RFC 9727 DISCOVERABLE API

Orbicost API Documentation

Machine-readable programmatic API for urban metrology, cost-of-living indices, and global city benchmark datasets.

Core Endpoints

GET /api/health

Check service health, uptime, and database connectivity status.

curl -s "http://www.orbicost.com/api/health"
// Response:
{ "status": "ok" }
GET /api/search?q={query}&lang={lang}

Search 93 indexed metropolitan centers across 20 languages with fuzzy string matching.

curl -s "http://www.orbicost.com/api/search?q=tokyo&lang=en"
POST /api/verify-city

Verify existence of a city in the index and obtain geospatial coordinate anchors.

curl -s -X POST "http://www.orbicost.com/api/verify-city" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"cityName":"Berlin","country":"Germany"}'
GET /api/status

Query current client session status, usage limits, and active access tiers.

curl -s "http://www.orbicost.com/api/status"