HTML hosting API to publish from code or an AI agent

Publish a ZIP of static files with one curl command

zip -r site.zip index.html styles.css app.js
curl -X POST https://ship.page/deploy \
  -H "Content-Type: application/zip" \
  --data-binary @site.zip

Your options

• ship.page

  Best for

  Scripts and AI agents that want to POST an HTML file or ZIP and get a live link back with no signup or API key.

  Free

  Free forever with unlimited uploads, 10 MB HTML or 25 MB ZIP, 10 deploys a minute, and a public MCP server.

  Catch

  Static files only, no custom domains, and free links stay online for 30 days unless you claim them in a free account.

• Netlify

  Best for

  Teams already on Netlify that want to push a ZIP to an existing site via REST or the official Netlify MCP server.

  Free

  Deploying a ZIP is one POST to the deploys endpoint once you generate a personal access token.

  Catch

  Requires a Netlify account and token, and API deploys are capped at 3 a minute and 100 a day.

• Vercel

  Best for

  Developers and AI agents using Vercel's official MCP server or CLI to deploy full frontend projects.

  Free

  The official MCP server at mcp.vercel.com can deploy a project and return a shareable URL after OAuth sign-in.

  Catch

  The REST API and MCP server require a Vercel account, and unauthenticated CLI deploys expire after one hour unless claimed.

• Cloudflare Pages

  Best for

  Publishing static build folders onto Cloudflare's network from CI using wrangler pages deploy or the Pages API.

  Free

  Direct Upload works from the command line or HTTP API once you have a Cloudflare account and API token.

  Catch

  You must create an account and manage an API token before your script or agent can upload.

• Surge

  Best for

  Quick folder deploys from a developer terminal after installing the global npm package.

  Free

  Runs from the command line with npm install --global surge.

  Catch

  The first run asks for an email and password in the terminal, and a new surge.sh domain goes on hold after about an hour and a half until the email is verified.

• Tiiny Host

  Best for

  Paid Tiiny Host users who want to automate ZIP or HTML uploads to their existing account.

  Free

  There is no free API access.

  Catch

  The API is only available on Solo and higher plans, starting at $18 a month or $156 a year.

HTML and static site hosting APIs compared

How can an AI agent publish a web page?

Most hosting APIs fail inside sandboxed AI agents because the agent does not have a user's API token, cannot complete a browser OAuth flow, or cannot verify an email address. With ship.page, an agent with bash or HTTP access can POST raw HTML directly to https://ship.page/deploy and hand the live URL back to the user.

If your client supports the Model Context Protocol (a standard way for AI assistants to call external tools), point it at https://ship.page/mcp. Read the agent integration docs, the MCP client setup guide, or the Claude Code guide to connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or a custom agent, and check the API documentation for the GitHub Action.

• Single HTML deploy: POST to https://ship.page/deploy with Content-Type: text/html and the file body.
• Multi-file ZIP deploy: POST to https://ship.page/deploy with Content-Type: application/zip and the binary ZIP.
• MCP server: connect https://ship.page/mcp so agents can deploy without writing shell commands.
• Browser fallback: drag and drop a file, ZIP or folder on the homepage and get a live link plus a downloadable PNG QR code.

When should you use Netlify, Vercel or Cloudflare Pages instead?

Pick another provider when your project needs custom domains, server-side code, or permanent free hosting tied to a Git repository. Netlify and Vercel both run official MCP servers, and Cloudflare Pages supports Direct Upload from CI with wrangler pages deploy or the Pages API.

The tradeoff is setup and rate limits: Netlify's API requires a personal access token and caps API deploys at 3 a minute and 100 a day. Vercel's REST API and mcp.vercel.com require an account (though since October 2026, running vercel deploy --temporary in the CLI publishes without an account for one hour unless claimed), and Tiiny Host locks its API behind the $18 a month Solo plan.

Tip: If your script generates previews in a loop, ship.page gives you 10 deploys a minute for free and 120 deploys a minute on the $4 a month Pro plan.

How long do API-deployed pages stay online and what files work?

An unauthenticated deploy stays online for 30 days. If you sign in with Google or an email link for a free account and claim the upload, it stays online for 90 days, and when it goes offline you can restore it from the dashboard for free for another 90 days (up to three months after it expired).

If you need permanent URLs or in-place updates via the API, see pricing: Pro is $4 a month (pages never expire or you can pick any expiry from 60 seconds, update the same link, password protection, 100 MB ZIPs up to 400 MB unpacked, 10,000 files, 120 deploys a minute) and Team is $19 a month (adds a vanity subdomain).

• Supported files: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, images, fonts, audio, video, WebAssembly and JSON.
• No server runtime: PHP, Node.js, Python, databases and WordPress do not run, and forms need a third-party service.
• Routing rules: file paths are case-sensitive, about.html opens at /about.html, and client-side routers should use hash routes (#/about) because there is no single-page-app fallback.
• No Content-Encoding header: serve plain assets or include a JavaScript decompressor for .br and .gz files.