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 & DrinkSpoonacularComprehensive food APIhttps://api.spoonacular.com/recipes/complexSearch
85Food & DrinkWhisky HunterWhisky auctionshttps://whiskyhunter.net/api/auctions_data/?format=json
86Fun & GamesAmiiboAPINintendo Amiibo databasehttps://www.amiiboapi.com/api/amiibo/?name=mario
87Fun & GamesBarterDigital game libraries, wishlists and tradableshttps://barter.vg/browse/cards/json
88Fun & GamesBoard Game GeekBoard gameshttps://boardgamegeek.com/xmlapi/search?search=frika
89Fun & GamesCheapSharkPrice comparison for digital gameshttps://www.cheapshark.com/api/1.0/deals?upperPrice=15
90Fun & GamesChuck Norris JokesChuck Norris factshttps://api.chucknorris.io/jokes/random
91Fun & GamesD&D 5th EditionOfficial 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragonshttps://www.dnd5eapi.co/api/features
92Fun & GamesData DragonLeague of Legends champions APIhttps://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.3.1/data/en_US/champion.json
93Fun & GamesDeck of CardsSimulate a deck of cardshttps://deckofcardsapi.com/api/deck/new/shuffle/?deck_count=1
94Fun & GamesEvil Insult GeneratorGenerate insultshttps://evilinsult.com/generate_insult.php?lang=en&type=json
95Fun & GamesFreeToGameFree-to-play gameshttps://www.freetogame.com/api/games?platform=pc
96Fun & GamesGamerpowerFree games and giveawayshttps://www.gamerpower.com/api/giveaways?platform=steam&type=loot&sort-by=popularity
97Fun & GamesHyrule CompendiumThe Legend of Zelda: BOTWhttps://botw-compendium.herokuapp.com/api/v2/entry/white-maned_lynel
98Fun & GamesicanhazdadjokeDad jokeshttps://icanhazdadjoke.com/
99Fun & GamesImgflipPopular memeshttps://api.imgflip.com/get_memes
100Fun & GamesisEvenCheck if a number is evenhttps://api.isevenapi.xyz/api/iseven/12/
101Fun & GamesJokeAPIJokeshttps://v2.jokeapi.dev/joke/Any?safe-mode
102Fun & GamesMagic: The GatheringCards and sets from MTGhttps://api.magicthegathering.io/v1/sets
103Fun & GamesOfficial JokeJokeshttps://official-joke-api.appspot.com/random_joke
104Fun & GamesOpen Trivia DBTrivia questionshttps://opentdb.com/api.php?amount=10&category=17&difficulty=easy
105Fun & GamesPokéAPIPokémon datahttps://pokeapi.co/api/v2/pokemon/ditto
106Fun & GamesPokémon TCGPokémon card datahttps://api.pokemontcg.io/v2/cards/xy1-1
107Fun & GamesRuneScapeRunescape datahttps://services.runescape.com/m=itemdb_rs/api/catalogue/items.json?category=9&alpha=c&page=1
108Fun & GamesScryfallMagic: The Gathering card datahttps://api.scryfall.com/cards/search?order=cmc&q=c:red%20pow=3
109Fun & GamesTCGdexPokémon card datahttps://api.tcgdex.net/v2/en/sets
110Fun & GamesXIVAPIFinal Fantasy XIVhttps://xivapi.com/Action/127
111Fun & Gamesxkcdxkcd comicshttp://xkcd.com/info.0.json
112Fun & GamesYes or No?Randomly generate a yes or no imagehttps://yesno.wtf/api
113GeoAdresseFrench addresses and geocodinghttps://api-adresse.data.gouv.fr/search/?q=8+bd+du+port
114GeoCountry.isLookup country by IP addresshttps://api.country.is/9.9.9.9
115GeoGeocodeForward/reverse geocodinghttps://geocode.xyz/51.50354,-0.12768?geoit=json
116GeoGeoJSGeolocation by IP addresshttps://get.geojs.io/v1/ip/geo.json
117GeogeoPluginCurrency conversion and geolocation datahttp://www.geoplugin.net/php.gp
118GeoGetTheDataUK geo coordinates conversionhttps://api.getthedata.com/bng2latlong/529090/179645
119GeoHelloSalutTranslate "hello" by IP addresshttp://stefanbohacek.com/hellosalut/?mode=auto
120GeoHong Kong GeoData StoreHong Kong geo datahttps://geodata.gov.hk/gs/api/v1.0.0/locationSearch?q=museums
121GeoipapiGeolocation by IP addresshttps://ipapi.co/json/
122GeoIPGeoGeolocation by IP addresshttps://api.techniknews.net/ipgeo/
123GeoNominatumLocations and addresseshttps://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search.php?city=taipei&format=jsonv2
124GeoOpen Topo DataDetermine elevation for lat/longhttps://api.opentopodata.org/v1/srtm90m?locations=-43.5,172.5|27.6,1.98&interpolation=cubic
125GeoPostcodesUK geo data by postcodehttps://api.postcodes.io/postcodes/OX49%205NU
126GeoViaCEPBrazil's postal address codes (CEPs)https://viacep.com.br/ws/01001000/json/
127GeoZippopotamusZip code information for 60 countrieshttps://api.zippopotam.us/us/90210
128GeoZiptasticUS geo data by zipcodehttps://ziptasticapi.com/90210
129GovernmentBanco Central Do BrasilBrazil Central Bank datahttps://api.bcb.gov.br/dados/serie/bcdata.sgs.20716/dados/ultimos/10?formato=json
130GovernmentBelgian Open Data InitiativeBelgian government open datahttps://social.brussels/rest/sector/5/organisations
131GovernmentBrasilBrazil public datahttps://brasilapi.com.br/api/feriados/v1/2024
132GovernmentCiviXLaw 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
133GovernmentColorado Information MarketplaceColorado state open datahttps://data.colorado.gov/resource/4ykn-tg5h.json
134GovernmentData USAUS public datahttps://datausa.io/api/data?drilldowns=Nation&measures=Population
135GovernmentData.govU.S. government open datahttps://data.ny.gov/api/views/d6yy-54nr/rows.xml?accessType=DOWNLOAD
136GovernmentData.gov.auAustralian government open datahttps://www.data.act.gov.au/api/views/s4g9-ndv2/rows.json?accessType=DOWNLOAD
137GovernmentDawumGerman election pollshttps://api.dawum.de/
138GovernmentEuropean Commission Taxation and CustomsEuropan Comission taxeshttps://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/rest-api/ms/DE/vat/122268496
139GovernmentFBI WantedFBI Wanted datahttps://api.fbi.gov/wanted/v1/list
140GovernmentFederal RegisterDaily journal of the US governmenthttps://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2023-05167?publication_date=2023-03-14
141GovernmentFood Standards AgencyUK restaurant hygiene ratingshttps://ratings.food.gov.uk/OpenDataFiles/FHRS529en-GB.json
142GovernmentNYC Open DataNew York City open datahttps://data.cityofnewyork.us/resource/erm2-nwe9.json?unique_key=57056073
143GovernmentOpen 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
144GovernmentOpen Government, CanadaCanadian government open datahttps://open.canada.ca/data/api/action/package_show?id=5953da6b-d81b-4a2c-8b27-145892827fb0
145GovernmentRepresent Civic InformationCanada's elected officials and electoral districtshttps://represent.opennorth.ca/representatives/?first_name=Jack
146GovernmentUSAspendingU.S. federal government spending datahttps://api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/references/toptier_agencies/
147GovernmentUSPTOUS Patent and Trademark Officehttps://developer.uspto.gov/ipmarketplace-api/search/query?searchText=vehicles
148GovernmentWorld BankWorld Bank open datahttp://api.worldbank.org/v2/region?format=json
149HealthHealthCare.govUS health insurance datahttps://www.healthcare.gov/api/index.json
150HealthMakeupMakeup brands and product infohttp://makeup-api.herokuapp.com/api/v1/products.json?brand=maybelline
151HealthNPPESUS health care providershttps://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov/api/?version=2.1&city=baltimore
152HealthopenFDAFood & Drug Administration data (US)https://api.fda.gov/food/enforcement.json?limit=10
153InspirationAdvice SlipGenerate random advicehttps://api.adviceslip.com/advice/search/love
154InspirationAffirmationsGenerate affirmationshttps://www.affirmations.dev/
155InspirationBreaking Bad QuotesRetrieve some quotes of Breaking Badhttps://api.breakingbadquotes.xyz/v1/quotes
156InspirationDictumInspiring expressionshttps://api.fisenko.net/v1/quotes/en?query=string&offset=0&limit=0
157InspirationGame of Thrones QuotesRetrieve some quotes of Game of Throneshttps://api.gameofthronesquotes.xyz/v1/random
158InspirationKanyeKanye quoteshttps://api.kanye.rest/
159InspirationQuotableRandom quoteshttps://api.quotable.io/quotes/random
160InspirationQuote GardenDatabase of 75000 quoteshttps://quote-garden.onrender.com/api/v3/quotes
161InspirationQuotes on DesignQuotes about designhttps://quotesondesign.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/?orderby=rand
162InspirationRon Swanson QuotesRon Swanson quotes APIhttps://ron-swanson-quotes.herokuapp.com/v2/quotes
163JobsJobicyList of remote jobshttps://jobicy.com/api/v2/remote-jobs?count=20&geo=usa&industry=marketing&tag=seo
164LanguageChinese Character WebInformation about Chinese charactershttp://ccdb.hemiola.com/characters/radicals/85?count
165LanguageChinese Text ProjectDigital library for pre-modern Chinese textshttps://api.ctext.org/getdictionaryheadwords
166LanguageDatamuseQuery words matching conditionshttps://api.datamuse.com/words?ml=ringing+in+the+ears
167LanguageFree DictionaryWord definitions and phoneticshttps://api.dictionaryapi.dev/api/v2/entries/en/digital
168LanguagePurgoMalumCheck content for profanityhttps://www.purgomalum.com/service/json?text=this%20is%20some%20test%20input
169MusicBinary JazzFetch a random genrehttps://binaryjazz.us/wp-json/genrenator/v1/genre/5
170MusiciTunes SearchiTunes contenthttps://itunes.apple.com/search?term=radiohead
171MusicMusicBrainzMusic datahttp://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist/5b11f4ce-a62d-471e-81fc-a69a8278c7da?fmt=json
172MusicOpenwhydPlaylists from various streaming platformshttps://openwhyd.org/hot/electro?format=json
173Open DataArchive.orgLarge public digital archivehttps://archive.org/metadata/TheAdventuresOfTomSawyer_201303
174Open DataCarbon IntensityCarbon intensity of the electricity system in Great Britainhttps://api.carbonintensity.org.uk/intensity/date
175Open DataData.Police.UKUK crime & police datahttps://data.police.uk/api/crimes-street/all-crime?lat=52.629729&lng=-1.131592&date=2023-01
176Open DataFipeBrazilian vehicles and priceshttps://parallelum.com.br/fipe/api/v1/carros/marcas/59/modelos
177Open DataHouse Stock WatcherUS Congress members' stock transactionshttps://house-stock-watcher-data.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/data/filemap.xml
178Open DataLeadsbox71 Million business records in 202 countrieshttps://leadsbox.biz/?query=lawyers+in+germany
179Open DataOpen LibraryInformation about bookshttp://openlibrary.org/api/volumes/brief/isbn/9780525440987.json
180Open DataPM2.5PM2.5 environmental data monitoringhttps://pm25.lass-net.org/API-1.0.0/project/airbox/latest/
181Open DataUniversities ListUniversitieshttp://universities.hipolabs.com/search?country=United+Kingdom
182Open DataVehiclesNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration's catalog of vehicles specshttps://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/api/vehicles/GetVehicleTypesForMake/merc?format=json
183Open DataWayback MachineInternet archive availabilityhttps://archive.org/wayback/available?url=google.com
184Open DataWikipediaPageview statshttps://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/metrics/pageviews/per-article/en.wikipedia/all-access/all-agents/Tiger_King/daily/20210901/20210930
185ScienceArcsecondWorldwide astronomy datahttps://api.arcsecond.io/activities/
186SciencearXivResearch-sharing platformhttp://export.arxiv.org/api/query?search_query=all:electron
187ScienceAsterankAsteroids, minor planets, and other objectshttp://www.asterank.com/api/skymorph/search?target=J99TS7A
188ScienceCat-FactsDaily cat factshttps://cat-fact.herokuapp.com/facts/random
189ScienceCelesTrakGeneral perturbations orbital datahttps://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/gp.php?INTDES=2023-015&FORMAT=JSON-PRETTY
190ScienceGBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facilityhttps://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/search?year=1800,1899
191ScienceiDigBioDigitized data for millions of biological specimenshttps://search.idigbio.org/v2/search/records/?rq={"data.dwc:dynamicProperties":"nsf_tcn"}&limit=1
192ScienceITISIntegrated Taxonomic Information Systemhttps://www.itis.gov/ITISWebService/services/ITISService/searchByCommonName?srchKey=ferret-badger
193ScienceNASANational Aeronautics and Space Administrationhttps://api.nasa.gov/neo/rest/v1/neo/browse?api_key=DEMO_KEY
194ScienceNewtonAdvanced mathhttps://newton.now.sh/api/v2/factor/x^2-1
195ScienceNumbersFacts about numbershttp://numbersapi.com/random/math
196ScienceOpen NotifyISS location and people in spacehttp://api.open-notify.org/astros.json
197ScienceSpaceflight NewsSpaceflight related newshttps://api.spaceflightnewsapi.net/v3/articles
198ScienceSpaceXLaunch and rocket datahttps://api.spacexdata.com/v5/launches/latest
199ScienceSunriseSunsetSunrise and sunset timeshttps://api.sunrisesunset.io/json?lat=38.907192&lng=-77.036873&timezone=UTC&date=today
200ScienceTheSpaceDevsRocket launches, space events and crewed spaceflighthttps://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/?limit=10
201ScienceUSGS Earthquake CatalogLatest earthquakeshttps://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query?format=geojson&starttime=2023-03-01&endtime=2023-03-02&minmagnitude=5
202SportsCityBikesBike sharing networkshttp://api.citybik.es/v2/networks
203SportsErgast F1Motor racing datahttp://ergast.com/api/f1/drivers.json
204SportsFootball-DataFootball (soccer) competitions and datahttp://api.football-data.org/v4/competitions/
205SportsnhlapiNHL datahttps://api-web.nhle.com/v1/standings-season
206Test DataBacon IpsumGenerate fake data for testinghttps://baconipsum.com/api/?type=meat-and-filler
207Test DataFakerGenerate fake datahttps://fakerapi.it/api/v1/credit_cards?_quantity=2
208Test DataJSONPlaceholderFake REST API for testinghttps://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1
209Test DataLoripsumGenerate fake placeholder texthttps://loripsum.net/api/10/short/headers
210Test DataRandomUserFake user data generatorhttps://randomuser.me/api/
211Test DataReqresTest against a real APIhttps://reqres.in/api/users?page=1
212Test DataRESTRest API for testinghttps://api.restful-api.dev/objects
213Test DataSoftwiumDummy JSON data for a variety of categorieshttps://softwium.com/api/books
214Test DataUUID GeneratorGenerate UUIDs and GUIDshttps://www.uuidtools.com/api/generate/v1/count/3
215TransportationDerhuerstPublic transport for Berlin & Brandenburghttps://v6.vbb.transport.rest/locations?query=berlin
216TransportationiRailBelgian railwayshttps://api.irail.be/vehicle/?id=BE.NMBS.IC1832&format=json&lang=en&alerts=false
217TransportationMBTAPublic transport for Bostonhttps://api-v3.mbta.com/route_patterns?filter[route]=CR-Providence&include=representative_trip&fields[trip]=headsign
218TransportationMetro LisboaSubway line statushttps://app.metrolisboa.pt/status/getLinhas.php
219Weather7Timer!Weather forecasts for astronomyhttp://www.7timer.info/bin/api.pl?lon=113.17&lat=23.09&product=astro&output=json
220WeatherAviation Weather CenterAviation Digital Data Service (ADDS) datahttps://aviationweather.gov/api/data/airport?ids=KMCI
221WeatherOpen-MeteoOpen source weather APIhttps://api.open-meteo.com/v1/forecast?latitude=52.52&longitude=13.41&daily=temperature_2m_max,temperature_2m_min
222WeatheropenSenseMapPersonal senseBox (weather station) datahttps://api.opensensemap.org/boxes/57000b8745fd40c8196ad04c?format=json
223WeatherSG WeatherRealtime weather readings for Singaporehttps://api.data.gov.sg/v1/environment/air-temperature
224WeatherwttrConsole-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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  75. Absolutely Amazing it's so helpful for me
    your given list so helpful for beginners those who have started Api integration

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