About
India API puts the reference data that Indian apps need behind one free, consistent API.
It is built and run by Dharun Ashokkumar. Requests for new APIs and reports of wrong data are welcome as GitHub issues.
Licences
- Calling the API puts no licence on your app.
- The code is free software under the GNU AGPL-3.0. You may run, study and change it; if you run a changed copy as a service for others, you must offer them your changes.
- Code examples in the documentation and the guides, the Agent Skill and the Claude Code plugin are MIT-0: use them anywhere, no credit needed.
- Data keeps the licence of its source, listed below and named in every response under
meta.source. - Company logos are trademarks of their owners and are shown to identify the companies.
Data sources
| Source | Licence | Retrieved |
|---|---|---|
| Indian listed company logos | Logos are trademarks of the companies they identify | 2026-04-29 |
| All India Pincode Directory | Government Open Data License - India (GODL) | 2026-10-13 |
| IFSC dataset | Public domain (dataset), as stated by the publisher | 2026-10-13 |
| List of Regional Transport Office districts in India | CC BY-SA 4.0 | 2026-10-13 |
| Bank holidays in India | Official publication | 2026-10-13 |
| Central government holidays | Official publication | 2026-10-13 |
| Trading and clearing holidays, NSE equities | Official publication | 2026-10-13 |
| HSN and SAC codes | Statute and gazette notification; reproduction permitted by section 52(1)(q) of the Copyright Act, 1957 | 2026-10-13 |
| Net asset values of mutual fund schemes | Published by AMFI under SEBI's disclosure rules | 2026-10-14T17:39:57Z |
| DB-IP Lite: IP to City and IP to ASN | CC BY 4.0 | 2026-10-14T13:16:38Z |
| Disposable email domains | CC0 1.0 | 2026-10-13 |
| List of railway stations in India | CC BY-SA 4.0 | 2026-10-13 |
| Mobile telephone numbering in India | CC BY-SA 4.0 | 2026-10-13 |
| Maps of assembly and parliamentary constituencies | Assembly boundaries CC BY 2.5 India; parliamentary boundaries (simplified, 2019) CC0 | 2026-10-13 |
| OurAirports | Public domain | 2026-10-13 |
| Thirukkural | Public domain text and translations; the compilation is Apache-2.0 | 2026-10-13 |
| CelesTrak current GP element sets | None stated by CelesTrak. USSPACECOM allows redistribution of basic space situational awareness data with credit; only results computed from it are published here | 2026-10-14T13:16:38Z |
| Space weather data | Public domain (work of the US government) | 2026-10-14T17:39:57Z |