Lighthouses
Use this API to make lighthouse reference data searchable for maps, travel products, maritime history, and education apps. It exposes normalized JSON endpoints with practical filters, source metadata, and lightweight reference tables so developers can add lookup and discovery features without maintaining their own scraper or curation pipeline.
Lighthouses endpoints
| Method | Endpoint | Description |
|---|---|---|
| lighthouses | ||
| GET |
/api/lighthouses/sources /api/lighthouses/sources |
List Wikipedia source pages used for collection. |
| GET |
/api/lighthouses/statuses /api/lighthouses/statuses |
List lighthouse status values found in the dataset. |
| GET |
/api/lighthouses/continents /api/lighthouses/continents |
List source continents represented in the dataset. |
| GET |
/api/lighthouses/lighthouses /api/lighthouses/lighthouses |
List lighthouses or filter by name, country, continent, location, status, established year, or free text. |
| GET |
/api/lighthouses/countries /api/lighthouses/countries |
List countries and territories represented in the dataset. |
Lighthouses pricing
| Plan | Price | Rate limit | Quotas |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASIC | Free | — |
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| ULTRA | $29 / month | — |
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