wger Workout Manager API

Base URL

https://wger.de/api/v2

Authentication

Public exercise and nutrition data needs no auth. User data requires a token.

Rate limit

No published limit for public reads.

Pricing

Free and open source, AGPL licensed. Exercise data is CC-BY-SA.

CORS

Enabled — callable directly from browser JavaScript

Official docs

Read the docs

Every request below was executed against the live API on 19 Aug 2026, and the response shown is the real body it returned — not an illustration.

curl 'https://wger.de/api/v2/exercise/?format=json&limit=1'

const res = await fetch("https://wger.de/api/v2/exercise/?format=json&limit=1");
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${res.status}`);
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

res = requests.get("https://wger.de/api/v2/exercise/?format=json&limit=1", timeout=20)
res.raise_for_status()
print(res.json())

{
  "count": 860,
  "next": "https://wger.de/api/v2/exercise/?format=json&limit=1&offset=1",
  "previous": null,
  "results": [
    {
      "id": 9,
      "uuid": "1b020b3a-3732-4c7e-92fd-a0cec90ed69b",
      "created": "2023-08-06T10:17:17.422900+02:00",
      "last_update": "2026-07-23T12:24:53.482746+02:00",
      "category": 10,
      "muscles": [
        11,
        8
      ],
      "muscles_secondary": [
        10,
        6
      ],
      "equipment": [
        10
      ],
      "variation_group": "a30b1f92-7b73-477e-abb0-e91993c5fb05",
      "license_author": "deusinvictus"
    }
  ]
}

countinteger

Total records available.

next / previousstring

Pagination URLs.

results[].idinteger

Exercise identifier.

results[].categoryobject

Exercise category such as Arms or Legs.

results[].muscles / muscles_secondaryarray

Primary and secondary muscles worked.

results[].equipmentarray

Equipment required.

results[].imagesarray

Instructional image URLs where available.

• Build a workout planner with a real exercise database
• Filter exercises by available equipment or target muscle
• Create a fitness reference or exercise encyclopaedia
• Add nutrition lookup to a health tracking app

If wger Workout Manager does not fit, these sports & fitness apis cover similar ground. Every one was called before publishing, and each links to its own reference page with a working curl command and the response it returned.