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

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An API (Application Programming Interface) allows you to send and receive data from a remote server, like querying a database. This is 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. For more detailed information on how APIs work, see here.

While most APIs require access via API keys (which are similar to passwords), or have complex methods of authentication, 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 testing.

Big List of Free Open APIs

The APIs below can be accessed using any method:

  • your web browser (just click on the sample URLs to load them)
  • any modern coding language
  • cURL for the command line
  • no-code API clients like Swagger, Postman, or Insomnia
  • Mixed Analytics' own API Connector for Google Sheets
#CATEGORYAPI NAMEDESCRIPTIONSAMPLE URL
1API DirectoriesAPIs.guruOpenAPI API directoryhttps://api.apis.guru/v2/list.json
2Art & ImagesArt Institute of ChicagoArtwork from the museumhttps://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/search?q=cats
3Art & ImagesCOLOURloversColor trendshttps://www.colourlovers.com/api/colors/new?format=json
4Art & ImagesDiceBearGenerate random SVG avatarshttps://api.dicebear.com/6.x/pixel-art/svg
5Art & ImagesDogsRandom dog imageshttps://dog.ceo/api/breeds/image/random
6Art & ImagesHTTP CatsCat images for HTTP status codeshttps://http.cat/401
7Art & ImagesLorem PicsumPlaceholder imageshttps://picsum.photos/200/300
8Art & ImagesMetropolitan Museum of ArtArtwork from the museumhttps://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/public/collection/v1/objects/100
9Art & ImagesPHP-NoiseNoise background image generatorhttps://php-noise.com/noise.php?hex=FFFFFF&json
10Art & ImagesPlacebearPictures of bears for use as placeholdershttps://placebear.com/200/300
11Art & ImagesRandom DogRandom dog imageshttps://random.dog/woof.json
12Art & ImagesRandomFoxRandom pictures of foxeshttps://randomfox.ca/floof/
13Art & ImagesReSmushImage compression and optimizationhttp://api.resmush.it/ws.php?img=http://www.resmush.it/assets/images/jpg_example_original.jpg&qlty=95
14Art & ImagesRoboHashGenerate unique images from texthttps://robohash.org/onerobot.png
15Art & ImagesVadivelu Status CodesHTTP Codes with imageshttps://vadivelu.anoram.com/gif/200
16CalendarNager.DatePublic holidayshttps://date.nager.at/api/v2/publicholidays/2020/US
17CalendarUK Bank HolidaysUK bank holidayshttps://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays.json
18Content4chan4chan's read-only APIhttps://a.4cdn.org/boards.json
19ContentAnime News NetworkAnime/manga encyclopediahttps://cdn.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/api.xml?title=4658
20ContentCeska TelevizeCzech television program datahttps://www.ceskatelevize.cz/services-old/programme/xml/schedule.php?user=test&date=30.01.2024&channel=ct24
21ContentChronicling AmericaHistoric US newspapershttps://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/newspapers.json
22ContentCrossrefScholarly metadatahttps://api.crossref.org/journals?query=pharmacy+health
23ContentFinal SpaceTelevision show Final Spacehttps://finalspaceapi.com/api/v0/episode/
24ContentHackerNewsHacker News APIhttps://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/8863.json
25ContentIce and FireQuantified and structured data from the universe of Ice and Firehttps://anapioficeandfire.com/api/characters/581
26ContentJikanUnofficial MyAnimeList APIhttps://api.jikan.moe/v4/anime?q=naruto
27ContentListlyTop 10 listshttps://list.ly/api/v4/meta?url=http://google.com
28ContentMCU-CountdownWhen is the next MCU film?https://www.whenisthenextmcufilm.com/api
29ContentMediawikiWikipedia page content and revisionshttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Pet_door&rvprop=content&format=json
30ContentOpen LibraryBooks and book-related datahttps://openlibrary.org/search.json?q=the+lord+of+the+rings
31ContentRedditPublic content from Reddithttps://www.reddit.com/r/Wallstreetbets/top.json?limit=10&t=year
32ContentReddit StocksTop stocks from Wallstreetbetshttps://tradestie.com/api/v1/apps/reddit
33ContentRick and MortyRick and Morty charactershttps://rickandmortyapi.com/api/character/108
34ContentSTAPIStar Trek informationhttps://stapi.co/api/v2/rest/spacecraft/search
35ContentSWAPIStar Wars informationhttps://swapi.dev/api/planets/3/?format=json
36ContentThe RosaryRosary prayershttps://the-rosary-api.vercel.app/v1/today
37ContentTVMazeTV show informationhttp://api.tvmaze.com/search/shows?q=golden girls
38ContentWolne LekturySearch ebooks from wolnelektury.plhttps://wolnelektury.pl/api/authors/edgar-allan-poe/
39ContentWordPressPosts from any public WordPress sitehttps://techcrunch.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?per_page=100&context=embed
40Crypto & FinanceBinance24 hr crypto datahttps://api4.binance.com/api/v3/ticker/24hr
41Crypto & FinanceCoinBaseCurrency codes and nameshttps://api.coinbase.com/v2/currencies
42Crypto & FinanceCoinCapReal time cryptocurrency priceshttps://api.coincap.io/v2/assets
43Crypto & FinanceCoinDeskBitcoin price indexhttps://api.coindesk.com/v1/bpi/currentprice.json
44Crypto & FinanceCoinGeckoCryptocurrency market datahttps://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/coins/markets?vs_currency=usd
45Crypto & FinanceCoinLoreCryptocurrency market datahttps://api.coinlore.net/api/tickers/
46Crypto & FinanceCoinMapCrypto ATMshttps://coinmap.org/api/v1/venues/
47Crypto & FinanceCoinpaprikaCryptocurrency datahttps://api.coinpaprika.com/v1/coins/btc-bitcoin
48Crypto & FinanceCurrency RatesCurrency exchange rateshttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@fawazahmed0/currency-api@latest/v1/currencies.json
49Crypto & FinanceDEX ScreenerBlockchain screenerhttps://api.dexscreener.com/latest/dex/search?q=WBNB%20USDC
50Crypto & FinanceExchangeRate-APIExchange rateshttps://open.er-api.com/v6/latest/USD
51Crypto & FinanceGeckoTerminalCrypto datahttps://api.geckoterminal.com/api/v2/networks
52Crypto & FinanceGeminiCryptocurrency market datahttps://api.gemini.com/v2/ticker/btcusd
53Crypto & FinanceKrakenCrypto datahttps://api.kraken.com/0/public/Trades?pair=ltcusd
54Crypto & FinanceKuCoinCrypto datahttps://api.kucoin.com/api/v1/market/stats?symbol=BTC-USDT
55Crypto & FinanceNBP WebCurrency exchange rates and gold priceshttp://api.nbp.pl/api/cenyzlota/last/30/?format=json
56Crypto & FinanceNexchangeCryptocurrency market datahttps://api.n.exchange/en/api/v1/pair/
57Crypto & FinanceOKXCryptocurrency market datahttps://www.okx.com/api/v5/market/tickers?instType=SPOT
58Crypto & FinanceRazorpay IFSCIndian Financial Systems Codeshttps://ifsc.razorpay.com/YESB0DNB002
59Crypto & FinanceWazirXCrypto datahttps://api.wazirx.com/sapi/v1/tickers/24hr
60Developer ToolsAgifyPredict age based on a namehttps://api.agify.io?name=bella
61Developer ToolsAPIC AgentDetect browser, OS, and device from user agenthttps://api.apicagent.com/?ua=Mozilla/5.0%20(Macintosh;%20Intel%20Mac%20OS%20X%2010_15_5)%20AppleWebKit/537.36%20(KHTML,%20like%20Gecko)%20Chrome/89.0.4389.114%20Safari/537.36
62Developer ToolsArul's Public APIsGet IP addresshttps://api.aruljohn.com/ip/json
63Developer ToolsCloudflare TraceGet IP address, user agent, etchttps://1.1.1.1/cdn-cgi/trace
64Developer ToolsDigital Ocean StatusDigitalOcean statushttps://status.digitalocean.com/api/v2/summary.json
65Developer ToolsFilterListsLists of filters used by ad blockershttp://filterlists.com/api/directory/lists
66Developer ToolsGenderize.ioPredict gender based on a namehttps://api.genderize.io?name=scott
67Developer ToolsGoogle FaviconsGoogle's unofficial favicon fetcherhttps://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=quora.com&sz=32
68Developer ToolsgoQRCreate and read QR codeshttp://api.qrserver.com/v1/create-qr-code/?data=https://mixedanalytics.com&size=100x100
69Developer ToolsHTTPBinInspect user agent and headershttp://httpbin.org/get
70Developer ToolsImage-ChartsChart imageshttps://image-charts.com/chart?cht=p3&chs=700x100&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
71Developer ToolsIP2LocationGet public IP addresshttps://api.ip2location.io/
72Developer ToolsIPifyGet public IP addresshttps://api.ipify.org?format=json
73Developer Toolsis.gdURL shortenerhttps://is.gd/create.php?format=simple&url=www.example.com
74Developer ToolsMicrolinkRetrieve metadata and screenshots from any URLhttps://api.microlink.io/?url=https://github.com/microlinkhq
75Developer ToolsNationalize.ioPredict nationality based on a namehttps://api.nationalize.io?name=michael
76Developer ToolsQuickChartGenerate charts on-the-flyhttps://quickchart.io/chart?c={type:'bar',data:{labels:[2019,2020,2021,2022, 2023],datasets:[{label:'Users',data:[120,60,50,180,120]}]}}
77Developer ToolsSerialif ColorGet colors in different formatshttps://color.serialif.com/aquamarine
78Developer ToolsSixdotsGoogle playstore analysishttps://storeapi.six-dots.app/last_updated_100
79Developer ToolsUn-ShortenUnshorten shortened URLshttps://unshorten.me/json/goo.gl/IGL1lE
80Developer ToolsURLhausReceive and submit malware URLshttps://urlhaus-api.abuse.ch/v1/urls/recent/limit/3/
81Food & DrinkCocktail DatabaseCocktail recipeshttps://www.thecocktaildb.com/api/json/v1/1/search.php?s=margarita
82Food & DrinkOpen Brewery DBBrewerieshttps://api.openbrewerydb.org/breweries
83Food & DrinkOpen Food FactsData on food productshttps://world.openfoodfacts.org/api/v0/product/737628064502.json
84Food & DrinkWhisky HunterWhisky auctionshttps://whiskyhunter.net/api/auctions_data/?format=json
85Fun & GamesAmiiboAPINintendo Amiibo databasehttps://www.amiiboapi.com/api/amiibo/?name=mario
86Fun & GamesBarterDigital game libraries, wishlists and tradableshttps://barter.vg/browse/cards/json
87Fun & GamesBoard Game GeekBoard gameshttps://boardgamegeek.com/xmlapi/search?search=frika
88Fun & GamesCheapSharkPrice comparison for digital gameshttps://www.cheapshark.com/api/1.0/deals?upperPrice=15
89Fun & GamesChuck Norris JokesChuck Norris factshttps://api.chucknorris.io/jokes/random
90Fun & GamesD&D 5th EditionOfficial 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragonshttps://www.dnd5eapi.co/api/features
91Fun & GamesData DragonLeague of Legends champions APIhttps://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.3.1/data/en_US/champion.json
92Fun & GamesDeck of CardsSimulate a deck of cardshttps://deckofcardsapi.com/api/deck/new/shuffle/?deck_count=1
93Fun & GamesEvil Insult GeneratorGenerate insultshttps://evilinsult.com/generate_insult.php?lang=en&type=json
94Fun & GamesFreeToGameFree-to-play gameshttps://www.freetogame.com/api/games?platform=pc
95Fun & GamesGamerpowerFree games and giveawayshttps://www.gamerpower.com/api/giveaways?platform=steam&type=loot&sort-by=popularity
96Fun & GamesHyrule CompendiumThe Legend of Zelda: BOTWhttps://botw-compendium.herokuapp.com/api/v2/entry/white-maned_lynel
97Fun & GamesicanhazdadjokeDad jokeshttps://icanhazdadjoke.com/
98Fun & GamesImgflipPopular memeshttps://api.imgflip.com/get_memes
99Fun & GamesisEvenCheck if a number is evenhttps://api.isevenapi.xyz/api/iseven/12/
100Fun & GamesJokeAPIJokeshttps://v2.jokeapi.dev/joke/Any?safe-mode
101Fun & GamesMagic: The GatheringCards and sets from MTGhttps://api.magicthegathering.io/v1/sets
102Fun & GamesOfficial JokeJokeshttps://official-joke-api.appspot.com/random_joke
103Fun & GamesOpen Trivia DBTrivia questionshttps://opentdb.com/api.php?amount=10&category=17&difficulty=easy
104Fun & GamesPokéAPIPokémon datahttps://pokeapi.co/api/v2/pokemon/ditto
105Fun & GamesPokémon TCGPokémon card datahttps://api.pokemontcg.io/v2/cards/xy1-1
106Fun & GamesRuneScapeRunescape datahttps://services.runescape.com/m=itemdb_rs/api/catalogue/items.json?category=9&alpha=c&page=1
107Fun & GamesScryfallMagic: The Gathering card datahttps://api.scryfall.com/cards/search?order=cmc&q=c:red%20pow=3
108Fun & GamesTCGdexPokémon card datahttps://api.tcgdex.net/v2/en/sets
109Fun & GamesXIVAPIFinal Fantasy XIVhttps://xivapi.com/Action/127
110Fun & Gamesxkcdxkcd comicshttp://xkcd.com/info.0.json
111Fun & GamesYes or No?Randomly generate a yes or no imagehttps://yesno.wtf/api
112GeoAdresseFrench addresses and geocodinghttps://api-adresse.data.gouv.fr/search/?q=8+bd+du+port
113GeoCountry.isLookup country by IP addresshttps://api.country.is/9.9.9.9
114GeoGeocodeForward/reverse geocodinghttps://geocode.xyz/51.50354,-0.12768?geoit=json
115GeoGeoJSGeolocation by IP addresshttps://get.geojs.io/v1/ip/geo.json
116GeogeoPluginCurrency conversion and geolocation datahttp://www.geoplugin.net/php.gp
117GeoGetTheDataUK geo coordinates conversionhttps://api.getthedata.com/bng2latlong/529090/179645
118GeoHelloSalutTranslate "hello" by IP addresshttp://stefanbohacek.com/hellosalut/?mode=auto
119GeoHong Kong GeoData StoreHong Kong geo datahttps://geodata.gov.hk/gs/api/v1.0.0/locationSearch?q=museums
120GeoipapiGeolocation by IP addresshttps://ipapi.co/json/
121GeoIPGeoGeolocation by IP addresshttps://api.techniknews.net/ipgeo/
122GeoNominatumLocations and addresseshttps://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search.php?city=taipei&format=jsonv2
123GeoOpen Topo DataDetermine elevation for lat/longhttps://api.opentopodata.org/v1/srtm90m?locations=-43.5,172.5|27.6,1.98&interpolation=cubic
124GeoPostcodesUK geo data by postcodehttps://api.postcodes.io/postcodes/OX49%205NU
125GeoViaCEPBrazil's postal address codes (CEPs)https://viacep.com.br/ws/01001000/json/
126GeoZippopotamusZip code information for 60 countrieshttps://api.zippopotam.us/us/90210
127GeoZiptasticUS geo data by zipcodehttps://ziptasticapi.com/90210
128GovernmentBanco Central Do BrasilBrazil Central Bank datahttps://api.bcb.gov.br/dados/serie/bcdata.sgs.20716/dados/ultimos/10?formato=json
129GovernmentBelgian Open Data InitiativeBelgian government open datahttps://social.brussels/rest/sector/5/organisations
130GovernmentBrasilBrazil public datahttps://brasilapi.com.br/api/feriados/v1/2024
131GovernmentCiviXLaw and bylaw content of British Columbiahttps://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/search/complete/fullsearch?q=water&s=0&e=20&nFrag=5&lFrag=100
132GovernmentColorado Information MarketplaceColorado state open datahttps://data.colorado.gov/resource/4ykn-tg5h.json
133GovernmentData USAUS public datahttps://datausa.io/api/data?drilldowns=Nation&measures=Population
134GovernmentData.govU.S. government open datahttps://data.ny.gov/api/views/d6yy-54nr/rows.xml?accessType=DOWNLOAD
135GovernmentData.gov.auAustralian government open datahttps://www.data.act.gov.au/api/views/s4g9-ndv2/rows.json?accessType=DOWNLOAD
136GovernmentDawumGerman election pollshttps://api.dawum.de/
137GovernmentEuropean Commission Taxation and CustomsEuropan Comission taxeshttps://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/rest-api/ms/DE/vat/122268496
138GovernmentFBI WantedFBI Wanted datahttps://api.fbi.gov/wanted/v1/list
139GovernmentFederal RegisterDaily journal of the US governmenthttps://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2023-05167?publication_date=2023-03-14
140GovernmentFood Standards AgencyUK restaurant hygiene ratingshttps://ratings.food.gov.uk/OpenDataFiles/FHRS529en-GB.json
141GovernmentNYC Open DataNew York City open datahttps://data.cityofnewyork.us/resource/erm2-nwe9.json?unique_key=57056073
142GovernmentOpen Data DCWashington DC open datahttps://maps2.dcgis.dc.gov/dcgis/rest/services/DCGIS_DATA/Transportation_TrafficVolume_WebMercator/MapServer/171/query?where=1%3D1&outFields=ROUTEID,FROMMEASURE,TOMEASURE,FROMDATE,TODATE&outSR=4326&f=json
143GovernmentOpen Government, CanadaCanadian government open datahttps://open.canada.ca/data/api/action/package_show?id=5953da6b-d81b-4a2c-8b27-145892827fb0
144GovernmentRepresent Civic InformationCanada's elected officials and electoral districtshttps://represent.opennorth.ca/representatives/?first_name=Jack
145GovernmentUSAspendingU.S. federal government spending datahttps://api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/references/toptier_agencies/
146GovernmentUSPTOUS Patent and Trademark Officehttps://developer.uspto.gov/ipmarketplace-api/search/query?searchText=vehicles
147GovernmentWorld BankWorld Bank open datahttp://api.worldbank.org/v2/region?format=json
148HealthHealthCare.govUS health insurance datahttps://www.healthcare.gov/api/index.json
149HealthMakeupMakeup brands and product infohttp://makeup-api.herokuapp.com/api/v1/products.json?brand=maybelline
150HealthNPPESUS health care providershttps://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov/api/?version=2.1&city=baltimore
151HealthopenFDAFood & Drug Administration data (US)https://api.fda.gov/food/enforcement.json?limit=10
152InspirationAdvice SlipGenerate random advicehttps://api.adviceslip.com/advice/search/love
153InspirationAffirmationsGenerate affirmationshttps://www.affirmations.dev/
154InspirationBreaking Bad QuotesRetrieve some quotes of Breaking Badhttps://api.breakingbadquotes.xyz/v1/quotes
155InspirationDictumInspiring expressionshttps://api.fisenko.net/v1/quotes/en?query=string&offset=0&limit=0
156InspirationGame of Thrones QuotesRetrieve some quotes of Game of Throneshttps://api.gameofthronesquotes.xyz/v1/random
157InspirationKanyeKanye quoteshttps://api.kanye.rest/
158InspirationQuotableRandom quoteshttps://api.quotable.io/quotes/random
159InspirationQuote GardenDatabase of 75000 quoteshttps://quote-garden.onrender.com/api/v3/quotes
160InspirationQuotes on DesignQuotes about designhttps://quotesondesign.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/?orderby=rand
161InspirationRon Swanson QuotesRon Swanson quotes APIhttps://ron-swanson-quotes.herokuapp.com/v2/quotes
162JobsJobicyList of remote jobshttps://jobicy.com/api/v2/remote-jobs?count=20&geo=usa&industry=marketing&tag=seo
163LanguageChinese Character WebInformation about Chinese charactershttp://ccdb.hemiola.com/characters/radicals/85?count
164LanguageChinese Text ProjectDigital library for pre-modern Chinese textshttps://api.ctext.org/getdictionaryheadwords
165LanguageDatamuseQuery words matching conditionshttps://api.datamuse.com/words?ml=ringing+in+the+ears
166LanguageFree DictionaryWord definitions and phoneticshttps://api.dictionaryapi.dev/api/v2/entries/en/digital
167LanguagePurgoMalumCheck content for profanityhttps://www.purgomalum.com/service/json?text=this%20is%20some%20test%20input
168MusicBinary JazzFetch a random genrehttps://binaryjazz.us/wp-json/genrenator/v1/genre/5
169MusiciTunes SearchiTunes contenthttps://itunes.apple.com/search?term=radiohead
170MusicMusicBrainzMusic datahttp://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist/5b11f4ce-a62d-471e-81fc-a69a8278c7da?fmt=json
171MusicOpenwhydPlaylists from various streaming platformshttps://openwhyd.org/hot/electro?format=json
172Open DataArchive.orgLarge public digital archivehttps://archive.org/metadata/TheAdventuresOfTomSawyer_201303
173Open DataCarbon IntensityCarbon intensity of the electricity system in Great Britainhttps://api.carbonintensity.org.uk/intensity/date
174Open DataData.Police.UKUK crime & police datahttps://data.police.uk/api/crimes-street/all-crime?lat=52.629729&lng=-1.131592&date=2023-01
175Open DataFipeBrazilian vehicles and priceshttps://parallelum.com.br/fipe/api/v1/carros/marcas/59/modelos
176Open DataHouse Stock WatcherUS Congress members' stock transactionshttps://house-stock-watcher-data.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/data/filemap.xml
177Open DataLeadsbox71 Million business records in 202 countrieshttps://leadsbox.biz/?query=lawyers+in+germany
178Open DataOpen LibraryInformation about bookshttp://openlibrary.org/api/volumes/brief/isbn/9780525440987.json
179Open DataPM2.5PM2.5 environmental data monitoringhttps://pm25.lass-net.org/API-1.0.0/project/airbox/latest/
180Open DataUniversities ListUniversitieshttp://universities.hipolabs.com/search?country=United+Kingdom
181Open DataVehiclesNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration's catalog of vehicles specshttps://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/api/vehicles/GetVehicleTypesForMake/merc?format=json
182Open DataWayback MachineInternet archive availabilityhttps://archive.org/wayback/available?url=google.com
183Open DataWikipediaPageview statshttps://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/metrics/pageviews/per-article/en.wikipedia/all-access/all-agents/Tiger_King/daily/20210901/20210930
184ScienceArcsecondWorldwide astronomy datahttps://api.arcsecond.io/activities/
185SciencearXivResearch-sharing platformhttp://export.arxiv.org/api/query?search_query=all:electron
186ScienceAsterankAsteroids, minor planets, and other objectshttp://www.asterank.com/api/skymorph/search?target=J99TS7A
187ScienceCat-FactsDaily cat factshttps://cat-fact.herokuapp.com/facts/random
188ScienceCelesTrakGeneral perturbations orbital datahttps://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/gp.php?INTDES=2023-015&FORMAT=JSON-PRETTY
189ScienceGBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facilityhttps://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/search?year=1800,1899
190ScienceiDigBioDigitized data for millions of biological specimenshttps://search.idigbio.org/v2/search/records/?rq={"data.dwc:dynamicProperties":"nsf_tcn"}&limit=1
191ScienceITISIntegrated Taxonomic Information Systemhttps://www.itis.gov/ITISWebService/services/ITISService/searchByCommonName?srchKey=ferret-badger
192ScienceNASANational Aeronautics and Space Administrationhttps://api.nasa.gov/neo/rest/v1/neo/browse?api_key=DEMO_KEY
193ScienceNewtonAdvanced mathhttps://newton.now.sh/api/v2/factor/x^2-1
194ScienceNumbersFacts about numbershttp://numbersapi.com/random/math
195ScienceOpen NotifyISS location and people in spacehttp://api.open-notify.org/astros.json
196ScienceSpaceflight NewsSpaceflight related newshttps://api.spaceflightnewsapi.net/v3/articles
197ScienceSpaceXLaunch and rocket datahttps://api.spacexdata.com/v5/launches/latest
198ScienceSunriseSunsetSunrise and sunset timeshttps://api.sunrisesunset.io/json?lat=38.907192&lng=-77.036873&timezone=UTC&date=today
199ScienceTheSpaceDevsRocket launches, space events and crewed spaceflighthttps://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/?limit=10
200ScienceUSGS Earthquake CatalogLatest earthquakeshttps://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query?format=geojson&starttime=2023-03-01&endtime=2023-03-02&minmagnitude=5
201SportsCityBikesBike sharing networkshttp://api.citybik.es/v2/networks
202SportsErgast F1Motor racing datahttp://ergast.com/api/f1/drivers.json
203SportsFootball-DataFootball (soccer) competitions and datahttp://api.football-data.org/v4/competitions/
204SportsnhlapiNHL datahttps://api-web.nhle.com/v1/standings-season
205Test DataBacon IpsumGenerate fake data for testinghttps://baconipsum.com/api/?type=meat-and-filler
206Test DataFakerGenerate fake datahttps://fakerapi.it/api/v1/credit_cards?_quantity=2
207Test DataJSONPlaceholderFake REST API for testinghttps://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1
208Test DataLoripsumGenerate fake placeholder texthttps://loripsum.net/api/10/short/headers
209Test DataRandomUserFake user data generatorhttps://randomuser.me/api/
210Test DataReqresTest against a real APIhttps://reqres.in/api/users?page=1
211Test DataRESTRest API for testinghttps://api.restful-api.dev/objects
212Test DataSoftwiumDummy JSON data for a variety of categorieshttps://softwium.com/api/books
213Test DataUUID GeneratorGenerate UUIDs and GUIDshttps://www.uuidtools.com/api/generate/v1/count/3
214TransportationDerhuerstPublic transport for Berlin & Brandenburghttps://v6.vbb.transport.rest/locations?query=berlin
215TransportationiRailBelgian railwayshttps://api.irail.be/vehicle/?id=BE.NMBS.IC1832&format=json&lang=en&alerts=false
216TransportationMBTAPublic transport for Bostonhttps://api-v3.mbta.com/route_patterns?filter[route]=CR-Providence&include=representative_trip&fields[trip]=headsign
217TransportationMetro LisboaSubway line statushttps://app.metrolisboa.pt/status/getLinhas.php
218Weather7Timer!Weather forecasts for astronomyhttp://www.7timer.info/bin/api.pl?lon=113.17&lat=23.09&product=astro&output=json
219WeatherAviation Weather CenterAviation Digital Data Service (ADDS) datahttps://aviationweather.gov/api/data/airport?ids=KMCI
220WeatherOpen-MeteoOpen source weather APIhttps://api.open-meteo.com/v1/forecast?latitude=52.52&longitude=13.41&daily=temperature_2m_max,temperature_2m_min
221WeatheropenSenseMapPersonal senseBox (weather station) datahttps://api.opensensemap.org/boxes/57000b8745fd40c8196ad04c?format=json
222WeatherSG WeatherRealtime weather readings for Singaporehttps://api.data.gov.sg/v1/environment/air-temperature
223WeatherwttrConsole-oriented weather forecast servicewttr.in/London?format=3
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    • 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.

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      • Thank you. It is a real cool site with over 5 million users. Maybe you can share some of your codes with us on this site 🙂

  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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  23. Hello

    This is great and useful thanks. However do you have any where I can use Key and Secret's to test api connectivity with high security which is more common these days?

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  25. I just briefly tested the "Jokes" API and it immediately presented a racist joke. I did this during a class. You should reconsider listing that as a resource.

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  27. Ana, we develop mission-critical environmental conservation apps for NGOs. Using Appsheet. New to APIs. Need access to soil and ecoregion data. Soil data from SSURGO and ecoregion data from US EPA. Should be possible. Can you find SSURGO APIs?

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    • Hey Mark! I would just Google "SSURGO APIs" and see if any of the results look like what you're looking for. I tried and see several results, but since I don't have any background knowledge, I can't really evaluate their quality or relevance.

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  28. Thank you for the list!

    Just to raise it to your attention, the pixelencounter link actually is a duplicate link to the openFDA site from above. Just thought you might want to fix it at some point. Otherwise the list is great!

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  40. Hi Ana,
    Thank you for the list. I just wanted to know if there is any API that i can test for free which can send a zip file as a response. I am doing a POC and i need to confirm the zip file flow.

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  52. Hi, Thank you for providing this list of APIs, it looks really good. I believe you should also include (www.ipstack.com), which offers geolocation API and global IP database services globally.

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    • You can find these by searching for "identity verification api" but I don't know of any free or open APIs for this, as far as I can see they are all enterprise solutions.

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    • Ah, I see it now, thanks. Looks pretty useful, though this list only includes GET requests at the moment (so that they can be accessed via the browser).

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    • Thanks for your feedback, but I wasn't able to replicate the issue -- I just clicked the loripsum.net sample API URL and it worked for me in my browser. Can you please share how you accessed it?

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  72. Tried your submit form, but it doesn't work.

    I built a free API: https://letscountapi.com/

    This API allows clients to create, retrieve, update, increment, and decrement counters identified by namespace and key. It's completely free to use.

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