Universalis API

Beginner's Pick Games & Comics / No Auth Required Beginner HTTPS CORS
Free to Use
73 B
Measured Score 0 50 100 Speed 10/30 Consistency 20/20 Security 20/20 Browser access 15/15 Transparency 8/15 TESTED 2026-08-10

Overview

Universalis is a crowdsourced Final Fantasy XIV market board API providing real-time and historical pricing data for in-game items across all game worlds and data centres. It requires no authentication and is completely free to use. Ideal for FFXIV players and developers who want to build price-checking tools or market analysis apps.

Beginner Tip

Use the item's numeric ID (found on the FFXIV wiki or XIVAPI) and a world name like "Gilgamesh" or a data centre like "Aether" as path parameters. Historical data is available at the /history endpoint using the same parameters.

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://universalis.app/api/v2/Gilgamesh/5
Result
HTTP 200 · application/json · 17,858 bytes · compressed
Response time
317 ms (median of 3) · fastest 316 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
itemID integer 5
worldID integer 63
lastUploadTime integer 1786382650545
listings array [1 item]
recentHistory array [1 item]
currentAveragePrice number 112.16
currentAveragePriceNQ number 112.16
currentAveragePriceHQ integer 0
regularSaleVelocity integer 407
nqSaleVelocity integer 407
hqSaleVelocity integer 0
averagePrice number 57.6
averagePriceNQ number 57.6
averagePriceHQ integer 0

Captured Response

Captured from a real request to https://universalis.app/api/v2/Gilgamesh/5 on 2026-08-10. Long arrays and nested objects are truncated to keep the shape readable.

JSON Response · Captured
{
  "itemID": 5,
  "worldID": 63,
  "lastUploadTime": 1786382650545,
  "listings": [
    {
      "lastReviewTime": 1786382630,
      "pricePerUnit": 84,
      "quantity": 200,
      "stainID": 0,
      "creatorName": "",
      "creatorID": null,
      "hq": false,
      "isCrafted": false,
      "listingID": "9227805268675579318",
      "materia": [],
      "onMannequin": false,
      "retainerCity": 3,
      "retainerID": "33776997235491983",
      "retainerName": "Xxsophiaxx",
      "…": "(3 more fields)"
    }
  ],
  "recentHistory": [
    {
      "hq": false,
      "pricePerUnit": 75,
      "quantity": 95,
      "timestamp": 1786305242,
      "onMannequin": false,
      "buyerName": "Madman Hatter",
      "total": 7125
    }
  ],
  "currentAveragePrice": 112.16,
  "currentAveragePriceNQ": 112.16,
  "currentAveragePriceHQ": 0,
  "regularSaleVelocity": 407,
  "nqSaleVelocity": 407,
  "hqSaleVelocity": 0,
  "averagePrice": 57.6,
  "averagePriceNQ": 57.6,
  "averagePriceHQ": 0,
  "…": "(15 more fields)"
}

Field Reference

itemID The numeric FFXIV item identifier that was queried.
listings Active market board listings sorted by price, each with pricePerUnit and quantity.
recentHistory Recently completed sales showing historical transaction prices.
averagePrice Average sale price per unit across recent transactions.

Implementation Example

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

Request
const url = "https://universalis.app/docs/";
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.

HTTP 404 Requesting a path that does not exist unknown

Returned an HTML error page rather than JSON — worth knowing if your client assumes every response can be parsed as JSON.

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 The world name or item ID is incorrect or misspelled.
World names are case-sensitive; use the exact name as shown on the FFXIV Lodestone, e.g. Gilgamesh not gilgamesh.
Empty listings array No one is currently selling that item on the specified world's market board.
Try a more populated world or data centre name to find active listings.
Rate limit exceeded Too many requests in a short window.
Cache item price data locally and refresh at intervals; avoid polling the API more than once every few seconds.

Measured Score Breakdown

Live HTTP request to the API endpoint

Speed 10/30
Consistency 20/20
Security 20/20
Browser access 15/15
Transparency 8/15
Endpoint Response Time 317ms

Fully tested on Aug 10, 2026

Technical Specifications

Auth No Auth
HTTPS REQUIRED
CORS YES
Category Games & Comics
Difficulty Beginner
Endpoint last called: 2026-08-10

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