Is Public APIs directory (api.publicapis.org) down right now?

Effectively yes for script/tutorial use — Public APIs directory (api.publicapis.org) answered our last plain GET with HTTP 530 (checked 2026-09-26T00:00:51Z). We check api.publicapis.org with a plain keyless GET every hour; 24h OK-rate: 0%.

← all 90 tracked mock & placeholder APIs

Is Public APIs directory (api.publicapis.org) down?

FAILING right now — answering HTTP 530 to plain requests.

Last checked 2026-09-26T00:00:51Z · checked every hour (a timeout/TLS/DNS blip on an otherwise-up service is confirmed with a same-run retry before it counts) · OK-rate 24h: 0% · 7d: 0% · raw JSON · Atom feed of its down/recovered events

Failing streak began 2026-09-19T20:00:38Z or earlier (6 days) · last successful check: none in the last 7 days

Context: The JSON directory API behind countless 'API explorer' tutorials — the HTTP face of GitHub's public-apis list (/entries, /random, /categories) — is gone: api.publicapis.org no longer resolves (curl (6) Could not resolve host, verified Sep 2026). The GitHub markdown list lives on, but every fetch('https://api.publicapis.org/...') in tutorials and starter repos dies at DNS.

What we check: GET https://api.publicapis.org/entries — 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 tutorial API that answers?

If api.publicapis.org is failing (or you're tired of finding out mid-demo), Mockbird gives you a seeded, persistent REST API for your tutorial or side project — pick a preset (ecommerce/blog/saas) or import any JSON/CSV as your own dataset; writes persist, CORS on, no signup — free, no signup:

curl https://mockbird.mockbird.workers.dev/m/demo/products/1
# create your own in one click (no terminal): https://mockbird.mockbird.workers.dev/app#new=ecommerce

Read the honest Public APIs directory (api.publicapis.org) migration guide → (it also says when Public APIs directory (api.publicapis.org) is the better tool) or create your own mock API in one click.

README badge

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

<!-- Markdown -->
[![api.publicapis.org status](https://mockbird.mockbird.workers.dev/status/publicapis/badge.svg)](https://mockbird.mockbird.workers.dev/status/publicapis)

<!-- HTML -->
<a href="https://mockbird.mockbird.workers.dev/status/publicapis"><img src="https://mockbird.mockbird.workers.dev/status/publicapis/badge.svg" alt="api.publicapis.org status"></a>

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 90.

Get pinged when it goes down

Subscribe any webhook URL — no account needed. One message when api.publicapis.org 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": "publicapis", "url": "https://hooks.slack.com/services/T000/B000/XXXX"}'

Use "service": "*" to watch all 90 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
2026-09-26T00:00:51Z	HTTP 530	12 ms
2026-09-25T23:00:52Z	HTTP 530	10 ms
2026-09-25T22:00:52Z	HTTP 530	14 ms
2026-09-25T21:01:06Z	HTTP 530	13 ms
2026-09-25T20:00:58Z	HTTP 530	15 ms
2026-09-25T19:01:18Z	HTTP 530	14 ms
2026-09-25T18:01:13Z	HTTP 530	18 ms
2026-09-25T17:01:12Z	HTTP 530	26 ms
2026-09-25T16:01:04Z	HTTP 530	19 ms
2026-09-25T15:01:10Z	HTTP 530	18 ms
2026-09-25T14:01:24Z	HTTP 530	21 ms
2026-09-25T13:01:16Z	HTTP 530	18 ms
2026-09-25T12:01:07Z	HTTP 530	29 ms
2026-09-25T11:01:18Z	HTTP 530	13 ms
2026-09-25T10:01:02Z	HTTP 530	13 ms
2026-09-25T09:00:56Z	HTTP 530	14 ms
2026-09-25T08:01:13Z	HTTP 530	21 ms
2026-09-25T07:01:06Z	HTTP 530	13 ms
2026-09-25T06:01:09Z	HTTP 530	12 ms
2026-09-25T05:00:49Z	HTTP 530	19 ms
2026-09-25T04:00:47Z	HTTP 530	9 ms
2026-09-25T03:00:57Z	HTTP 530	9 ms
2026-09-25T02:00:53Z	HTTP 530	9 ms
2026-09-25T01:00:49Z	HTTP 530	11 ms
2026-09-25T00:00:52Z	HTTP 530	9 ms
2026-09-24T23:00:58Z	HTTP 530	20 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.