# Usage

Your plan, today's request count and WebSocket allowance.

`GET https://api.marketnewsapi.com/v1/usage`

Calls to `/usage` don't count toward the Free plan's daily limit, so you can poll it safely.

Requires an API key. See [authentication](/docs/authentication).

## Example request

```curl
curl "https://api.marketnewsapi.com/v1/usage" \
 -H "Authorization: Bearer $MARKETNEWSAPI_KEY"
```

```python
import json
import os

import requests

resp = requests.get(
 "https://api.marketnewsapi.com/v1/usage",
 headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['MARKETNEWSAPI_KEY']}"},
 timeout=10,
)
resp.raise_for_status()
print(json.dumps(resp.json(), indent=2))
```

```javascript
const res = await fetch("https://api.marketnewsapi.com/v1/usage", {
 headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.MARKETNEWSAPI_KEY}` },
});
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${res.status}`);
console.log(await res.json());
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.marketnewsapi.com/v1/usage", nil)
	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+os.Getenv("MARKETNEWSAPI_KEY"))

	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
 panic(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()

	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}
```

```php
<?php
$ch = curl_init('https://api.marketnewsapi.com/v1/usage');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
 CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
 CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['Authorization: Bearer ' . getenv('MARKETNEWSAPI_KEY')],
]);
$body = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
curl_close($ch);

print_r($body);
```

```ruby
require "json"
require "net/http"

uri = URI("https://api.marketnewsapi.com/v1/usage")
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
req["Authorization"] = "Bearer #{ENV.fetch('MARKETNEWSAPI_KEY')}"

res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(req) }
puts JSON.pretty_generate(JSON.parse(res.body))
```

```csharp
using System.Net.Http.Headers;

using var http = new HttpClient();
http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue(
 "Bearer", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("MARKETNEWSAPI_KEY"));

var json = await http.GetStringAsync("https://api.marketnewsapi.com/v1/usage");
Console.WriteLine(json);
```

```java
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;

public class Main {
 public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
 HttpRequest req = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
 .uri(URI.create("https://api.marketnewsapi.com/v1/usage"))
 .header("Authorization", "Bearer " + System.getenv("MARKETNEWSAPI_KEY"))
 .build();

 HttpResponse<String> res = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
 .send(req, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
 System.out.println(res.body());
 }
}
```

## Example response

200 OK

```json
{
 "data": {
 "plan": "free",
 "period": "2026-10-06",
 "requests_today": 37,
 "daily_limit": 100,
 "remaining_today": 63,
 "burst_limit_per_second": 20,
 "websocket": {
 "allowed": false,
 "max_connections": 0,
 "open_connections": 0
 }
 }
}
```

## Try it

## Errors

This endpoint returns the standard [error format](/docs/errors). The most common errors are `400 invalid_parameter`, `401 invalid_api_key` and `429 daily_limit_reached` (Free plan).