VA Facilities
VA Facilities — free tier with API key
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VA Facilities exposes a free-tier JSON API. Register for an API key if required; we verified a public or demo endpoint.
Uptime history
100%90 days
100%30 days
1386P50 · ms
3391P95 · ms
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 394 ms, slowest 2289 ms, most recent 454 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://sandbox-api.va.gov/
{
"message": "Welcome to the va.gov API"
}Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://sandbox-api.va.gov/"const res = await fetch("https://sandbox-api.va.gov/");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);import requests
res = requests.get("https://sandbox-api.va.gov/")
print(res.json())BROWSER CALLS BLOCKED (NO CORS/HTTPS) — USE THE CURL SNIPPET
Monitored path responding — GET /1386 mschecked 6h ago
GET
/PROBEDVA Facilities — free tier with API key
GET
/?limit=5Paginated variant with limit parameter.
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.
VA Facilities: common questions
Is VA Facilities free to use?
Yes — VA Facilities is a free geo & maps API. Free tier: Free tier — API key required. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.
Does VA Facilities need an API key?
Yes — VA Facilities needs a free API key, which you pass on each request. Rate limits: Unpublished.
Can I call VA Facilities from the browser?
Not directly — VA Facilities 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 VA Facilities up right now?
As of our last scheduled check, VA Facilities is healthy with 100% uptime over 90 days and a 1386 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.