Get your current API usage

GET/api/admin/usage

Returns the calling key owner's request usage for the current calendar month. This endpoint does not count against your quota.

Authentication

Send your API key in the x-api-key header on every request. Create and manage keys under API keys in your dashboard; the free plan needs no credit card. Requests without a key return 401 UNAUTHORIZED.

Response

limitnumber

this_monthobject

Errors

401UNAUTHORIZED: Missing or invalid API key.
429USAGE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED: Too many requests: per-key or per-IP burst rate limit exceeded (RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED) or monthly request quota reached (USAGE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED).
500INTERNAL_ERROR: Unexpected server error.

Example request

curl "https://backend-ejsq.onrender.com/api/admin/usage" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

const res = await fetch(
  "https://backend-ejsq.onrender.com/api/admin/usage",
  { headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.XCHANGER_API_KEY } },
);
const body = await res.json();
console.log(body);

import os
import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://backend-ejsq.onrender.com/api/admin/usage",
    params={},
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["XCHANGER_API_KEY"]},
)
print(res.json())

Try it

Example response

{
  "limit": 1000000,
  "this_month": {
    "start": "2026-06-01",
    "end": "2026-06-30",
    "remaining": 995453,
    "usage": 4547
  }
}