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

Freemius API supports Bearer Token authentication for product-specific operations.

To retrieve your API token:

  1. Go to the Freemius Developer Dashboard.
  2. Open the Settings page of the relevant product.
  3. Click on the API Token tab.
  4. Copy the API Bearer Authorization Token from the UI.

Use this token by including it in the Authorization header of your API requests:

Authorization: Bearer {api_token}

Bearer tokens are scoped to a specific product. This means they can only be used with endpoints under the /products/{product_id}/ namespace. For example:

GET /products/12345/users.json
Authorization Bearer {api_token}

Requests to endpoints outside the product scope will result in an authorization error.

Other Scopes and Authentication

The Freemius API is organized around different scopes, based on the top-level entity of the operation:

For example, let's say you want to list all payments of a product. This operation can be done in several scopes:

  • Product Scope: /products/{product_id}/payments.json.
  • Developer Scope: /developers/{developer_id}/products/{product_id}/payments.json.

On the other hand, if a user would want to list their payment, then endpoint will be scoped to the user:

  • User Scope: /users/{user_id}/payments.json.

Some operations can be done from a particular scope only. For example only a developer can update a plan of a product or create a new plan. So the following operations will work:

  • Update Plan: POST /developers/{developer_id}/products/{product_id}/plans/{plan_id}.json
  • Create Plan: POST /developers/{developer_id}/products/{product_id}/plans.json

If you try to perform the same operation on a product scope, it will return an error. The scopes provides a way to control access and permissions for different entities in the Freemius ecosystem.

Currently, Bearer Token authentication is supported for product scope only. If you need access to endpoints in others scopes, use the secret-key based authentication with the following SDKs:

For most use cases, managing your products, licenses, and customers through the Developer Dashboard or Customer Portal provides all the necessary capabilities.

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/

Local development API

http://api.freemius-local.com:8080/v1/

Mock server

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

Products

All operations which can be done on a product.

Operations

Developers

All operations which can be done from on a developer.

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

Deactivate a license

Request

Deactivate a license from an install (No Authorization header is required).

Path
product_idinteger(int64)>= 1required

The ID of the product.

Example: 1234
Query
fieldsstring

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

Example: fields=id,name,slug
Bodyapplication/jsonrequired
uidstring(uid)= 32 charactersrequired

Unique identifier of the caller. The UID must be same when pinging and when activating or deactivating a license. The generation of the UID is a responsibility of the client.

Example: "7W131pej6bJYV8WYM9KgGoBNB9bCiSrY"
install_idintegerrequired

Install ID from which the license should be deactivated. The license must be active on the install.

license_keystringrequired

The license key. This is used for activating the license on the user's site.

Example: "sk_123FGqM456Pa786WtOp%^+67Y+;sXXz"
curl -i -X POST \
  'https://api.freemius.com/v1/products/1234/licenses/deactivate.json?fields=id%2Cname%2Cslug' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "uid": "7W131pej6bJYV8WYM9KgGoBNB9bCiSrY",
    "install_id": 0,
    "license_key": "sk_123FGqM456Pa786WtOp%^+67Y+;sXXz"
  }'

Responses

License deactivated.

Bodyapplication/json
secret_keystring

The secret key associated with the entity for authorization.

Example: "sk_a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8i9j0k1l2m3n4o5p6"
public_keystring

The public key associated with the entity for authorization.

Example: "pk_a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8i9j0k1l2m3n4o5p6"
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"
site_idstring(int64)

The ID of the site.

Example: 1234
plugin_idstring(int64)>= 1

The ID of the product the entity belongs to.

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

The ID of the user the entity belongs to.

Example: "123456"
urlstring or null

The site URL.

Example: "https://example.com"
titlestring or null

The site title.

Example: "Catwalk Designs"
versionstring

The Product version.

Example: "1.0.0"
plan_idstring(int64)>= 1

The ID of the plan associated with the product that the install has a license activation. If null it means the install is using the free plan.

Example: "1234"
license_idstring or null(int64)>= 1

The ID of the license associated with the entity.

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

The ID of the trial license associated to the product. If this is not a trial, this will be null.

Example: "1234"
trial_endsstring or null(date-time)

The product trial license expiry date. If this is not a trial, this will be null.

Example: "2025-01-01 00:00:00"
subscription_idstring or null(int64)>= 1

The ID of the subscription associated with the entity.

Example: "123456"
grossnumber(float)

The gross amount the install has spent on the product. This includes one time purchase, or subscriptions and renewals.

Example: 100
country_codestring or null

The ISO 3166-1 alpha 2 two-letter country code associated with the entity.

Example: "us"
languagestring or null

The language specified for the product install.

Example: "en-GB"
platform_versionstring or null

The platform version (e.g WordPress version).

Example: "1.0.0"
sdk_versionstring or null

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

Example: "1.2.2"
programming_language_versionstring or null

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

Example: "5.6"
is_activeboolean

If the product is actively installed on the site.

is_disconnectedboolean

If the product is disconnected on the site.

is_premiumboolean

If the install using the premium code. Relevant only for WP Products.

is_uninstalledboolean

If the product is uninstalled on the site.

is_lockedboolean

If the product is locked on the site.

sourcenumber

The source of the migration data. To get support migrating from other platform please see our documentation.

  • 0 - Freemius
  • 1 - Other
  • 2 - Easy Digital Downloads (EDD)
  • 3 - WooCommerce (WC)
  • 4 - Rating Widget
  • 5 - Gumroad
  • 6 - CodeCanyon
  • 7 - ThemeForest
  • 8 - AppSumo
  • 9 - SendOwl
  • 10 - WHMCS
  • 11 - Lemon Squeezy
Enum0123456789
upgradedstring or null(date-time)

Time when the product was upgraded to the current version. If never upgraded since the initial installation, this will be null.

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

The last time the product was used on the site.

Example: "2025-01-01 00:00:00"
last_served_update_versionstring or null

The last product version update used on the site. If not updated, this will be null.

Example: "1.2.2"
Response
application/json
{
  "secret_key": "sk_a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8i9j0k1l2m3n4o5p6",
  "public_key": "pk_a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8i9j0k1l2m3n4o5p6",
  "id": "123456",
  "created": "2025-01-01 00:00:00",
  "updated": "2025-01-01 00:00:00",
  "site_id": 1234,
  "plugin_id": "123456",
  "user_id": "123456",
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "title": "Catwalk Designs",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "plan_id": "1234",
  "license_id": "123456",
  "trial_plan_id": "1234",
  "trial_ends": "2025-01-01 00:00:00",
  "subscription_id": "123456",
  "gross": 100,
  "country_code": "us",
  "language": "en-GB",
  "platform_version": "1.0.0",
  "sdk_version": "1.2.2",
  "programming_language_version": "5.6",
  "is_active": true,
  "is_disconnected": true,
  "is_premium": true,
  "is_uninstalled": true,
  "is_locked": true,
  "source": 0,
  "upgraded": "2025-01-01 00:00:00",
  "last_seen_at": "2025-01-01 00:00:00",
  "last_served_update_version": "1.2.2"
}

Retrieve a license

Request

Retrieve a specific license by its ID.

Path
product_idinteger(int64)>= 1required

The ID of the product.

Example: 1234
license_idinteger(int64)>= 1required

The ID of the License.

Example: 1234
Query
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/licenses/1234.json?fields=id%2Cname%2Cslug' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_AccessToken_HERE>'

Responses

The retrieved license.

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"
user_idstring or null(int64)>= 1

The ID of the user the entity belongs to. If NULL then still not associated to any user.

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

The ID of the plan associated with the entity.

Example: "123456"
pricing_idstring or null(int64)>= 1

The ID of the pricing associated with the entity.

Example: "123456"
quotainteger or null

The maximum number of license activations. If null then the license will support unlimited activations.

Example: 10
activatedinteger

The total number of production activation the license has. This does not count local or staging environment activations.

Example: 1
activated_localinteger or null

The number of times the license is activated on local or staging environments.

Example: 1
expirationstring or null(date-time)

The expiration date of the license. If null then it's a lifetime license.

Example: "2025-12-31 23:59:59"
secret_keystring

The license key. This is used for activating the license on the user's site.

Example: "sk_123FGqM456Pa786WtOp%^+67Y+;sXXz"
is_free_localhostboolean

Whether the license offers unlimited local or staging environment activations.

Default true
is_block_featuresboolean

Whether to block features after expiration of the license. If set to false, this would not block features, would only block updates.

Default true
is_cancelledboolean

If the license is canceled from the Developer Dashboard.

is_whitelabeledboolean

Guide the Freemius WP SDK when the product should be running in a white-label mode.

environmentnumber

The environment the entity belongs to. 0 means it belongs to the production environment, 1 means it belongs to the sandbox environment.

Enum10
Example: 0
sourcenumber

The source of the migration data. To get support migrating from other platform please see our documentation.

  • 0 - Freemius
  • 1 - Other
  • 2 - Easy Digital Downloads (EDD)
  • 3 - WooCommerce (WC)
  • 4 - Rating Widget
  • 5 - Gumroad
  • 6 - CodeCanyon
  • 7 - ThemeForest
  • 8 - AppSumo
  • 9 - SendOwl
  • 10 - WHMCS
  • 11 - Lemon Squeezy
Enum0123456789
Response
application/json
{
  "id": "123456",
  "created": "2025-01-01 00:00:00",
  "updated": "2025-01-01 00:00:00",
  "plugin_id": "123456",
  "user_id": "123456",
  "plan_id": "123456",
  "pricing_id": "123456",
  "quota": 10,
  "activated": 1,
  "activated_local": 1,
  "expiration": "2025-12-31 23:59:59",
  "secret_key": "sk_123FGqM456Pa786WtOp%^+67Y+;sXXz",
  "is_free_localhost": true,
  "is_block_features": true,
  "is_cancelled": true,
  "is_whitelabeled": true,
  "environment": 0,
  "source": 0
}

Update a license

Request

Update a specific license by its ID. For ownership transfer please use the new_user_id. Ownership transfer is not supported for SaaS products.

Path
product_idinteger(int64)>= 1required

The ID of the product.

Example: 1234
license_idinteger(int64)>= 1required

The ID of the License.

Example: 1234
Query
fieldsstring

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

Example: fields=id,name,slug
Bodyapplication/json
quotainteger or null

The maximum number of license activations. If null then the license will support unlimited activations.

Example: 10
expirationstring or null(date-time)

The expiration date of the license. If null then it's a lifetime license.

Example: "2025-12-31 23:59:59"
is_block_featuresboolean

Whether to block features after expiration of the license. If set to false, this would not block features, would only block updates.

Default true
is_whitelabeledboolean

Guide the Freemius WP SDK when the product should be running in a white-label mode.

is_free_localhostboolean

Whether the license offers unlimited local or staging environment activations.

Default true
new_user_idstring or null(int64)>= 1

The ID of the user the entity belongs to. If NULL then still not associated to any user.

Example: "123456"
cancel_subscriptionboolean

(optional) When set to true will cancel the subscription.

Example: true
extend_bundleboolean

(optional) When set to true to extend the bundle license.

Example: true
update_subscription_renewal_dateboolean

(optional) When set to true, it will update the relevant (subscription renewal or trial end) date to 24 hours before license expiration.

Example: true
curl -i -X PUT \
  'https://api.freemius.com/v1/products/1234/licenses/1234.json?fields=id%2Cname%2Cslug' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_AccessToken_HERE>' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{}'

Responses

The updated license.

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"
user_idstring or null(int64)>= 1

The ID of the user the entity belongs to. If NULL then still not associated to any user.

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

The ID of the plan associated with the entity.

Example: "123456"
pricing_idstring or null(int64)>= 1

The ID of the pricing associated with the entity.

Example: "123456"
quotainteger or null

The maximum number of license activations. If null then the license will support unlimited activations.

Example: 10
activatedinteger

The total number of production activation the license has. This does not count local or staging environment activations.

Example: 1
activated_localinteger or null

The number of times the license is activated on local or staging environments.

Example: 1
expirationstring or null(date-time)

The expiration date of the license. If null then it's a lifetime license.

Example: "2025-12-31 23:59:59"
secret_keystring

The license key. This is used for activating the license on the user's site.

Example: "sk_123FGqM456Pa786WtOp%^+67Y+;sXXz"
is_free_localhostboolean

Whether the license offers unlimited local or staging environment activations.

Default true
is_block_featuresboolean

Whether to block features after expiration of the license. If set to false, this would not block features, would only block updates.

Default true
is_cancelledboolean

If the license is canceled from the Developer Dashboard.

is_whitelabeledboolean

Guide the Freemius WP SDK when the product should be running in a white-label mode.

environmentnumber

The environment the entity belongs to. 0 means it belongs to the production environment, 1 means it belongs to the sandbox environment.

Enum10
Example: 0
sourcenumber

The source of the migration data. To get support migrating from other platform please see our documentation.

  • 0 - Freemius
  • 1 - Other
  • 2 - Easy Digital Downloads (EDD)
  • 3 - WooCommerce (WC)
  • 4 - Rating Widget
  • 5 - Gumroad
  • 6 - CodeCanyon
  • 7 - ThemeForest
  • 8 - AppSumo
  • 9 - SendOwl
  • 10 - WHMCS
  • 11 - Lemon Squeezy
Enum0123456789
Response
application/json
{
  "id": "123456",
  "created": "2025-01-01 00:00:00",
  "updated": "2025-01-01 00:00:00",
  "plugin_id": "123456",
  "user_id": "123456",
  "plan_id": "123456",
  "pricing_id": "123456",
  "quota": 10,
  "activated": 1,
  "activated_local": 1,
  "expiration": "2025-12-31 23:59:59",
  "secret_key": "sk_123FGqM456Pa786WtOp%^+67Y+;sXXz",
  "is_free_localhost": true,
  "is_block_features": true,
  "is_cancelled": true,
  "is_whitelabeled": true,
  "environment": 0,
  "source": 0
}

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

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

Events

Operations related to events of a store or product.

Operations

Reviews

Operations related to reviews of a product.

Operations

Deployments

Operations related to version deployments and retrieval.

Operations