User Guide

User guide for free REST APIs for exercises from ExerciseDB.

What are ExerciseDB APIs?

ExerciseDB APIs are freely available REST APIs from rapidapi.com, providing access to a comprehensive database of more than 1300 exercises for different body parts.

Where can ExerciseDB APIs be used?

Fitness apps can integrate ExerciseDB APIs to help users find detailed and reliable exercise data that is customized to body parts, target muscles or exercise equipment.

ExerciseDB API integration flow

What kind of HTTP requests can be used?

GET API requests are executed on the “exercises” resource.

How to access ExerciseDB APIs?

ExerciseDB provides information about all APIs for exercises. All requests need a valid API key.

How to get an API key?

Refer to Authentication and Authorization to get an API key.

How to execute ExerciseDB APIs?

ExerciseDB APIs can be executed by using cURL or Postman.

Executing ExerciseDB APIs using cURL

curl --request GET --url 'https://exercisedb.p.rapidapi.com/exercises' --header 'x-rapidapi-key: <API_Key>'

Executing ExerciseDB APIs using Postman

Set the header key “x-rapidapi-key” with the API key value.

Exercise API execution in Postman