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πŸš€ Just launched my first API onRapidAPI – Visa-Free Travel API

Hey Indie Hackers πŸ‘‹

After going through a failed startup and losing quite a bit of money, I decided to shift gears and focus on building small, useful APIs people can plug into their projects β€” and hopefully earn something sustainable.

Today, I launched my first public API on RapidAPI:

πŸ‘‰ Visa-Free Travel & Entry Rules API

It returns structured data on:

Visa-free access
eVisa and Visa-on-arrival countries
Total count of visa-free destinations
Works for any passport country code (like IN, US, etc.)

Use Cases:

Travel apps showing where a user can travel
Expat dashboards
Visa assistance platforms
Digital nomad planning tools

βœ… Fully deployed
βœ… Live and searchable on RapidAPI
βœ… Free tier for devs to try out
βœ… Hosted on MongoDB Atlas + Node.js

πŸ’¬ I’d love feedback on:

My RapidAPI listing β€” does it explain the value well?
Pricing β€” is $5 for 2000 requests/month reasonable for small apps?
Any features you think would make this API more useful?
Here’s the API listing (would be thrilled if you tried it!):
🌐 https://rapidapi.com/notgetting5/api/visa-free-travel-api

Thanks IH β€” never thought I’d be back here after failing hard, but I’ve learned that building in the open (and asking for help) is the best way forward.

on July 2, 2025
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    Congrats on the launch πŸ‘
    One thing that’s worked well for early traction is a simple 20–30 sec demo video that shows the core value quickly. Founders often underestimate how effective that can be.