generated: '2026-09-04'
method: searched
source: https://apifreaks.com/announcements
summary: 'APIFreaks publishes a dated Announcements feed covering product releases, new API categories, credit-cost
  changes and platform features. It is the de-facto changelog; there is no separate /changelog path and no RSS/Atom
  feed is advertised. Entries below are the recent window captured on 2026-09-04 (the page paginates behind a "See
  more" control, so this is not the full history). NOTE A GAP: the MCP server''s v2.0.0 rewrite (2026-08-21, 59 ->
  109 tools, mandatory module gating, a new write surface) is NOT announced here, even though the original MCP launch
  was. An operator watching this feed would not learn that their existing MCP config now advertises one tool.'
scheme: dated-announcements
url: https://apifreaks.com/announcements
feed: null
current_api_versions:
- v1.0
- v2.0
entries:
- date: '2026-08-12'
  title: 'Credit Update: Commodity Time Series API'
  type: pricing-change
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - Credit cost for the Commodity Time Series API raised from 40 credits to 50 credits per request.
- date: '2026-08-11'
  title: Postman Collections - Now on Every Reference Page
  type: feature
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - Every API now has a Postman collection published to the official APIFreaks workspace.
  - A Postman button on each reference page opens the collection.
  see: https://www.postman.com/apifreaks-official/apifreaks/overview
- date: '2026-08-11'
  title: PDF Generator API - Now Available
  type: new-apis
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - 'Two new operations: generatePdfFromTemplate (JSON payload -> hosted PDF URL) and generatePdfsFromCsv (one PDF
    per CSV row).'
  - Dynamic tables that paginate automatically, native barcodes and QR codes.
  - data_url input for data that lives at an endpoint, and version pinning (v1, v2 ...) so production output stays
    stable while templates are iterated.
  - Templates are authored in the browser Template Builder and called by template_id; there is no template CRUD API.
  see: openapi/apifreaks-api-hub-for-developers-pdf-template-apis-api-openapi.yml
- date: '2026-07-31'
  title: 'New Credit Update: Zip Codes Radius Search API'
  type: pricing-change
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - Credit cost for the ZIP Codes Radius Search API raised from 3 credits to 5 credits per request.
- date: '2026-07-21'
  title: 'Template Builder: Design and Generate PDFs Right in Your Browser'
  type: feature
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - Visual drag-and-drop PDF template designer with 6 element types (Text, Image, Shape, QR Code, Barcode, Table).
  - 20+ barcode formats, 31 font families, header/body/footer section layout.
  - 10 pre-built templates (invoice, certificate, resume, purchase order, meeting minutes).
  - Version history per template; generate PDFs from any app with a single API call and a JSON payload.
- date: '2026-07-09'
  title: 'API Release: V2.0 Endpoints Now Live'
  type: version-release
  breaking: false
  deprecation_notice: true
  highlights:
  - Six endpoints migrated to /v2.0 paths with optimized upstream routing.
  - All existing V1.0 endpoints continue to function normally.
  - V1.0 announced for future retirement with no date given.
  see: lifecycle/apifreaks-api-hub-for-developers-lifecycle.yml
- date: '2026-06-26'
  title: APIFreaks MCP Server is Now Live
  type: feature
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - Official MCP server connecting Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Gemini CLI and Codex CLI to the API catalog.
  - Installed with `npx -y @apifreaks/mcp`; runs locally so the API key stays in the operator's config.
  - One key covers every API exposed through the server.
  see: mcp/apifreaks-api-hub-for-developers-mcp.yml
- date: '2026-06-18'
  title: GeoDB APIs — Now Available
  type: new-apis
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - Five new APIs under a new GeoDB category — Administrative Units, Countries, Regions, Cities, Flags.
  - Flags served as PNG, WEBP and SVG in flat or round styles at multiple sizes.
x-evidence:
  fetched: '2026-09-04'
  url: https://apifreaks.com/announcements
  http_status: 200
  note: Page is server-rendered Next.js; entries read from the rendered HTML. Older entries sit behind a "See more"
    control and were not captured.
unannounced_changes:
- date: '2026-08-21'
  change: '@apifreaks/mcp v2.0.0 — 59 -> 109 tools across 19 modules, mandatory ENABLE_MODULES gating, WRITE/DESTRUCTIVE
    tool annotations introduced.'
  source: https://registry.npmjs.org/@apifreaks/mcp
  announced_on_site: false
  impact: An existing MCP config that worked before this release now advertises only list_modules until ENABLE_MODULES
    is set. That is a breaking configuration change shipped under a major version bump with no announcement.
- date: '2026-09-03'
  change: '@apifreaks/openapi-specs v0.3.2 — all 104 specs republished with a declared components.headers.X-AF-Credits-Cost,
    plus two new PDF Template specs and two renames (pdf-split-pages -> split-pdf, phone-number-validation -> phone-validation).'
  source: https://registry.npmjs.org/@apifreaks/openapi-specs
  announced_on_site: false
  impact: A contract improvement nobody is told about. The renamed spec filenames would break any consumer pinning
    them by path.