RuneScape API

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Free to Use

92 A+

Metadata Score Metadata estimate · not endpoint-tested

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Overview

The RuneScape API provides free access to game data for both RuneScape and Old School RuneScape (OSRS), including item prices, player hiscores, and quest information. No API key is required, making it easy to start building tools and trackers. It is widely used for Grand Exchange price monitors and skill progression calculators.

Beginner Tip

No authentication is required. The OSRS API and the main RuneScape API have separate base URLs, so make sure you use the right one for the game version you are targeting.

Available Data

The kind of data this API exposes, based on its documentation. We could not call the endpoint to confirm the exact field names.

RuneScape data via REST API

Example Response

Illustrative shape only — we were not able to call this endpoint (it requires credentials or exposes no public sample URL), so the fields below show the kind of data this API returns rather than a recorded response.

JSON Response · Illustrative

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "RuneScape",
  "data": "RuneScape and OSRS RPGs information",
  "source": "RuneScape"
}

Field Reference

id Unique item ID matching the in-game item

name Display name of the item

description In-game examine text for the item

current.price Current Grand Exchange price of the item

today.price Price change for the current day, positive or negative

Implementation Example

Calls a real endpoint of this API. Replace any placeholder credentials with your own key.

Request

const url = "https://secure.runescape.com/m=itemdb_oldschool/api/catalogue/detail.json?item=4151";
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.

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.

404 Not Found Invalid item ID or typo in the endpoint path

✓ Verify the item ID using the OSRS wiki and double-check the endpoint path matches the documentation

Empty or null prices Item is not actively traded on the Grand Exchange

✓ Only tradeable Grand Exchange items return price data; verify the item is GE-tradeable before querying

CORS blocked in browser RuneScape API does not allow cross-origin requests from browsers

✓ Use a server-side proxy or backend script to make the request instead of client-side JavaScript

Metadata Score Breakdown

Estimated from metadata — endpoint not independently tested

This score is estimated from observable metadata — HTTPS support, authentication model, declared CORS, and documentation reachability — because the API requires authentication or exposes no publicly testable endpoint. The five-signal breakdown is only shown for live-tested APIs.

Metadata estimate · endpoint not independently tested

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