Cartes.io API
Overview
Cartes.io is a free API that lets you create maps and add custom markers without signing up. It is perfect for beginners who want to build interactive mapping projects quickly. Simply POST to create a map and start adding location markers right away.
Beginner Tip
No authentication is required, so you can start creating maps and markers immediately with a simple POST request. Each map gets a unique UUID you can use to manage your markers.
Measurement Record
What actually happened when we called this API from our own infrastructure. Every value below was recorded by the request, not copied from the provider's documentation.
- Request
- GET https://cartes.io/api/maps
- Result
- HTTP 200 · application/json · 7,361 bytes · compressed
- Response time
- 319 ms (median of 3) · fastest 308 ms
- Transport
- TLSv1.2 · ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 · certificate issued by Let's Encrypt
- Browser CORS
- Allowed — Access-Control-Allow-Origin: https://apisscore.com
- Rate limit
- 60 per window (59 remaining at test time)
- Served by
- nginx/1.24.0
- Recorded
- 2026-08-10
Fields Returned
Top-level fields present in the response we captured, with the type and value we actually received.
| Field | Type | Value received |
|---|---|---|
| slug | string | 56dfcf10-9824-470c-b205-af7401d9e1ec |
| title | string | Trip to Europe |
| description | string | |
| privacy | string | public |
| users_can_create_markers | string | only_logged_in |
| options | null | null |
| uuid | string | 56dfcf10-9824-470c-b205-af7401d9e1ec |
| created_at | string (date) | 2026-06-25T08:54:14+02:00 |
| updated_at | string (date) | 2026-06-26T00:00:15+02:00 |
| markers_count | integer | 3 |
| is_linked_to_user | boolean | false |
| user | null | null |
Captured Response
Captured from a real request to https://cartes.io/api/maps on 2026-08-10. Long arrays and nested objects are truncated to keep the shape readable.
{
"data": [
{
"slug": "56dfcf10-9824-470c-b205-af7401d9e1ec",
"title": "Trip to Europe",
"description": "",
"privacy": "public",
"users_can_create_markers": "only_logged_in",
"options": null,
"uuid": "56dfcf10-9824-470c-b205-af7401d9e1ec",
"created_at": "2026-06-25T08:54:14+02:00",
"updated_at": "2026-06-26T00:00:15+02:00",
"markers_count": 3,
"is_linked_to_user": false,
"user": null
}
],
"links": {
"first": "https://cartes.io/api/maps?page=1",
"last": "https://cartes.io/api/maps?page=76",
"prev": null,
"next": "https://cartes.io/api/maps?page=2"
},
"meta": {
"current_page": 1,
"from": 1,
"last_page": 76,
"links": [
{
"…": "(3 more fields)"
}
],
"path": "https://cartes.io/api/maps",
"per_page": 15,
"to": 15,
"total": 1135
}
} Field Reference
uuid Unique identifier for the map; used in all subsequent API calls for this map. title Human-readable name of the map as provided during creation. privacy Visibility setting of the map (e.g., "public" or "private"). markers_count Total number of markers currently placed on this map. created_at ISO 8601 timestamp of when the map was created. Implementation Example
Calls a real endpoint of this API. Replace any placeholder credentials with your own key.
const url = "https://cartes.io/api/maps";
const response = await fetch(url);
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data); What Can You Build?
Note: These code examples are AI-generated and unverified. Always refer to the official API documentation for accurate usage.
How This API Fails
We deliberately sent this API a broken request and recorded exactly what came back on 2026-08-10. Knowing the shape of an error before you hit it makes error handling much easier to write.
{
"message": "No query results for model [App\\Models\\Map]."
} Common Errors & Troubleshooting
Generated guidance based on this API's documentation, not observed by us. Treat it as a starting point and check against the provider's own error reference.
Measured Score Breakdown
Live HTTP request to the API endpoint
Fully tested on Aug 10, 2026
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