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Zippopotam.us API

Place name and coordinates for postal codes in more than 60 countries.
Status
Working
API key
Not needed
Browser calls
Runs in the browser
Latency
177 ms
Docs
www.zippopotam.us ↗

Build snapshot, not live. One verifier run on , from the machine that built this site. How we check

Example request

GEThttps://api.zippopotam.us/us/90210

Sent from your browser straight to api.zippopotam.us. No proxy: this site never sees the request or the answer.

Copy the request

Shell
curl -s 'https://api.zippopotam.us/us/90210'

Response stored by the verifier

This is what api.zippopotam.us answered when the verifier sent the request above on : HTTP 200, application/json. Arrays are cut to two items and long strings are shortened. It comes from the build snapshot.

application/json · stored
{
  "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"
    }
  ]
}

Availability

Up 1 of 1 day checked · 30-day window

What counts as up for this API: an answer within five seconds, a 2xx status, and the JSON body must contain the field "places".

Last check: — passed, HTTP 200 in 177 ms.

The check runs from our infrastructure, not from where you are. If you need certainty, send the request yourself above. How the verifier works.

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Questions

Does the Zippopotam.us API need an API key?

No. The sample request on this page was answered without a key, token or account.

Can I call the Zippopotam.us API from the browser?

Yes. api.zippopotam.us answered our verifier with an Access-Control-Allow-Origin header on Oct 3, 2026, so a fetch call from a web page can read the response.

Is the Zippopotam.us API working?

At the check on Oct 3, 2026 it returned HTTP 200 with the expected data in 177 ms. The status at the top of this page shows the most recent result we have.

What is the Zippopotam.us API good for?

Place name and coordinates for postal codes in more than 60 countries. It is part of our collection "Free APIs for maps and places": Postal code to place for many countries.