Version API

The Version API exposes the currently active Ocean client version. It is the endpoint to point a version checker at when you want a server, a bot, or a deployment pipeline to know whether it is running the latest build.

✓ No API key required

This is the only /v1 endpoint that is fully public. The active version is not sensitive information, so a version checker does not need credentials, a license, or an API key to read it.

Base URL: https://api.anticheat.ac/v1

Authentication: None

Rate limit: 60 requests per minute per IP

Get Current Version

Returns the version that is currently marked as active, along with its release notes and release date.

GET/v1/version

Response

{
  "version": "2.4.1",
  "releaseNotes": "Added Rust mapped-driver detection and fixed a false positive on Windows 11 24H2.",
  "releasedAt": "2026-08-14T09:12:44.000Z"
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
version	string	The version string that is currently active
releaseNotes	string	Release notes for the active version. Empty string when none were published
releasedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the version was created

Errors

Status	Meaning
404	No version is currently marked as active
429	Rate limit exceeded for your IP address

Caching

The response is cached server-side for 60 seconds. Polling faster than once a minute returns the same payload without touching the database, so a checker that runs every few minutes is more than enough to catch a new release quickly.

Example Usage

cURL

curl -X GET "https://api.anticheat.ac/v1/version"

JavaScript/Node.js

const LOCAL_VERSION = '2.4.0';

const response = await fetch('https://api.anticheat.ac/v1/version');
const data = await response.json();

if (data.version !== LOCAL_VERSION) {
  console.log(`Ocean ${data.version} is available (running ${LOCAL_VERSION})`);
  console.log(data.releaseNotes);
}

Python

import requests

LOCAL_VERSION = '2.4.0'

data = requests.get('https://api.anticheat.ac/v1/version').json()

if data['version'] != LOCAL_VERSION:
    print(f"Ocean {data['version']} is available (running {LOCAL_VERSION})")
    print(data['releaseNotes'])

Lua (FiveM)

local LOCAL_VERSION = '2.4.0'

PerformHttpRequest('https://api.anticheat.ac/v1/version', function(status, body)
  if status ~= 200 then return end

  local data = json.decode(body)
  if data.version ~= LOCAL_VERSION then
    print(('[Ocean] Version %s is available (running %s)'):format(data.version, LOCAL_VERSION))
  end
end, 'GET')