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Zippopotam.us

Postal code to place, coordinates and region, keyless

🗺 Geo & MapsUNMONITORED
AUTH NONECORS ✓AGENT ?HTTPS ✓COMMERCIAL ?

Look up a postal code in any of dozens of supported countries and get back the place name, state/region and latitude/longitude. The path is simply the country code and postcode. No key, no signup, JSON out.

—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 https://api.zippopotam.us/us/90210

{
  "country": "United States",
  "country abbreviation": "US",
  "post code": "90210",
  "places": [
    {
      "place name": "Beverly Hills",
      "longitude": "-118.4065",
      "latitude": "34.0901",
      "state": "California",
      "state abbreviation": "CA"
    }
  ]
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://api.zippopotam.us/us/90210"
const res = await fetch("https://api.zippopotam.us/us/90210");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://api.zippopotam.us/us/90210")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 5On scheduleFULL DOCS ↗
On schedule — GET /us/90210 awaits first probe
GET/us/90210PROBED

Postal code to place, coordinates and region, keyless

GET/us

Us — documented GET route.

GET/us/1

Us details by ID (example: 1).

GET/us?limit=10

Us — documented GET route.

GET/us/search?q=test

Search by query parameters.

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.

Zippopotam.us: common questions

Is Zippopotam.us free to use?

Yes — Zippopotam.us is a free geo & maps API. Free tier: Free — limits not published. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Zippopotam.us need an API key?

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 You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call Zippopotam.us from the browser?

Yes — Zippopotam.us returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is Zippopotam.us up right now?

Zippopotam.us 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.