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Urlbox API

Urlbox API — free tier with API key

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

—HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
Docs ↗
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ON PROBE SCHEDULE

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Open provider docs ↗

Uptime historystarts after first probe

On our probe schedule. Uptime charts appear after the first check lands.

Example responsefrom provider docs — not verified by us
GET https://api.urlbox.io/v1/ca482d7e-9417-4569-90fe-80f7c5e1c781/f425d8be7d00699b38b6ee3f1376cd160b3ac302b95b3ec58501747ac04b25d8/png?url=https%3A%2F%2Furlbox.com%2Fdocs&retina=true&thumb_width=800&thumb_height=600&hide_cookie_banners=true&height=1706&img_position=top&archive=1781781281526

{
  "error": {
    "message": "The generated token was incorrect. Please look in the docs (https://urlbox.io/docs) for how to generate your token correctly in the language you are using. TLDR: It should be the HMAC SHA256 of your query string, *signed* by your user secret, which you can find by logging into the urlbox dashboard",
    "code": "TokenNotMatchedError"
  },
  "requestId": "019f34b9-3da6-72d7-8503-cfd746af331b_rl"
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://api.urlbox.io/v1/ca482d7e-9417-4569-90fe-80f7c5e1c781/f425d8be7d00699b38b6ee3f1376cd160b3ac302b95b3ec58501747ac04b25d8/png?url=https%3A%2F%2Furlbox.com%2Fdocs&retina=true&thumb_width=800&thumb_height=600&hide_cookie_banners=true&height=1706&img_position=top&archive=1781781281526"
const res = await fetch("https://api.urlbox.io/v1/ca482d7e-9417-4569-90fe-80f7c5e1c781/f425d8be7d00699b38b6ee3f1376cd160b3ac302b95b3ec58501747ac04b25d8/png?url=https%3A%2F%2Furlbox.com%2Fdocs&retina=true&thumb_width=800&thumb_height=600&hide_cookie_banners=true&height=1706&img_position=top&archive=1781781281526");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://api.urlbox.io/v1/ca482d7e-9417-4569-90fe-80f7c5e1c781/f425d8be7d00699b38b6ee3f1376cd160b3ac302b95b3ec58501747ac04b25d8/png?url=https%3A%2F%2Furlbox.com%2Fdocs&retina=true&thumb_width=800&thumb_height=600&hide_cookie_banners=true&height=1706&img_position=top&archive=1781781281526")
print(res.json())

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

Endpoints · 6On scheduleFULL DOCS ↗
On schedule — GET /v1 awaits first probe
GET/v1PROBED

V1 — documented GET route.

GET/v1/1

V1 details by ID (example: 1).

GET/v1?limit=10

V1 — documented GET route.

GET/v1/search?q=test

Search by query parameters.

GET/v1/

V1 — documented GET route.

GET/organisation

Get the current organisation (basics + plan-derived limits)

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

Not tracked yet. Shape-change history starts once this API joins our probe schedule.

Urlbox API: common questions

Is Urlbox API free to use?

Yes — Urlbox API is a free open data API. Free tier: Free tier — API key required. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Urlbox API need an API key?

Yes — Urlbox API needs a free API key, which you pass on each request. Rate limits: Unpublished.

Can I call Urlbox API from the browser?

Not directly — Urlbox 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 Urlbox API up right now?

Urlbox API is catalogued but not yet on our probe schedule, so we don't publish a live status for it. Check the provider's own status page or docs for its current state.