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What The Commit

What The Commit — auto-discovered JSON endpoint

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—HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
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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 http://whatthecommit.com/index.json

{
  "hash": "fb4bac5ee92aaa19cf94d72d61934ed2",
  "commit_message": "This is supposed to crash",
  "permalink": "http://whatthecommit.com/fb4bac5ee92aaa19cf94d72d61934ed2"
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "http://whatthecommit.com/index.json"
const res = await fetch("http://whatthecommit.com/index.json");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("http://whatthecommit.com/index.json")
print(res.json())

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

Endpoints · 2On scheduleFULL DOCS ↗
On schedule — GET /index.json awaits first probe
GET/index.jsonPROBED

What The Commit — auto-discovered JSON endpoint

GET/index.json?limit=5

Paginated 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

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

What The Commit: common questions

Is What The Commit free to use?

Yes — What The Commit is a free developer tools API. Free tier: Free — limits not published. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does What The Commit need an API key?

No — What The Commit needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call What The Commit from the browser?

Not directly — What The Commit 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 What The Commit up right now?

What The Commit 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.