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
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 & 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 & ImagesPlacekittenPlaceholder kitten imageshttp://placekitten.com/200/300
12Art & ImagesRandom DogRandom dog imageshttps://random.dog/woof.json
13Art & ImagesRandomFoxRandom pictures of foxeshttps://randomfox.ca/floof/
14Art & ImagesRoboHashGenerate unique images from texthttps://robohash.org/onerobot.png
15Art & ImagesShibeRandom pictures of Shiba Inu dogshttps://shibe.online/api/shibes?count=10
16Art & ImagesVadivelu Status CodesHTTP Codes with imageshttps://vadivelu.anoram.com/gif/200
17CalendarNager.DatePublic holidayshttps://date.nager.at/api/v2/publicholidays/2020/US
18CalendarUK Bank HolidaysUK bank holidayshttps://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays.json
19Content4chan4chan's read-only APIhttps://a.4cdn.org/boards.json
20ContentAnime News NetworkAnime/manga encyclopediahttps://cdn.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/api.xml?title=4658
21ContentChronicling AmericaHistoric US newspapershttps://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/newspapers.json
22ContentDatamuseQuery words matching conditionshttps://api.datamuse.com/words?ml=ringing+in+the+ears
23ContentHackerNewsHacker News APIhttps://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/8863.json
24ContentJikanUnofficial MyAnimeList APIhttps://api.jikan.moe/v4/anime?q=naruto
25ContentListlyTop 10 listshttps://list.ly/api/v4/meta?url=http://google.com
26ContentMediawikiWikipedia page content and revisionshttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Pet_door&rvprop=content&format=json
27ContentRedditPublic content from Reddithttps://www.reddit.com/r/Wallstreetbets/top.json?limit=10&t=year
28ContentReddit StocksTop stocks from Wallstreetbetshttps://tradestie.com/api/v1/apps/reddit
29ContentRick and MortyRick and Morty charactershttps://rickandmortyapi.com/api/character/108
30ContentSWAPIStar Wars informationhttps://swapi.dev/api/planets/3/?format=json
31ContentTVMazeTV show informationhttp://api.tvmaze.com/search/shows?q=golden girls
32ContentWordPressPosts from any public WordPress sitehttps://techcrunch.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?per_page=100&context=embed
33Crypto & FinanceBinance24 hr crypto datahttps://data.binance.com/api/v3/ticker/24hr
34Crypto & FinanceCoinBaseCurrency codes and nameshttps://api.coinbase.com/v2/currencies
35Crypto & FinanceCoinCapReal time cryptocurrency priceshttps://api.coincap.io/v2/assets
36Crypto & FinanceCoinDeskBitcoin price indexhttps://api.coindesk.com/v1/bpi/currentprice.json
37Crypto & FinanceCoinGeckoCryptocurrency market datahttps://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/coins/markets?vs_currency=usd
38Crypto & FinanceCoinLoreCryptocurrency market datahttps://api.coinlore.net/api/tickers/
39Crypto & FinanceCoinMapCrypto ATMshttps://coinmap.org/api/v1/venues/
40Crypto & FinanceCoinpaprikaCryptocurrency datahttps://api.coinpaprika.com/v1/coins/btc-bitcoin
41Crypto & FinanceCoinStatsCryptocurrency market datahttps://api.coinstats.app/public/v1/markets?coinId=bitcoin
42Crypto & FinanceCurrency RatesCurrency exchange rateshttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/currency-api@1/latest/currencies/eur.json
43Crypto & FinanceDEX ScreenerBlockchain screenerhttps://api.dexscreener.com/latest/dex/search?q=WBNB%20USDC
44Crypto & FinanceExchangerateCurrency exchange & crypto rateshttps://api.exchangerate.host/latest
45Crypto & FinanceExchangeRate-APIExchange rateshttps://open.er-api.com/v6/latest/USD
46Crypto & FinanceGeminiCryptocurrency market datahttps://api.gemini.com/v2/ticker/btcusd
47Crypto & FinanceKrakenCrypto datahttps://api.kraken.com/0/public/Trades?pair=ltcusd
48Crypto & FinanceKuCoinCrypto datahttps://api.kucoin.com/api/v1/market/stats?symbol=BTC-USDT
49Crypto & FinanceNBP WebCurrency exchange rates and gold priceshttp://api.nbp.pl/api/cenyzlota/last/30/?format=json
50Crypto & FinanceNexchangeCryptocurrency market datahttps://api.n.exchange/en/api/v1/price/btcusd/history/?hours=0.1&data_points=3&market_code=nex
51Crypto & FinanceRazorpay IFSCIndian Financial Systems Codeshttps://ifsc.razorpay.com/YESB0DNB002
52Crypto & FinanceWazirXCrypto datahttps://api.wazirx.com/sapi/v1/tickers/24hr
53Developer ToolsAgifyPredict age based on a namehttps://api.agify.io?name=bella
54Developer 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
55Developer ToolsCloudflare TraceGet IP address, user agent, etchttps://1.1.1.1/cdn-cgi/trace
56Developer ToolsDigital Ocean StatusDigitalOcean statushttps://status.digitalocean.com/api/v2/summary.json
57Developer ToolsFavicon GrabberGet the favicon for any sitehttps://favicongrabber.com/api/grab/github.com
58Developer ToolsFilterListsLists of filters used by ad blockershttp://filterlists.com/api/directory/lists
59Developer ToolsGenderize.ioPredict gender based on a namehttps://api.genderize.io?name=scott
60Developer ToolsGoogle FaviconsGoogle's unofficial favicon fetcherhttps://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=quora.com&sz=32
61Developer ToolsgoQRCreate and read QR codeshttp://api.qrserver.com/v1/create-qr-code/?data=https://mixedanalytics.com&size=100x100
62Developer ToolsHTTPBinInspect user agent and headershttp://httpbin.org/get
63Developer 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
64Developer ToolsIPifyGet public IP addresshttps://api.ipify.org?format=json
65Developer Toolsis.gdURL shortenerhttps://is.gd/create.php?format=simple&url=www.example.com
66Developer ToolsMicrolinkRetrieve metadata and screenshots from any URLhttps://api.microlink.io/?url=https://github.com/microlinkhq
67Developer ToolsNationalize.ioPredict nationality based on a namehttps://api.nationalize.io?name=michael
68Developer 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]}]}}
69Developer ToolsSerialif ColorGet colors in different formatshttps://color.serialif.com/aquamarine
70Developer ToolsshrtcodeURL shortenerhttps://api.shrtco.de/v2/shorten?url=example.org/very/long/link.html
71Developer ToolsUn-ShortenUnshorten shortened URLshttps://unshorten.me/json/goo.gl/IGL1lE
72Developer ToolsURLhausReceive and submit malware URLshttps://urlhaus-api.abuse.ch/v1/urls/recent/limit/3/
73Food & DrinkCocktail DatabaseCocktail recipeshttps://www.thecocktaildb.com/api/json/v1/1/search.php?s=margarita
74Food & DrinkOpen Brewery DBBrewerieshttps://api.openbrewerydb.org/breweries
75Food & DrinkOpen Food FactsData on food productshttps://world.openfoodfacts.org/api/v0/product/737628064502.json
76Food & DrinkPunkAPIBeer recipeshttps://api.punkapi.com/v2/beers
77Food & DrinkWhisky HunterWhisky auctionshttps://whiskyhunter.net/api/auctions_data/?format=json
78Fun & GamesAmiiboAPINintendo Amiibo databasehttps://www.amiiboapi.com/api/amiibo/?name=mario
79Fun & GamesBarterDigital game libraries, wishlists and tradableshttps://barter.vg/browse/cards/json
80Fun & GamesBoard Game GeekBoard gameshttps://boardgamegeek.com/xmlapi/search?search=frika
81Fun & GamesBoredActivity suggestionshttps://www.boredapi.com/api/activity
82Fun & GamesCheapSharkPrice comparison for digital gameshttps://www.cheapshark.com/api/1.0/deals?upperPrice=15
83Fun & GamesChuck Norris JokesChuck Norris factshttps://api.chucknorris.io/jokes/random
84Fun & GamesD&D 5th EditionOfficial 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragonshttps://www.dnd5eapi.co/api/features
85Fun & GamesDeck of CardsSimulate a deck of cardshttps://deckofcardsapi.com/api/deck/new/shuffle/?deck_count=1
86Fun & GamesEvil Insult GeneratorGenerate insultshttps://evilinsult.com/generate_insult.php?lang=en&type=json
87Fun & GamesFreeToGameFree-to-play gameshttps://www.freetogame.com/api/games?platform=pc
88Fun & GamesGamerpowerFree games and giveawayshttps://www.gamerpower.com/api/giveaways?platform=steam&type=loot&sort-by=popularity
89Fun & GamesHyrule CompendiumThe Legend of Zelda: BOTWhttps://botw-compendium.herokuapp.com/api/v2/entry/white-maned_lynel
90Fun & GamesicanhazdadjokeDad jokeshttps://icanhazdadjoke.com/
91Fun & GamesImgflipPopular memeshttps://api.imgflip.com/get_memes
92Fun & GamesisEvenCheck if a number is evenhttps://api.isevenapi.xyz/api/iseven/12/
93Fun & GamesJokeAPIJokeshttps://v2.jokeapi.dev/joke/Any?safe-mode
94Fun & GamesjServiceTrivia questions from Jeopardyhttp://jservice.io/api/random
95Fun & GamesMagic: The GatheringCards and sets from MTGhttps://api.magicthegathering.io/v1/sets
96Fun & GamesOfficial JokeJokeshttps://official-joke-api.appspot.com/random_joke
97Fun & GamesOpen Trivia DBTrivia questionshttps://opentdb.com/api.php?amount=10&category=17&difficulty=easy
98Fun & GamesPokéAPIPokémon datahttps://pokeapi.co/api/v2/pokemon/ditto
99Fun & GamesPokémon TCGPokémon card datahttps://api.pokemontcg.io/v2/cards/xy1-1
100Fun & GamesRuneScapeRunescape datahttps://services.runescape.com/m=itemdb_rs/api/catalogue/items.json?category=9&alpha=c&page=1
101Fun & GamesScryfallMagic: The Gathering card datahttps://api.scryfall.com/cards/search?order=cmc&q=c:red%20pow=3
102Fun & GamesTCGdexPokémon card datahttps://api.tcgdex.net/v2/en/sets
103Fun & GamesXIVAPIFinal Fantasy XIVhttps://xivapi.com/Action/127
104Fun & Gamesxkcdxkcd comicshttp://xkcd.com/info.0.json
105Fun & GamesYes or No?Randomly generate a yes or no imagehttps://yesno.wtf/api
106GeoAdresseFrench addresses and geocodinghttps://api-adresse.data.gouv.fr/search/?q=8+bd+du+port
107GeoCountry.isLookup country by IP addresshttps://api.country.is/9.9.9.9
108GeoGeocodeForward/reverse geocodinghttps://geocode.xyz/51.50354,-0.12768?geoit=json
109GeoGeoJSGeolocation by IP addresshttps://get.geojs.io/v1/ip/geo.json
110GeogeoPluginCurrency conversion and geolocation datahttp://www.geoplugin.net/php.gp
111GeoGetTheDataUK geo coordinates conversionhttps://api.getthedata.com/bng2latlong/529090/179645
112GeoHelloSalutTranslate "hello" by IP addresshttp://stefanbohacek.com/hellosalut/?mode=auto
113GeoHong Kong GeoData StoreHong Kong geo datahttps://geodata.gov.hk/gs/api/v1.0.0/locationSearch?q=museums
114GeoipapiGeolocation by IP addresshttps://ipapi.co/json/
115GeoIPGeoGeolocation by IP addresshttps://api.techniknews.net/ipgeo/
116GeoKennzeichengeneratorAustrian district informationhttps://www.kennzeichengenerator.com/_api.bezirk.php?p=le
117GeoNominatumLocations and addresseshttps://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search.php?city=taipei&format=jsonv2
118GeoOpen Topo DataDetermine elevation for lat/longhttps://api.opentopodata.org/v1/srtm90m?locations=-43.5,172.5|27.6,1.98&interpolation=cubic
119GeoPostcodesUK geo data by postcodehttps://api.postcodes.io/postcodes/OX49%205NU
120GeoViaCEPBrazil's postal address codes (CEPs)https://viacep.com.br/ws/01001000/json/
121GeoZippopotamusZip code information for 60 countrieshttps://api.zippopotam.us/us/90210
122GeoZiptasticUS geo data by zipcodehttps://ziptasticapi.com/90210
123GovernmentBanco Central Do BrasilBrazil Central Bank datahttps://api.bcb.gov.br/dados/serie/bcdata.sgs.20716/dados/ultimos/10?formato=json
124GovernmentBelgian Open Data InitiativeBelgian government open datahttps://social.brussels/rest/sector/5/organisations
125GovernmentBrasilBrazil public datahttps://brasilapi.com.br/api/feriados/v1/2024
126GovernmentCiviXLaw 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
127GovernmentColorado Information MarketplaceColorado state open datahttps://data.colorado.gov/resource/4ykn-tg5h.json
128GovernmentData USAUS public datahttps://datausa.io/api/data?drilldowns=Nation&measures=Population
129GovernmentData.govU.S. government open datahttps://data.wa.gov/api/views/f6w7-q2d2/rows.json?accessType=DOWNLOAD
130GovernmentData.gov.auAustralian government open datahttps://www.data.act.gov.au/api/views/s4g9-ndv2/rows.json?accessType=DOWNLOAD
131GovernmentDawumGerman election pollshttps://api.dawum.de/
132GovernmentFBI WantedFBI Wanted datahttps://api.fbi.gov/wanted/v1/list
133GovernmentFederal RegisterDaily journal of the US governmenthttps://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2023-05167?publication_date=2023-03-14
134GovernmentFood Standards AgencyUK restaurant hygiene ratingshttps://ratings.food.gov.uk/OpenDataFiles/FHRS529en-GB.json
135GovernmentNYC Open DataNew York City open datahttps://data.cityofnewyork.us/resource/erm2-nwe9.json?unique_key=57056073
136GovernmentOpen 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
137GovernmentOpen Government, CanadaCanadian government open datahttps://donnees-data.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/br1/delaipaiement-promptpayment/delaipaiement-promptpayment.json
138GovernmentRepresent Civic InformationCanada's elected officials and electoral districtshttps://represent.opennorth.ca/representatives/?first_name=Jack
139GovernmentUSAspendingU.S. federal government spending datahttps://api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/references/toptier_agencies/
140GovernmentUSPTOUS Patent and Trademark Officehttps://assignment-api.uspto.gov/trademark/basicSearch?query=Google&filter_year=2022
141GovernmentWorld BankWorld Bank open datahttp://api.worldbank.org/v2/region?format=json
142HealthHealthCare.govUS health insurance datahttps://www.healthcare.gov/api/index.json
143HealthMakeupMakeup brands and product infohttp://makeup-api.herokuapp.com/api/v1/products.json?brand=maybelline
144HealthNPPESUS health care providershttps://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov/api/?version=2.1&city=baltimore
145HealthOpen DiseaseCovid-19 and influenza statshttps://disease.sh/v3/covid-19/historical/all?lastdays=all
146HealthopenFDAFood & Drug Administration data (US)https://api.fda.gov/food/enforcement.json?limit=10
147InspirationAdvice SlipGenerate random advicehttps://api.adviceslip.com/advice/search/love
148InspirationAffirmationsGenerate affirmationshttps://www.affirmations.dev/
149InspirationBiriyana As a ServiceBiriyani imageshttps://biriyani.anoram.com/get
150InspirationDictumInspiring expressionshttps://api.fisenko.net/v1/quotes/en?query=string&offset=0&limit=0
151InspirationKanyeKanye quoteshttps://api.kanye.rest/
152InspirationQuotableRandom quoteshttps://api.quotable.io/quotes/random
153InspirationQuote GardenDatabase of 75000 quoteshttps://quote-garden.onrender.com/api/v3/quotes
154InspirationQuotes on DesignQuotes about designhttps://quotesondesign.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/?orderby=rand
155InspirationStoicism QuoteQuotes about stoicismhttps://api.themotivate365.com/stoic-quote
156LanguageChinese Character WebInformation about Chinese charactershttp://ccdb.hemiola.com/characters/radicals/85?count
157LanguageChinese Text ProjectDigital library for pre-modern Chinese textshttps://api.ctext.org/getdictionaryheadwords
158LanguageFree DictionaryWord definitions and phoneticshttps://api.dictionaryapi.dev/api/v2/entries/en/digital
159LanguagePurgoMalumCheck content for profanityhttps://www.purgomalum.com/service/json?text=this%20is%20some%20test%20input
160MusicBinary JazzFetch a random genrehttps://binaryjazz.us/wp-json/genrenator/v1/genre/5
161MusiciTunes SearchiTunes contenthttps://itunes.apple.com/search?term=radiohead
162MusicMusicBrainzMusic datahttp://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist/5b11f4ce-a62d-471e-81fc-a69a8278c7da?fmt=json
163MusicOpenwhydPlaylists from various streaming platformshttps://openwhyd.org/hot/electro?format=json
164Open DataArchive.orgLarge public digital archivehttps://archive.org/metadata/TheAdventuresOfTomSawyer_201303
165Open DataCarbon IntensityCarbon intensity of the electricity system in Great Britainhttps://api.carbonintensity.org.uk/intensity/date
166Open DataData.Police.UKUK crime & police datahttps://data.police.uk/api/crimes-street/all-crime?lat=52.629729&lng=-1.131592&date=2023-01
167Open DataHouse Stock WatcherUS Congress members' stock transactionshttps://house-stock-watcher-data.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/data/all_transactions.json
168Open DataOpen LibraryInformation about bookshttp://openlibrary.org/api/volumes/brief/isbn/9780525440987.json
169Open DataPM2.5PM2.5 environmental data monitoringhttps://pm25.lass-net.org/API-1.0.0/project/airbox/latest/
170Open DataTeleportLocation and quality of life datahttps://api.teleport.org/api/urban_areas/teleport%3A9q8yy/scores/
171Open DataUniversities ListUniversitieshttp://universities.hipolabs.com/search?country=United+Kingdom
172Open DataVehiclesNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration's catalog of vehicles specshttps://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/api/vehicles/decodevinvaluesextended/5UXWX7C5*BA?format=json&modelyear=2011
173Open DataWayback MachineInternet archive availabilityhttps://archive.org/wayback/available?url=google.com
174Open DataWikipediaPageview statshttps://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/metrics/pageviews/per-article/en.wikipedia/all-access/all-agents/Tiger_King/daily/20210901/20210930
175ScienceArcsecondWorldwide astronomy datahttps://api.arcsecond.io/activities/
176SciencearXivResearch-sharing platformhttp://export.arxiv.org/api/query?search_query=all:electron
177ScienceAsterankAsteroids, minor planets, and other objectshttp://www.asterank.com/api/skymorph/search?target=J99TS7A
178ScienceCat-FactsDaily cat factshttps://cat-fact.herokuapp.com/facts/random
179ScienceCelesTrakGeneral perturbations orbital datahttps://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/gp.php?INTDES=2023-015&FORMAT=JSON-PRETTY
180ScienceGBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facilityhttps://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/search?year=1800,1899
181ScienceiDigBioDigitized data for millions of biological specimenshttps://search.idigbio.org/v2/search/records/?rq={"data.dwc:dynamicProperties":"nsf_tcn"}&limit=1
182ScienceInspirehepScholarly information about high energy physicshttps://inspirehep.net/api/literature/451647
183ScienceITISIntegrated Taxonomic Information Systemhttps://www.itis.gov/ITISWebService/services/ITISService/searchByCommonName?srchKey=ferret-badger
184ScienceNASANational Aeronautics and Space Administrationhttps://api.nasa.gov/neo/rest/v1/neo/browse?api_key=DEMO_KEY
185ScienceNewtonAdvanced mathhttps://newton.now.sh/api/v2/factor/x^2-1
186ScienceNumbersFacts about numbershttp://numbersapi.com/random/math
187ScienceOpen NotifyISS location and people in spacehttp://api.open-notify.org/astros.json
188ScienceSpaceflight NewsSpaceflight related newshttps://api.spaceflightnewsapi.net/v3/articles
189ScienceSpaceXLaunch and rocket datahttps://api.spacexdata.com/v5/launches/latest
190ScienceSunriseSunsetSunrise and sunset timeshttps://api.sunrisesunset.io/json?lat=38.907192&lng=-77.036873&timezone=UTC&date=today
191ScienceTheSpaceDevsRocket launches, space events and crewed spaceflighthttps://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/?limit=10
192ScienceUSGS Earthquake CatalogLatest earthquakeshttps://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query?format=geojson&starttime=2023-03-01&endtime=2023-03-02&minmagnitude=5
193SportsBalldontlieNBA players, teams, games, statshttps://www.balldontlie.io/api/v1/teams
194SportsCityBikesBike sharing networkshttp://api.citybik.es/v2/networks
195SportsErgast F1Motor racing datahttp://ergast.com/api/f1/drivers.json
196SportsFootball-DataFootball (soccer) competitions and datahttp://api.football-data.org/v4/competitions/
197SportsnhlapiNHL datahttps://statsapi.web.nhl.com/api/v1/teams
198Test DataBacon IpsumGenerate fake data for testinghttps://baconipsum.com/api/?type=meat-and-filler
199Test DataCiprandGenerate random stringshttps://ciprand.p3p.repl.co/api?len=20&count=10
200Test DataFakerGenerate fake datahttps://fakerapi.it/api/v1/credit_cards?_quantity=2
201Test DataJSONPlaceholderFake REST API for testinghttps://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1
202Test DataLoripsumGenerate fake placeholder texthttps://loripsum.net/api/10/short/headers
203Test DataRandomUserFake user data generatorhttps://randomuser.me/api/
204Test DataReqresTest against a real APIhttps://reqres.in/api/users?page=1
205Test DataRESTRest API for testinghttps://api.restful-api.dev/objects
206Test DataUUID GeneratorGenerate UUIDs and GUIDshttps://www.uuidtools.com/api/generate/v1/count/3
207Weather7Timer!Weather forecasts for astronomyhttp://www.7timer.info/bin/api.pl?lon=113.17&lat=23.09&product=astro&output=json
208WeatherAviation Weather CenterAviation Digital Data Service (ADDS) datahttps://www.aviationweather.gov/adds/dataserver_current/httpparam?datasource=metars&requestType=retrieve&format=xml&mostRecentForEachStation=constraint&hoursBeforeNow=1.25&stationString=KDE
209WeatheropenSenseMapPersonal senseBox (weather station) datahttps://api.opensensemap.org/boxes?model=homeWifi
210WeatherSG WeatherRealtime weather readings for Singaporehttps://api.data.gov.sg/v1/environment/air-temperature
211WeatherwttrConsole-oriented weather forecast servicewttr.in/London?format=3
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102 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.

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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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