Is Platzi Fake Store API (api.escuelajs.co) down right now?

No — Platzi Fake Store API (api.escuelajs.co) answered our last plain GET with HTTP 200 in 528 ms (checked 2026-09-11T19:00:21Z). We check api.escuelajs.co with a plain keyless GET every hour; 24h OK-rate: 100%.

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Is Platzi Fake Store API (api.escuelajs.co) down?

UP right now — answered HTTP 200 in 528 ms.

Last checked 2026-09-11T19:00:21Z · checked every hour · OK-rate 24h: 100% · 7d: 100% · raw JSON · Atom feed of its down/recovered events

Context: Real CRUD — into one database shared by everyone on the internet: strangers rename/delete the seed products tutorials depend on, the dataset resets without warning, PUT answers 500 unless an images array is resent, and missing ids answer 400 (not 404) with a raw ORM error.

What we check: GET https://api.escuelajs.co/api/v1/products?offset=0&limit=1 — a plain, keyless request from Cloudflare's network with an honest bot UA, exactly what a tutorial curl or an <img> tag experiences. OK = HTTP 2xx/3xx within 8s. No retries, no cookies, no API keys.

Need a fake-data REST API that answers?

If api.escuelajs.co is failing (or you're tired of finding out mid-demo), Mockbird gives you a seeded fake-data REST API that answers right now — and unlike the classics, writes actually persist — free, no signup:

curl https://mockbird.mockbird.workers.dev/m/demo/products/1

Read the honest Platzi Fake Store API (api.escuelajs.co) migration guide → (it also says when Platzi Fake Store API (api.escuelajs.co) is the better tool) or create your own mock API in one click.

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Does your project's test suite or tutorial depend on api.escuelajs.co? Embed a live status badge — it re-renders from our latest check (cached 5 min):

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Green = answering plain GETs, red = network-dead, amber = answering but with an error status. Every tracked service has one; there's also a summary badge for all 71.

Get pinged when it goes down

Subscribe any webhook URL — no account needed. One message when api.escuelajs.co goes down, one when it recovers (debounced: two consecutive hourly checks must agree, so a single blip never fires). Slack and Discord incoming-webhook URLs get a formatted message; anything else gets an HMAC-signed JSON POST.

Or from a terminal / CI script:

curl -X POST https://mockbird.mockbird.workers.dev/api/status/watch \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"service": "platzi-fake-api", "url": "https://hooks.slack.com/services/T000/B000/XXXX"}'

Use "service": "*" to watch all 71 tracked services at once. The response includes an unsubscribe curl; 5 consecutive failed deliveries auto-unsubscribe. No webhook? Omit "url" to get a pollable subscription instead — GET the returned poll URL anytime for the transitions since your last poll. Full API details →

The same checker can watch your own URL: POST /api/status/monitor {"url": "https://api.example.com/health", "notify": "<webhook>"} — every 30 minutes, alert on down + recovery, free, no account. Monitor API →

Recent checks

Checked at (UTC)	Result	Time
2026-09-11T19:00:21Z	OK 200	528 ms
2026-09-11T19:00:13Z	OK 200	926 ms
2026-09-11T18:00:26Z	OK 200	779 ms
2026-09-11T17:00:31Z	OK 200	3131 ms
2026-09-11T16:00:23Z	OK 200	1042 ms
2026-09-11T15:13:31Z	OK 200	1485 ms
2026-09-11T14:00:56Z	OK 200	876 ms
2026-09-11T12:00:45Z	OK 200	271 ms
2026-09-11T11:00:45Z	OK 200	297 ms
2026-09-11T10:00:45Z	OK 200	271 ms
2026-09-11T09:00:45Z	OK 200	239 ms
2026-09-11T08:00:45Z	OK 200	294 ms
2026-09-11T07:00:45Z	OK 200	309 ms
2026-09-11T06:01:08Z	OK 200	302 ms
2026-09-11T05:01:07Z	OK 200	277 ms
2026-09-11T04:01:10Z	OK 200	299 ms
2026-09-11T03:01:09Z	OK 200	326 ms
2026-09-11T02:01:04Z	OK 200	296 ms
2026-09-11T01:01:06Z	OK 200	297 ms
2026-09-11T00:01:08Z	OK 200	307 ms
2026-09-10T23:01:07Z	OK 200	308 ms
2026-09-10T22:01:06Z	OK 200	307 ms
2026-09-10T21:00:25Z	OK 200	713 ms
2026-09-10T20:00:27Z	OK 200	721 ms
2026-09-10T19:00:32Z	OK 200	730 ms
2026-09-10T18:00:38Z	OK 200	715 ms

Bias disclosure: this page is run by Mockbird, a free hosted mock-API service. The status data is real and logged verbatim (pull it yourself), and the linked guides say when the incumbent wins.