As of our last scheduled check, Roboflow Universe is dead. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.