Freemius API (1.0)

Welcome to the Freemius API Documentation!

You can use our API to access Freemius API endpoints, which can get information on various aspects of Freemius.

  • Manage products.
  • Manage license verifications.
  • Create custom integration with your SaaS.

If you're using Freemius for a WordPress product, please check out our official SDK.

Browse Tutorials and Guides.

Bearer Token Auth

We support Bearer authentication. You can get the API Key from the Freemius Developer Dashboard for a product.

  1. Open the Settings page of the relevant product.
  2. Click on the API Token tab.
  3. Copy the API Bearer Authorization Token from the UI.

More information can be found under the Security section of every endpoint.

Download OpenAPI description
openapi.yaml
Overview
URL

https://freemius.com

Freemius Support

support@freemius.com

License

Proprietary

Terms of Service

Languages
Servers
Production API

https://api.freemius.com/v1/

Mock server

https://docs.freemius.com/_mock/api/

Products

All operations which can be done on a product.

Operations

Subscriptions

All operations associated to a subscription.

Operations

Users

All operations which can be done on a user belonging to a store or a product.

Operations

Licenses

All operations which can be done on a license belonging to a store or a product.

Operations

Coupons

All operations which can be done on a coupon belonging to a store or a product.

Operations

Carts

All operations which can be done on a cart belonging to a store or a product.

Operations

Payments

All operations associated to a payment.

Operations

Installations

Operations related to the installation of a product.

Operations

List all updates

Request

Retrieve the product update collection available for an install.

Path
product_idinteger(int64)>= 1required

The ID of the product.

Example: 1234
install_idinteger(int64)>= 1required

The ID of the install.

Example: 1234
Query
versionstringrequired

The product's version of the current install. The endpoint will return newer versions when set. This is a required param unless older_than is provided.

Example: version=1.0.0
older_thanstring

If provided, only versions that are older than this will be returned.

Example: older_than=1.0.0
typestring

The product type. If the type provide is all, the latest released or pending version will be returned, whichever has the higher version.

Default "released"
Enum"released""pending""beta""all"
countinteger[ 1 .. 50 ]

The number of records to return.

Default 25
Example: count=10
offsetinteger>= 0

The number of records to skip before starting to return records. Default is 0.

Default 0
Example: offset=10
fieldsstring

Comma separated list of fields to return in the response. If not specified, all fields are returned.

Example: fields=id,name,slug
curl -i -X GET \
  'https://api.freemius.com/v1/products/1234/installs/1234/updates.json?count=10&fields=id%2Cname%2Cslug&offset=10&older_than=1.0.0&type=released&version=1.0.0' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_AccessToken_HERE>'

Responses

Updates collection.

Bodyapplication/json
tagsArray of objects(ProductTag)
Response
application/json
{
  "tags": [
    { … }
  ]
}

Retrieve the latest update

Request

Retrieve the latest product update available for an install.

Path
product_idinteger(int64)>= 1required

The ID of the product.

Example: 1234
install_idinteger(int64)>= 1required

The ID of the install.

Example: 1234
Query
is_premiumboolean

If set, tries to fetch the requested version. If requires premium but no license, will throw an error. Otherwise, fetch version based on license.

readmeboolean

If set, tries to fetch the readme information.

newer_thanboolean

If set, return the latest version's data only if it's newer than this property's value.

typestring

The product type. If the type provided is all, the latest released, beta, or pending version will be returned, whichever has the higher version.

Default "released"
Enum"released""pending""beta""all"
curl -i -X GET \
  'https://api.freemius.com/v1/products/1234/installs/1234/updates/latest.json?is_premium=true&newer_than=true&readme=true&type=released' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_AccessToken_HERE>'

Responses

Updates collection.

Bodyapplication/json
idstring(int64)>= 1

The unique identifier of the entity.

Example: "123456"
createdstring(date-time)

The date and time the entity was created, under UTC timezone.

Example: "2025-01-01 00:00:00"
updatedstring or null(date-time)

The date and time the entity was updated, under UTC timezone. If null then the entity was never updated since its creation.

Example: "2025-01-01 00:00:00"
plugin_idstring(int64)>= 1

The ID of the product the entity belongs to.

Example: "123456"
developer_idstring(int64)>= 1

The ID of a developer.

Example: "1234"
slugstring or null

The slug of the product. This is auto-generated from your product settings.

Example: "my-freemius-plugin"
premium_slugstring or null

The slug of the premium product. This is auto-generated from your product's settings.

Example: "my-freemius-plugin-pro"
versionstring(semver)

The version of the product. For WordPress.org products (plugins and themes), we recommend using semver semantics to support composer integration.

Example: "1.0.0"
sdk_versionstring

The Freemius SDK version. Only relevant for WordPress products using the Freemius WP SDK.

Example: "1.2.2"
requires_platform_versionstring or null

The platform version required (e.g WordPress version).

Example: "1.0.0"
requires_programming_language_versionstring or null

The programming language version (e.g PHP version).

Example: "5.6"
tested_up_to_versionstring or null

The tested platform version that the product is compatible (e.g WordPress version).

Example: "1.0.0"
downloadedinteger>= 0

The number of times the product has been downloaded.

Example: "1234"
has_freeboolean

If the product has a free version.

has_premiumboolean

If the product has a premium version.

release_modestring

The release mode of the product.

Enum"released""pending""beta"
limitinteger>= 1

The maximum number of downloads allowed for this version. This is used for staged rollout of WordPress products. Unlimited number is set as null.

Example: "50"
uniquesinteger>= 1

The number of unique users that have downloaded the product.

Example: "1234"
is_incrementalboolean

Determines whether the version is incremental or not.

Example: true
is_releasedboolean

A flag that controls the visibility of add-ons in the in-dashboard add-ons marketplace. Defaults to true. Only applicable if the product is an add-on.

urlstring

The Installation zip file URL with authorization token.

Example: "https://example.com/"
Response
application/json
{
  "id": "123456",
  "created": "2025-01-01 00:00:00",
  "updated": "2025-01-01 00:00:00",
  "plugin_id": "123456",
  "developer_id": "1234",
  "slug": "my-freemius-plugin",
  "premium_slug": "my-freemius-plugin-pro",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "sdk_version": "1.2.2",
  "requires_platform_version": "1.0.0",
  "requires_programming_language_version": "5.6",
  "tested_up_to_version": "1.0.0",
  "downloaded": "1234",
  "has_free": true,
  "has_premium": true,
  "release_mode": "released",
  "limit": "50",
  "uniques": "1234",
  "is_incremental": true,
  "is_released": true,
  "url": "https://example.com/"
}

Trials

Operations related to a trial license of a product.

Operations

Addons

Operations related to an addon of a product.

Operations

Plans

Operations related to plans, pricings and features of a product.

Operations