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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.

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Uptime history
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Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
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())

THIS API IS DEAD — NOTHING TO RUN

Endpoints · 6DeadFULL DOCS ↗
Offline — GET /v1 no longer responds reliably
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

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

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?

As of our last scheduled check, Urlbox API is dead. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.