Purple Air
Real Time Air Quality Monitoring
- Authentication
- No auth
- HTTPS
- Yes
- CORS
- Unknown
- Category
- Science & Math
- Data source
- public-apis + marcelscruz
- Documentation / URL
- https://www2.purpleair.com/
Overview
Purple Air provides air quality data — key-based in practice (a missing key returns 403, verified).
Quick Start
Sensors (replace YOUR_KEY):
curl "https://api.purpleair.com/v1/sensors?fields=name" \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"{ "api_version": "V1.2.2", "error": "ApiKeyMissingError" }Authentication
- Register at purpleair.com → API key.
- Send it as the
X-API-Keyheader (missing → 403, verified).
Rate Limits & Notes
- Free tier with limits (check the docs).
- Air quality sensors.
FAQ
Is Purple Air free? Free tier with limits; more is paid.
Why 403? An API key is required (verified) — register for one.
What’s the auth style?
X-API-Key header.
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