Big List of Free and Open Public APIs (No Auth Needed)

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An API (Application Programming Interface) allows you to send requests to a remote data set, like querying a database. The response will then be delivered back to your own application in a standardized format. This is very helpful when you’re building an app or pulling metrics for reporting, because it means you can focus on presenting information in a unique or useful manner, rather than developing the underlying data set. For example, most weather apps get their weather forecast data from a weather API, rather than building weather stations themselves.

Of course, the fastest way to understand how APIs work is to try them out. While most APIs require access via API keys (which are similar to passwords), or have complex methods of authentication and authorization, there are also quite a few APIs with no requirements at all. This is especially useful for beginners, as it means you can start exploring different APIs right away. It is also useful for web developers looking to access a sample data set for their app without any red tape.

Big List of Free Open APIs

The APIs below can be accessed using your web browser, cURL for the command line, API tools like Swagger and Postman, or Mixed Analytics’ own API Connector for Google Sheets. Just click the sample URLs in the table to see their response in your browser, or copy/paste the URLs and run in your tool of choice. You can also modify the URLs to retrieve additional information (consult the documentation links for specifics).

#API NAMEDESCRIPTIONSAMPLE URL
17Timer!Weather forecastshttp://www.7timer.info/bin/api.pl?lon=113.17&lat=23.09&product=astro&output=json
2Agify.ioPredict age based on a namehttps://api.agify.io?name=bella
3Archive.orgLarge public digital archivehttps://archive.org/advancedsearch.php?q=subject:google+sheets&output=json
4BoredActivity suggestionshttps://www.boredapi.com/api/activity
5Cat FactsList of cat factshttps://cat-fact.herokuapp.com/facts
6Cocktail DatabaseCocktail recipeshttps://www.thecocktaildb.com/api/json/v1/1/search.php?s=margarita
7CoinBaseCurrency codes and nameshttps://api.coinbase.com/v2/currencies
8CoinDeskBitcoin price indexhttps://api.coindesk.com/v1/bpi/currentprice.json
9CoinGeckoExchange rateshttps://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/exchange_rates
10CoinpaprikaCryptocurrency datahttps://api.coinpaprika.com/v1/coins/btc-bitcoin
11Data USAUS public datahttps://datausa.io/api/data?drilldowns=Nation&measures=Population
12DogsRandom dog imageshttps://dog.ceo/api/breeds/image/random
13ExchangeRate-APIExchange rateshttps://api.exchangerate-api.com/v4/latest/USD
14FreeGeoIPGeoIP infohttps://freegeoip.app/json/
15Genderize.ioPredict gender based on a namehttps://api.genderize.io?name=scott
16GitHub JobsSearch available jobshttps://jobs.github.com/positions.json?description=api
17HTTP CatsCat images for HTTP status codeshttps://http.cat/401
18Image-ChartsChart imageshttps://image-charts.com/chart?cht=p3&chs=700×100&chd=t:60,40&chl=Hello|World&chan&chf=ps0-0,lg,45,ffeb3b,0.2,f44336,1|ps0-1,lg,45,8bc34a,0.2,009688,1
19ImgflipPopular memeshttps://api.imgflip.com/get_memes
20IP 2 CountryGet country for IP addresshttps://api.ip2country.info/ip?161.185.160.93
21IPifyGet your public IP addresshttps://api.ipify.org?format=json
22IPinfoInformation about IP addresseshttps://ipinfo.io/161.185.160.93/geo
23iTunes SearchiTunes and Apple Book Store contenthttps://itunes.apple.com/search?term=radiohead
24JikanUnofficial MyAnimeList APIhttps://api.jikan.moe/v3/search/anime?q=naruto
25JokeAPIJokeshttps://v2.jokeapi.dev/joke/Any
26JokesJokeshttps://official-joke-api.appspot.com/jokes/ten
27MakeupMakeup brands and product infohttp://makeup-api.herokuapp.com/api/v1/products.json?brand=maybelline
28MusicBrainzMusic datahttp://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist/5b11f4ce-a62d-471e-81fc-a69a8278c7da?fmt=json
29Nager.DatePublic holidayshttps://date.nager.at/api/v2/publicholidays/2020/US
30Nationalize.ioPredict nationality based on a namehttps://api.nationalize.io?name=michael
31Open Brewery DBBrewerieshttps://api.openbrewerydb.org/breweries
32Open Food FactsData on food productshttps://world.openfoodfacts.org/api/v0/product/737628064502.json
33Open LibraryInformation about bookshttp://openlibrary.org/api/volumes/brief/isbn/9780525440987.json
34openFDAFederal Drug Administration datahttps://api.fda.gov/food/enforcement.json?limit=10
35PlacekittenPlaceholder kitten imageshttp://placekitten.com/200/300
36Public APIsList public APIshttps://api.publicapis.org/entries
37PunkAPIBeer recipeshttps://api.punkapi.com/v2/beers
38Random DogsRandom dog imageshttps://random.dog/woof.json
39RandomUserFake user data generatorhttps://randomuser.me/api/
40Recipe PuppyRecipeshttp://www.recipepuppy.com/api/?i=onions,garlic&q=omelet
41REST CountriesCountry informationhttps://restcountries.eu/rest/v2/all
42ShrtcodeURL Shortenerhttps://api.shrtco.de/v2/shorten?url=example.org/very/long/link.html
43TeleportLocation and quality of life datahttps://api.teleport.org/api/urban_areas/teleport%3A9q8yy/scores/
44TVMazeTV show informationhttp://api.tvmaze.com/search/shows?q=golden girls
45Universities ListUniversitieshttp://universities.hipolabs.com/search?country=United+Kingdom
46Unix Timestamp ConverterConvert timestampshttps://showcase.api.linx.twenty57.net/UnixTime/fromunix?timestamp=1549892280
47xkcdxkcd comicshttp://xkcd.com/info.0.json
48ZippopotamusZip code informationhttps://api.zippopotam.us/us/90210

26 thoughts on “Big List of Free and Open Public APIs (No Auth Needed)”

    • Hey Ryan, thank you for that! And that’s a really good tutorial. I’ve never seen that site before, just signed up now and am checking it out πŸ™‚

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  4. Actually this is very nice !!!! I am searching for fun and free api’s for a long time, this is like a crystal clear of what I exactly need !!! keep it up man …..Good Work!!!!!

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  9. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for this list.
    I often need an API for testing something simple. Surprisingly (or unsurprisingly) hard to find many that don’t need a registration+key.
    So thank you for this list. It is gold!

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  12. thanks guys i love this page it helps me alot, please is there any api on reators without key? thanks for any positive reply.

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