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

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
2API DirectoriesPublic APIsList of public APIshttps://api.publicapis.org/entries
3Art & ImagesArt Institute of ChicagoArtwork from the museumhttps://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/search?q=cats
4Art & ImagesCOLOURloversColor trendshttps://www.colourlovers.com/api/colors/new?format=json
5Art & ImagesDiceBearGenerate random SVG avatarshttps://api.dicebear.com/6.x/pixel-art/svg
6Art & ImagesDogsRandom dog imageshttps://dog.ceo/api/breeds/image/random
7Art & ImagesHTTP CatsCat images for HTTP status codeshttps://http.cat/401
8Art & ImagesLorem PicsumPlaceholder imageshttps://picsum.photos/200/300
9Art & ImagesMetropolitan Museum of ArtArtwork from the museumhttps://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/public/collection/v1/objects/100
10Art & ImagesPHP-NoiseNoise background image generatorhttps://php-noise.com/noise.php?hex=FFFFFF&json
11Art & ImagesPlacebearPictures of bears for use as placeholdershttps://placebear.com/200/300
12Art & ImagesPlacekittenPlaceholder kitten imageshttp://placekitten.com/200/300
13Art & ImagesRandom DogRandom dog imageshttps://random.dog/woof.json
14Art & ImagesRandomFoxRandom pictures of foxeshttps://randomfox.ca/floof/
15Art & ImagesReSmushImage compression and optimizationhttp://api.resmush.it/ws.php?img=http://www.resmush.it/assets/images/jpg_example_original.jpg&qlty=95
16Art & ImagesRoboHashGenerate unique images from texthttps://robohash.org/onerobot.png
17Art & ImagesShibeRandom pictures of Shiba Inu dogshttps://shibe.online/api/shibes?count=10
18Art & ImagesVadivelu Status CodesHTTP Codes with imageshttps://vadivelu.anoram.com/gif/200
19CalendarNager.DatePublic holidayshttps://date.nager.at/api/v2/publicholidays/2020/US
20CalendarUK Bank HolidaysUK bank holidayshttps://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays.json
21Content4chan4chan's read-only APIhttps://a.4cdn.org/boards.json
22ContentAnime News NetworkAnime/manga encyclopediahttps://cdn.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/api.xml?title=4658
23ContentCeska TelevizeCzech television program datahttps://www.ceskatelevize.cz/services-old/programme/xml/schedule.php?user=test&date=30.01.2024&channel=ct24
24ContentChronicling AmericaHistoric US newspapershttps://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/newspapers.json
25ContentCrossrefScholarly metadatahttps://api.crossref.org/journals?query=pharmacy+health
26ContentFinal SpaceTelevision show Final Spacehttps://finalspaceapi.com/api/v0/episode/
27ContentHackerNewsHacker News APIhttps://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/8863.json
28ContentIce and FireQuantified and structured data from the universe of Ice and Firehttps://anapioficeandfire.com/api/characters/581
29ContentJikanUnofficial MyAnimeList APIhttps://api.jikan.moe/v4/anime?q=naruto
30ContentListlyTop 10 listshttps://list.ly/api/v4/meta?url=http://google.com
31ContentMCU-CountdownWhen is the next MCU film?https://www.whenisthenextmcufilm.com/api
32ContentMediawikiWikipedia page content and revisionshttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Pet_door&rvprop=content&format=json
33ContentOpen LibraryBooks and book-related datahttps://openlibrary.org/search.json?q=the+lord+of+the+rings
34ContentRedditPublic content from Reddithttps://www.reddit.com/r/Wallstreetbets/top.json?limit=10&t=year
35ContentReddit StocksTop stocks from Wallstreetbetshttps://tradestie.com/api/v1/apps/reddit
36ContentRick and MortyRick and Morty charactershttps://rickandmortyapi.com/api/character/108
37ContentSTAPIStar Trek informationhttps://stapi.co/api/v2/rest/spacecraft/search
38ContentSWAPIStar Wars informationhttps://swapi.dev/api/planets/3/?format=json
39ContentThe RosaryRosary prayershttps://the-rosary-api.vercel.app/v1/today
40ContentTVMazeTV show informationhttp://api.tvmaze.com/search/shows?q=golden girls
41ContentWolne LekturySearch ebooks from wolnelektury.plhttps://wolnelektury.pl/api/authors/edgar-allan-poe/
42ContentWordPressPosts from any public WordPress sitehttps://techcrunch.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?per_page=100&context=embed
43Crypto & FinanceBinance24 hr crypto datahttps://api4.binance.com/api/v3/ticker/24hr
44Crypto & FinanceCoinBaseCurrency codes and nameshttps://api.coinbase.com/v2/currencies
45Crypto & FinanceCoinCapReal time cryptocurrency priceshttps://api.coincap.io/v2/assets
46Crypto & FinanceCoinDeskBitcoin price indexhttps://api.coindesk.com/v1/bpi/currentprice.json
47Crypto & FinanceCoinGeckoCryptocurrency market datahttps://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/coins/markets?vs_currency=usd
48Crypto & FinanceCoinLoreCryptocurrency market datahttps://api.coinlore.net/api/tickers/
49Crypto & FinanceCoinMapCrypto ATMshttps://coinmap.org/api/v1/venues/
50Crypto & FinanceCoinpaprikaCryptocurrency datahttps://api.coinpaprika.com/v1/coins/btc-bitcoin
51Crypto & FinanceCurrency RatesCurrency exchange rateshttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/currency-api@1/latest/currencies/eur.json
52Crypto & FinanceDEX ScreenerBlockchain screenerhttps://api.dexscreener.com/latest/dex/search?q=WBNB%20USDC
53Crypto & FinanceExchangeRate-APIExchange rateshttps://open.er-api.com/v6/latest/USD
54Crypto & FinanceGeckoTerminalCrypto datahttps://api.geckoterminal.com/api/v2/networks
55Crypto & FinanceGeminiCryptocurrency market datahttps://api.gemini.com/v2/ticker/btcusd
56Crypto & FinanceKrakenCrypto datahttps://api.kraken.com/0/public/Trades?pair=ltcusd
57Crypto & FinanceKuCoinCrypto datahttps://api.kucoin.com/api/v1/market/stats?symbol=BTC-USDT
58Crypto & FinanceNBP WebCurrency exchange rates and gold priceshttp://api.nbp.pl/api/cenyzlota/last/30/?format=json
59Crypto & FinanceNexchangeCryptocurrency market datahttps://api.n.exchange/en/api/v1/pair/
60Crypto & FinanceOKXCryptocurrency market datahttps://www.okx.com/api/v5/market/tickers?instType=SPOT
61Crypto & FinanceRazorpay IFSCIndian Financial Systems Codeshttps://ifsc.razorpay.com/YESB0DNB002
62Crypto & FinanceWazirXCrypto datahttps://api.wazirx.com/sapi/v1/tickers/24hr
63Developer ToolsAgifyPredict age based on a namehttps://api.agify.io?name=bella
64Developer 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
65Developer ToolsArul's Public APIsGet IP addresshttps://api.aruljohn.com/ip/json
66Developer ToolsCloudflare TraceGet IP address, user agent, etchttps://1.1.1.1/cdn-cgi/trace
67Developer ToolsDigital Ocean StatusDigitalOcean statushttps://status.digitalocean.com/api/v2/summary.json
68Developer ToolsFilterListsLists of filters used by ad blockershttp://filterlists.com/api/directory/lists
69Developer ToolsGenderize.ioPredict gender based on a namehttps://api.genderize.io?name=scott
70Developer ToolsGoogle FaviconsGoogle's unofficial favicon fetcherhttps://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=quora.com&sz=32
71Developer ToolsgoQRCreate and read QR codeshttp://api.qrserver.com/v1/create-qr-code/?data=https://mixedanalytics.com&size=100x100
72Developer ToolsHTTPBinInspect user agent and headershttp://httpbin.org/get
73Developer 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
74Developer ToolsIP2LocationGet public IP addresshttps://api.ip2location.io/
75Developer ToolsIPifyGet public IP addresshttps://api.ipify.org?format=json
76Developer Toolsis.gdURL shortenerhttps://is.gd/create.php?format=simple&url=www.example.com
77Developer ToolsMicrolinkRetrieve metadata and screenshots from any URLhttps://api.microlink.io/?url=https://github.com/microlinkhq
78Developer ToolsNationalize.ioPredict nationality based on a namehttps://api.nationalize.io?name=michael
79Developer 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]}]}}
80Developer ToolsSerialif ColorGet colors in different formatshttps://color.serialif.com/aquamarine
81Developer ToolsUn-ShortenUnshorten shortened URLshttps://unshorten.me/json/goo.gl/IGL1lE
82Developer ToolsURLhausReceive and submit malware URLshttps://urlhaus-api.abuse.ch/v1/urls/recent/limit/3/
83Food & DrinkCocktail DatabaseCocktail recipeshttps://www.thecocktaildb.com/api/json/v1/1/search.php?s=margarita
84Food & DrinkOpen Brewery DBBrewerieshttps://api.openbrewerydb.org/breweries
85Food & DrinkOpen Food FactsData on food productshttps://world.openfoodfacts.org/api/v0/product/737628064502.json
86Food & DrinkPunkAPIBeer recipeshttps://api.punkapi.com/v2/beers
87Food & DrinkWhisky HunterWhisky auctionshttps://whiskyhunter.net/api/auctions_data/?format=json
88Fun & GamesAmiiboAPINintendo Amiibo databasehttps://www.amiiboapi.com/api/amiibo/?name=mario
89Fun & GamesBarterDigital game libraries, wishlists and tradableshttps://barter.vg/browse/cards/json
90Fun & GamesBoard Game GeekBoard gameshttps://boardgamegeek.com/xmlapi/search?search=frika
91Fun & GamesBoredActivity suggestionshttps://www.boredapi.com/api/activity
92Fun & GamesCheapSharkPrice comparison for digital gameshttps://www.cheapshark.com/api/1.0/deals?upperPrice=15
93Fun & GamesChuck Norris JokesChuck Norris factshttps://api.chucknorris.io/jokes/random
94Fun & GamesD&D 5th EditionOfficial 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragonshttps://www.dnd5eapi.co/api/features
95Fun & GamesDeck of CardsSimulate a deck of cardshttps://deckofcardsapi.com/api/deck/new/shuffle/?deck_count=1
96Fun & GamesEvil Insult GeneratorGenerate insultshttps://evilinsult.com/generate_insult.php?lang=en&type=json
97Fun & GamesFreeToGameFree-to-play gameshttps://www.freetogame.com/api/games?platform=pc
98Fun & GamesGamerpowerFree games and giveawayshttps://www.gamerpower.com/api/giveaways?platform=steam&type=loot&sort-by=popularity
99Fun & GamesHyrule CompendiumThe Legend of Zelda: BOTWhttps://botw-compendium.herokuapp.com/api/v2/entry/white-maned_lynel
100Fun & GamesicanhazdadjokeDad jokeshttps://icanhazdadjoke.com/
101Fun & GamesImgflipPopular memeshttps://api.imgflip.com/get_memes
102Fun & GamesisEvenCheck if a number is evenhttps://api.isevenapi.xyz/api/iseven/12/
103Fun & GamesJokeAPIJokeshttps://v2.jokeapi.dev/joke/Any?safe-mode
104Fun & GamesMagic: The GatheringCards and sets from MTGhttps://api.magicthegathering.io/v1/sets
105Fun & GamesOfficial JokeJokeshttps://official-joke-api.appspot.com/random_joke
106Fun & GamesOpen Trivia DBTrivia questionshttps://opentdb.com/api.php?amount=10&category=17&difficulty=easy
107Fun & GamesPokéAPIPokémon datahttps://pokeapi.co/api/v2/pokemon/ditto
108Fun & GamesPokémon TCGPokémon card datahttps://api.pokemontcg.io/v2/cards/xy1-1
109Fun & GamesPunAPIPunshttps://www.punapi.rest/api/pun
110Fun & GamesRuneScapeRunescape datahttps://services.runescape.com/m=itemdb_rs/api/catalogue/items.json?category=9&alpha=c&page=1
111Fun & GamesScryfallMagic: The Gathering card datahttps://api.scryfall.com/cards/search?order=cmc&q=c:red%20pow=3
112Fun & GamesTCGdexPokémon card datahttps://api.tcgdex.net/v2/en/sets
113Fun & GamesXIVAPIFinal Fantasy XIVhttps://xivapi.com/Action/127
114Fun & Gamesxkcdxkcd comicshttp://xkcd.com/info.0.json
115Fun & GamesYes or No?Randomly generate a yes or no imagehttps://yesno.wtf/api
116GeoAdresseFrench addresses and geocodinghttps://api-adresse.data.gouv.fr/search/?q=8+bd+du+port
117GeoCountry.isLookup country by IP addresshttps://api.country.is/9.9.9.9
118GeoGeocodeForward/reverse geocodinghttps://geocode.xyz/51.50354,-0.12768?geoit=json
119GeoGeoJSGeolocation by IP addresshttps://get.geojs.io/v1/ip/geo.json
120GeogeoPluginCurrency conversion and geolocation datahttp://www.geoplugin.net/php.gp
121GeoGetTheDataUK geo coordinates conversionhttps://api.getthedata.com/bng2latlong/529090/179645
122GeoHelloSalutTranslate "hello" by IP addresshttp://stefanbohacek.com/hellosalut/?mode=auto
123GeoHong Kong GeoData StoreHong Kong geo datahttps://geodata.gov.hk/gs/api/v1.0.0/locationSearch?q=museums
124GeoipapiGeolocation by IP addresshttps://ipapi.co/json/
125GeoIPGeoGeolocation by IP addresshttps://api.techniknews.net/ipgeo/
126GeoNominatumLocations and addresseshttps://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search.php?city=taipei&format=jsonv2
127GeoOpen Topo DataDetermine elevation for lat/longhttps://api.opentopodata.org/v1/srtm90m?locations=-43.5,172.5|27.6,1.98&interpolation=cubic
128GeoPostcodesUK geo data by postcodehttps://api.postcodes.io/postcodes/OX49%205NU
129GeoViaCEPBrazil's postal address codes (CEPs)https://viacep.com.br/ws/01001000/json/
130GeoZippopotamusZip code information for 60 countrieshttps://api.zippopotam.us/us/90210
131GeoZiptasticUS geo data by zipcodehttps://ziptasticapi.com/90210
132GovernmentBanco Central Do BrasilBrazil Central Bank datahttps://api.bcb.gov.br/dados/serie/bcdata.sgs.20716/dados/ultimos/10?formato=json
133GovernmentBelgian Open Data InitiativeBelgian government open datahttps://social.brussels/rest/sector/5/organisations
134GovernmentBrasilBrazil public datahttps://brasilapi.com.br/api/feriados/v1/2024
135GovernmentCiviXLaw 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
136GovernmentColorado Information MarketplaceColorado state open datahttps://data.colorado.gov/resource/4ykn-tg5h.json
137GovernmentData USAUS public datahttps://datausa.io/api/data?drilldowns=Nation&measures=Population
138GovernmentData.govU.S. government open datahttps://data.wa.gov/api/views/f6w7-q2d2/rows.json?accessType=DOWNLOAD
139GovernmentData.gov.auAustralian government open datahttps://www.data.act.gov.au/api/views/s4g9-ndv2/rows.json?accessType=DOWNLOAD
140GovernmentDawumGerman election pollshttps://api.dawum.de/
141GovernmentEuropean Commission Taxation and CustomsEuropan Comission taxeshttps://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/rest-api/ms/DE/vat/122268496
142GovernmentFBI WantedFBI Wanted datahttps://api.fbi.gov/wanted/v1/list
143GovernmentFederal RegisterDaily journal of the US governmenthttps://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2023-05167?publication_date=2023-03-14
144GovernmentFood Standards AgencyUK restaurant hygiene ratingshttps://ratings.food.gov.uk/OpenDataFiles/FHRS529en-GB.json
145GovernmentNYC Open DataNew York City open datahttps://data.cityofnewyork.us/resource/erm2-nwe9.json?unique_key=57056073
146GovernmentOpen 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
147GovernmentOpen Government, CanadaCanadian government open datahttps://donnees-data.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/br1/delaipaiement-promptpayment/delaipaiement-promptpayment.json
148GovernmentRepresent Civic InformationCanada's elected officials and electoral districtshttps://represent.opennorth.ca/representatives/?first_name=Jack
149GovernmentUSAspendingU.S. federal government spending datahttps://api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/references/toptier_agencies/
150GovernmentUSPTOUS Patent and Trademark Officehttps://assignment-api.uspto.gov/trademark/basicSearch?query=Google&filter_year=2022
151GovernmentWorld BankWorld Bank open datahttp://api.worldbank.org/v2/region?format=json
152HealthHealthCare.govUS health insurance datahttps://www.healthcare.gov/api/index.json
153HealthMakeupMakeup brands and product infohttp://makeup-api.herokuapp.com/api/v1/products.json?brand=maybelline
154HealthNPPESUS health care providershttps://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov/api/?version=2.1&city=baltimore
155HealthopenFDAFood & Drug Administration data (US)https://api.fda.gov/food/enforcement.json?limit=10
156InspirationAdvice SlipGenerate random advicehttps://api.adviceslip.com/advice/search/love
157InspirationAffirmationsGenerate affirmationshttps://www.affirmations.dev/
158InspirationBiriyana As a ServiceBiriyani imageshttps://biriyani.anoram.com/get
159InspirationBreaking Bad QuotesRetrieve some quotes of Breaking Badhttps://api.breakingbadquotes.xyz/v1/quotes
160InspirationDictumInspiring expressionshttps://api.fisenko.net/v1/quotes/en?query=string&offset=0&limit=0
161InspirationGame of Thrones QuotesRetrieve some quotes of Game of Throneshttps://api.gameofthronesquotes.xyz/v1/random
162InspirationKanyeKanye quoteshttps://api.kanye.rest/
163InspirationQuotableRandom quoteshttps://api.quotable.io/quotes/random
164InspirationQuote GardenDatabase of 75000 quoteshttps://quote-garden.onrender.com/api/v3/quotes
165InspirationQuotes on DesignQuotes about designhttps://quotesondesign.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/?orderby=rand
166InspirationRon Swanson QuotesRon Swanson quotes APIhttps://ron-swanson-quotes.herokuapp.com/v2/quotes
167JobsJobicyList of remote jobshttps://jobicy.com/api/v2/remote-jobs?count=20&geo=usa&industry=marketing&tag=seo
168LanguageChinese Character WebInformation about Chinese charactershttp://ccdb.hemiola.com/characters/radicals/85?count
169LanguageChinese Text ProjectDigital library for pre-modern Chinese textshttps://api.ctext.org/getdictionaryheadwords
170LanguageDatamuseQuery words matching conditionshttps://api.datamuse.com/words?ml=ringing+in+the+ears
171LanguageFree DictionaryWord definitions and phoneticshttps://api.dictionaryapi.dev/api/v2/entries/en/digital
172LanguagePurgoMalumCheck content for profanityhttps://www.purgomalum.com/service/json?text=this%20is%20some%20test%20input
173MusicBinary JazzFetch a random genrehttps://binaryjazz.us/wp-json/genrenator/v1/genre/5
174MusiciTunes SearchiTunes contenthttps://itunes.apple.com/search?term=radiohead
175MusicMusicBrainzMusic datahttp://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist/5b11f4ce-a62d-471e-81fc-a69a8278c7da?fmt=json
176MusicOpenwhydPlaylists from various streaming platformshttps://openwhyd.org/hot/electro?format=json
177Open DataArchive.orgLarge public digital archivehttps://archive.org/metadata/TheAdventuresOfTomSawyer_201303
178Open DataCarbon IntensityCarbon intensity of the electricity system in Great Britainhttps://api.carbonintensity.org.uk/intensity/date
179Open DataData.Police.UKUK crime & police datahttps://data.police.uk/api/crimes-street/all-crime?lat=52.629729&lng=-1.131592&date=2023-01
180Open DataFipeBrazilian vehicles and priceshttps://parallelum.com.br/fipe/api/v1/carros/marcas/59/modelos
181Open DataHouse Stock WatcherUS Congress members' stock transactionshttps://house-stock-watcher-data.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/data/all_transactions.json
182Open DataIceland companiesSearch the icelandic company registryhttps://apis.is/company?name=icelandair
183Open DataOpen LibraryInformation about bookshttp://openlibrary.org/api/volumes/brief/isbn/9780525440987.json
184Open DataPM2.5PM2.5 environmental data monitoringhttps://pm25.lass-net.org/API-1.0.0/project/airbox/latest/
185Open DataUniversities ListUniversitieshttp://universities.hipolabs.com/search?country=United+Kingdom
186Open DataVehiclesNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration's catalog of vehicles specshttps://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/api/vehicles/GetVehicleTypesForMake/merc?format=json
187Open DataWayback MachineInternet archive availabilityhttps://archive.org/wayback/available?url=google.com
188Open DataWikipediaPageview statshttps://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/metrics/pageviews/per-article/en.wikipedia/all-access/all-agents/Tiger_King/daily/20210901/20210930
189ScienceArcsecondWorldwide astronomy datahttps://api.arcsecond.io/activities/
190SciencearXivResearch-sharing platformhttp://export.arxiv.org/api/query?search_query=all:electron
191ScienceAsterankAsteroids, minor planets, and other objectshttp://www.asterank.com/api/skymorph/search?target=J99TS7A
192ScienceCat-FactsDaily cat factshttps://cat-fact.herokuapp.com/facts/random
193ScienceCelesTrakGeneral perturbations orbital datahttps://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/gp.php?INTDES=2023-015&FORMAT=JSON-PRETTY
194ScienceGBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facilityhttps://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/search?year=1800,1899
195ScienceiDigBioDigitized data for millions of biological specimenshttps://search.idigbio.org/v2/search/records/?rq={"data.dwc:dynamicProperties":"nsf_tcn"}&limit=1
196ScienceInspirehepScholarly information about high energy physicshttps://inspirehep.net/api/literature/451647
197ScienceITISIntegrated Taxonomic Information Systemhttps://www.itis.gov/ITISWebService/services/ITISService/searchByCommonName?srchKey=ferret-badger
198ScienceNASANational Aeronautics and Space Administrationhttps://api.nasa.gov/neo/rest/v1/neo/browse?api_key=DEMO_KEY
199ScienceNewtonAdvanced mathhttps://newton.now.sh/api/v2/factor/x^2-1
200ScienceNumbersFacts about numbershttp://numbersapi.com/random/math
201ScienceOpen NotifyISS location and people in spacehttp://api.open-notify.org/astros.json
202ScienceSpaceflight NewsSpaceflight related newshttps://api.spaceflightnewsapi.net/v3/articles
203ScienceSpaceXLaunch and rocket datahttps://api.spacexdata.com/v5/launches/latest
204ScienceSunriseSunsetSunrise and sunset timeshttps://api.sunrisesunset.io/json?lat=38.907192&lng=-77.036873&timezone=UTC&date=today
205ScienceTheSpaceDevsRocket launches, space events and crewed spaceflighthttps://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/?limit=10
206ScienceUSGS Earthquake CatalogLatest earthquakeshttps://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query?format=geojson&starttime=2023-03-01&endtime=2023-03-02&minmagnitude=5
207SportsBalldontlieNBA players, teams, games, statshttps://www.balldontlie.io/api/v1/teams
208SportsCityBikesBike sharing networkshttp://api.citybik.es/v2/networks
209SportsErgast F1Motor racing datahttp://ergast.com/api/f1/drivers.json
210SportsFootball-DataFootball (soccer) competitions and datahttp://api.football-data.org/v4/competitions/
211SportsnhlapiNHL datahttps://api-web.nhle.com/v1/standings-season
212Test DataBacon IpsumGenerate fake data for testinghttps://baconipsum.com/api/?type=meat-and-filler
213Test DataFakerGenerate fake datahttps://fakerapi.it/api/v1/credit_cards?_quantity=2
214Test DataJSONPlaceholderFake REST API for testinghttps://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1
215Test DataLoripsumGenerate fake placeholder texthttps://loripsum.net/api/10/short/headers
216Test DataRandomUserFake user data generatorhttps://randomuser.me/api/
217Test DataReqresTest against a real APIhttps://reqres.in/api/users?page=1
218Test DataRESTRest API for testinghttps://api.restful-api.dev/objects
219Test DataSoftwiumDummy JSON data for a variety of categorieshttps://softwium.com/api/books
220Test DataUUID GeneratorGenerate UUIDs and GUIDshttps://www.uuidtools.com/api/generate/v1/count/3
221TransportationDerhuerstPublic transport for Berlin & Brandenburghttps://v6.vbb.transport.rest/locations?query=berlin
222TransportationIceland flightslnternational flights at Keflavik Airporthttps://apis.is/flight?language=en&type=departures
223TransportationiRailBelgian railwayshttps://api.irail.be/vehicle/?id=BE.NMBS.IC1832&format=json&lang=en&alerts=false
224TransportationMBTAPublic transport for Bostonhttps://api-v3.mbta.com/route_patterns?filter[route]=CR-Providence&include=representative_trip&fields[trip]=headsign
225TransportationMetro LisboaSubway line statushttps://app.metrolisboa.pt/status/getLinhas.php
226Weather7Timer!Weather forecasts for astronomyhttp://www.7timer.info/bin/api.pl?lon=113.17&lat=23.09&product=astro&output=json
227WeatherAviation Weather CenterAviation Digital Data Service (ADDS) datahttps://aviationweather.gov/api/data/airport?ids=KMCI
228WeatheropenSenseMapPersonal senseBox (weather station) datahttps://api.opensensemap.org/boxes?model=homeWifi
229WeatherSG WeatherRealtime weather readings for Singaporehttps://api.data.gov.sg/v1/environment/air-temperature
230WeatherwttrConsole-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 🙂

  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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