Prayer times API

One GET request, no headers, no authentication. The shape is /api/{country}/{city}.json:

# today's prayer times for one city - no key, no headers
curl https://prayertime.info/api/turkey/istanbul.json

Every city page has a matching JSON endpoint. CORS is open, so you can call these directly from a browser.

CORS is open and no authentication header is required.

The response states not only the times but the convention that produced them, which is what makes it safe to display.

Fetching today's Maghrib for one city, in four languages.

// JavaScript - CORS is open, so this works from a browser
const r = await fetch('https://prayertime.info/api/turkey/istanbul.json');
const d = await r.json();
console.log(d.days[0].maghrib, d.method);   // days[0] is today

# Python
import requests
d = requests.get('https://prayertime.info/api/turkey/istanbul.json').json()
print(d['days'][0]['maghrib'], d['method'])

# PHP
$d = json_decode(file_get_contents(
    'https://prayertime.info/api/turkey/istanbul.json'), true);
echo $d['days'][0]['maghrib'], ' ', $d['method'];

Each endpoint reports the method applied for that country. The angles behind each method, the authority that publishes them and the document we cite are on the methodology page — if you need a convention other than a country's default, those parameters are what you would feed your own calculation.

Responses are static files behind a CDN, so they are cheap to serve, but prayer times only change once a day. Cache for 24 hours and you will be faster and we will stay free. Do not poll per page view.

CC BY 4.0. Use it commercially if you like. Two conditions: attribute prayertime.info with a link, and state the calculation method alongside the times, because a time without its method is ambiguous.

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Prayer Times. "Prayer times API". https://prayertime.info/en/developers/api/