generated: '2026-07-19'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://github.com/TheLevelUp/levelup-sdk-ruby (README + gem description),
  https://github.com/TheLevelUp/levelup-sdk-csharp (README), https://rubygems.org/gems/levelup,
  live DNS/HTTP probes of thelevelup.com
status: retired
summary: >-
  The LevelUp platform API is retired. SCVNGR, Inc. d/b/a LevelUp was acquired by Grubhub in
  2018; the developer portal, API reference, sandbox and production API hosts have all been
  decommissioned and thelevelup.com now redirects wholesale to grubhub.com. Both first-party
  SDKs carry explicit first-party deprecation notices and their repositories are archived.
versioning:
  scheme: uri-path
  versions: [v14, v15]
  current: v15
  evidence: >-
    Levelup::Configuration DEFAULT_API_VERSION = :v15, VERSIONS = {v14, v15} in
    levelup-sdk-ruby lib/levelup/configuration.rb
deprecation:
  policy_url: null
  sunset_header: unknown
  notices:
  - source: https://rubygems.org/gems/levelup
    text: >-
      "DEPRECATION WARNING: This gem is now deprecated. Please do not use it for new projects
      since it is unmaintained."
  - source: https://github.com/TheLevelUp/levelup-sdk-csharp
    text: "[This Library is No Longer Being Maintained]"
  - source: https://github.com/TheLevelUp/levelup-sdk-ruby
    text: "DEPRECATED - LevelUp Ruby client gem (repository description); repository archived"
retirement:
  acquirer: Grubhub
  acquisition_year: 2018
  legal_entity: SCVNGR, Inc. d/b/a LevelUp
  evidence:
  - {check: 'https://thelevelup.com', result: '200, redirects to https://www.grubhub.com/'}
  - {check: 'dns api.thelevelup.com', result: NXDOMAIN}
  - {check: 'dns sandbox.thelevelup.com', result: NXDOMAIN}
  - {check: 'dns developer.thelevelup.com', result: NXDOMAIN}
  - {check: 'dns blog.thelevelup.com', result: NXDOMAIN}
  - {check: 'github.com/TheLevelUp SDK repos', result: 'archived (2018-07 ruby, 2021-04 csharp)'}
sla: null
status_page: null
surviving_surfaces:
- {surface: GitHub organization, url: 'https://github.com/TheLevelUp', status: live, public_repos: 26}
- {surface: MyGet NuGet feed, url: 'https://www.myget.org/gallery/levelup', status: live}
- {surface: RubyGems package, url: 'https://rubygems.org/gems/levelup', status: live}
- {surface: Domain DNS/TLS, url: 'https://thelevelup.com', status: 'live, redirects to grubhub.com'}
deprecated_operations: []