Overview
The Path of Exile API gives you access to game data for the popular action RPG, including character builds, items, and league standings. You need to authenticate with OAuth to access player data and account information. It is great for building tools like build trackers or price checkers for PoE players.
Beginner Tip
Start by reading the official developer docs to understand OAuth scopes before making requests. Public endpoints like league listings require no auth, so test those first.
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://api.pathofexile.com/leagues?type=main&compact=1
- Result
- HTTP 200 · application/json · 2,688 bytes · compressed
- Response time
- 232 ms (median of 3) · fastest 210 ms
- Transport
- TLSv1.3 · TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 · certificate issued by Google Trust Services
- Browser CORS
- Allowed — Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
- Served by
- cloudflare
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| id | string | Standard |
| name | string | Standard |
| realm | string | pc |
| url | string (url) | https://www.pathofexile.com/ladders/league/St… |
| startAt | string (date) | 2013-01-23T21:00:00Z |
| endAt | null | null |
Captured Response
Captured from a real request to https://api.pathofexile.com/leagues?type=main&compact=1 on 2026-08-10. Long arrays and nested objects are truncated to keep the shape readable.
[
{
"id": "Standard",
"name": "Standard",
"realm": "pc",
"url": "https://www.pathofexile.com/ladders/league/Standard",
"startAt": "2013-01-23T21:00:00Z",
"endAt": null
}
] Field Reference
id Unique identifier for the league (e.g., "Standard" or "Settlers") realm Game realm the league belongs to, such as "pc", "xbox", or "sony" url URL to the league information page on the official website startAt ISO 8601 timestamp for when the league started endAt ISO 8601 timestamp for when the league ends, or null if it is permanent Implementation Example
Calls a real endpoint of this API. Replace any placeholder credentials with your own key.
const url = "https://api.pathofexile.com/leagues?type=main&compact=1";
// Replace headers or query params with the values required by this API.
const response = await fetch(url, {
headers: {
"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
}
});
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.
{
"error": {
"code": 1,
"message": "Resource not found"
}
} {
"error": {
"message": "Unknown type '!!!invalid!!!'"
}
} 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
Technical Specifications
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