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Zippopotam.us

Postal code to place, coordinates and region, keyless

🗺 Geo & MapsHEALTHYchecked 9h ago
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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.

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Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 98 · healthy
Uptime history
100%90 days
100%30 days
219P50 · ms
753P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 16 ms, slowest 506 ms, most recent 167 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
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 · 5HealthyFULL DOCS ↗
Monitored path responding — GET /us/90210219 mschecked 9h ago
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

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

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 You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).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?

As of our last scheduled check, Zippopotam.us is healthy with 100% uptime over 90 days and a 219 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.