Public APIs

A collective list of JSON APIs for use in web development.

For information on contributing to this project, please see the contributing guide.

Index

• Animals
• Anime
• Anti-Malware
• Art & Design
• Books
• Business
• Calendar
• Cloud Storage & File Sharing
• Currency Exchange
• Development
• Documents & Productivity
• Data Access
• Data Validation
• Environment
• Food and Drink
• Games & Comics
• Geocoding
• Health
• Machine Learning
• Music
• News
• Open Source projects
• Personality
• Photography
• Science
• Security
• Social
• Sports/Fitness
• Transportation
• University
• Vehicle
• Video
• Weather

Animals

| API | Description | Auth | HTTPS | Link | |---|---|---|---| | IUCN | IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | token | No | Go! | | Petfinder | Adoption | No | Yes | Go! | | RescueGroups | Adoption | No | Yes | Go! |

Anime

| API | Description | Auth | HTTPS | Link | |---|---|---|---| | AniList | AniList Anime API | oAuth | No | Go! | | Kitsu | Kitsu Anime API | oAuth | No | Go! |

Anti-Malware

| API | Description | Auth | HTTPS | Link | |---|---|---|---| | Certly | Certly Link/Domain Flagging API | token | Yes | Go! | | Google Safe Browsing | Google Link/Domain Flagging API | token | Yes | Go! | | Metacert | Metacert Link Flagging API | token | Yes | Go! | | VirusTotal | VirusTotal File/URL Analysis API | token | Yes | Go! | | Web Of Trust (WOT) | Website reputation API | key string | Yes | Go! |

Art & Design

| API | Description | Auth | HTTPS | Link | |---|---|---|---| | Dribbble | Design | oAuth | No | Go! | | Noun Project | Icons | oAuth | No | Go! | | Rijksmuseum| Art | No | Yes | Go! |

Books

| API | Description | Auth | HTTPS | Link | |---|---|---|---| | British National Bibliography | Books | No | No | Go! | | Good Reads | Books | No | Yes | Go! | | Google Books | Books | oAuth | Yes | Go! |

Business

| API | Description | Auth | HTTPS | Link | |---|---|---|---| | mailgun | Email Service API | apiKey query string | No | Go! | | markerapi | Trademark Search API | No | No | Go! |

Calendar

| API | Description | Auth | HTTPS | Link | |---|---|---|---| | Church Calendar API | Catholic liturgical calendar | No | No | Go! | | Date and Time | Global Date and Time | No | No | Go! | | Holidays | Free API for obtaining information about holidays. | No | No | Go! | | Non-working days API | Database of ICS files for non working days | No | Yes | Go! |

Cloud Storage & File Sharing

| API | Description | Auth | HTTPS | Link | |---|---|---|---| | Box | File Sharing and Storage | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | Dropbox | File Sharing and Storage | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | Google Drive | File Sharing and Storage | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | OneDrive | File Sharing and Storage | oAuth | Yes | Go! |

Currency Exchange

| API | Description | Auth | HTTPS | Link | |---|---|---|---| | Currencylayer | Exchange rates and currency conversion | apiKey query string | Yes | Go! | | Fixer.io | JSON API for foreign exchange rates and currency conversion | No | No | Go! |

Development

| API | Description | Auth | HTTPS | Link | |---|---|---|---| | Adorable Avatars | Generate random cartoon avatars | No | No | Go! | | APIs.guru | Wikipedia for Web APIs, OpenAPI/Swagger specs for public APIs | No | Yes | Go! | | CDNJS | Library info on CDNJS | No | Yes | Go! | | Faceplusplus | A tool to detect face | oAuth | No | Go! | | Github - User Data | Pull public information for a user’s github | No | Yes | Go! | | Gitter | Chat for GitHub | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | Hipster Ipsum | Generates Hipster Ipsum text | No | No | Go! | | JSONPlaceholder | Fake data for testing and prototyping | No | No | Go! | | LiveCoding | Live Coding Streaming API | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | Lorem Text | Generates Lorem Ipsum text | X-Mashape-Key as header | Yes | Go! | | Loripsum | The “lorem ipsum” generator that doesn’t suck | No | No | Go! | | Myjson | A simple JSON store for your web or mobile app | No | No | Go! | | Plino | Spam filtering system | No | Yes | Go! | | Random Word | Generate random word | No | No | Go! | | RandomUser | Generates random user data | No | Yes | Go! | | ReqRes | A hosted REST-API ready to respond to your AJAX requests | No | No | Go! | | RoboHash | Generate random robot/alien avatars | No | Yes | Go! | | StackExchange | The All-in-one API for StackExchange sites | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | Stormpath | User Authentication API | apiKey | Yes | Go! | | UI Faces | Find and generate sample avatars for user interfaces | No | No | Go! | | UI Names | Generate random fake names | No | Yes | Go! |

Documents & Productivity

API	Description	OAuth	Link
File.io	Files	No	Yes
pdflayer API	HTML/URL to PDF	No	Yes
Wunderlist	Todo Lists	oAuth	Yes

Data Access

| API | Description | Auth | HTTPS | Link | |---|---|---|---| | 18F | US Federal Government /Developer Program | No | No | Go! | | Abbreviation API | Get abbreviations and meanings | X-Mashape-Key as header | Yes | Go! | | Callook.info API | United States ham radio callsigns | No | Yes | Go! | | Celebinfo API | Celebrity information API | X-Mashape-Key as header | Yes | Go! | | Colorado Data Engine | Formatted and geolocated Colorado public data | No | Yes | Go! | | Colorado Information Marketplace | Colorado State Government Open Data | No | Yes | Go! | | Data USA | US Public Data | No | No | Go! | | Dronestream API | Tracks United States drone strikes | No | No | Go! | | fonoApi | Mobile Device Description | No | Yes | Go! | | Open Government, Australia | Australian Government Open Data | No | Yes | Go! | | Open Government, USA | United States Government Open Data | No | Yes | Go! | | Open Government, Canada | Canadian Government Open Data | No | No | Go! | | Open Government Data, India | Indian Government Open Data | token | Yes | Go! | | Pearson | Dictionary Data API | apiKey query string | No | Go! | | Quandl API | Stock Market Data | No | Yes | Go! | | Scoop.it | Content Curation Service | apiKey query string | Yes | Go! | | Wikipedia | Mediawiki API | No | Yes | Go! | | Wordnik | Dictionary Data API | No | No | Go! | | Yelp | Find Local Business | oAuth | Yes | Go! |

Data Validation

API	Description	OAuth	Link
languagelayer API	Language detection	No	Yes
mailboxlayer API	Email address validation	No	Yes
numverify API	Phone number validation	No	Yes
vatlayer API	VAT number validation	No	Yes

Environment

| API | Description | Auth | HTTPS | Link | |---|---|---|---| | PM2.5.in | PM2.5 Data of China | apiKey query string | No | Go! |

Food and Drink

| API | Description | Auth | HTTPS | Link | |---|---|---|---| | BigOven | Recipe Search API | X-Mashape-Key as header | No | Go! | | BreweryDB | Beer | apiKey query string | No | Go! | | Edamam | Recipe Search API | apiKey query string | Yes | Go! | | Food2Fork | Recipe Search API | apiKey query string | No | Go! | | LCBO API | Alcohol | apiKey query string | Yes | Go! | | PunkAPI | Brewdog Beer Recipes | No | Yes | Go! | | Recipe Puppy | Food | No | No | Go! | | Yummly | Find food recipes | No | Yes | Go! |

Games & Comics

| API | Description | Auth | HTTPS | Link | |---|---|---|---| | Battle.net | Blizzard API | No | Yes | Go! | | Chuck Norris Database | Jokes | No | No | Go! | | Clash of Clans | Clash of Clans API | No | Yes | Go! | | ClashAPI | Clash Royale API | No | Yes | Go! | | Comic Vine | Comics | No | No | Go! | | Deck of Cards | Deck of Cards API | No | No | Go! | | Eve Online | Third-Party Developer Documentation API | oAuth required for some parts | Yes | Go! | | Giant Bomb | Video Games | No | Go! | | Guild Wars 2 | Guild Wars 2 API | apiKey query string (for some routes) | Yes | Go! | | Magic the gathering | Magic the gathering API | No | No | Go! | | Marvel | Marvel Comics API | No | No | Go! | | Minecraft | Minecraft API (For server info & user info) | No | Yes | Go! | | Open Trivia | Trivia API | No | Yes | Go! | | Pokéapi | The RESTful Pokémon API | No | No | Go! | | Riot Games | The RESTful League of Legends API | apiKey | Yes | Go! | | Steam | Steam Client API | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | SWAPI | Star Wars API | No | Yes | Go! |

Geocoding

| API | Description | Auth | HTTPS | Link | |---|---|---|---| | GeoNames | Place names and other geographical data | No | No | Go! | | GéoApi | French geographical data | No | Yes | Go! | | Google Maps API | Create/customize digital maps based on Google Maps data | apiKey query string | Yes | Go! | | IP 2 Country | Map an IP to a country | No | Yes | Go! | | IP Address Details| Find geolocation with ip address | No | Yes | Go! | | Mapbox | Create/customize beautiful digital maps | apiKey query string | Yes | Go! | | Mapzen Search | Open Source & Open Data Global Geocoding Service | No | Yes | Go! | | Mexico | Mexico RESTful zip codes API | No | Yes | Go! | | OpenCage | Forward and reverse geocoding using open data | No | Yes | Go! | | OpenStreetMap | Navigation, geolocation and geographical data | oAuth | No | Go! | | PostcodeData.nl | Provide geolocation data based on postcode for Dutch addresses | No | No | Go! | | Postcodes.io | Postcode & Geolocation API for the UK | No | Yes | Go! |

Health

| API | Description | Auth | HTTPS | Link | |---|---|---|---| | Diabetes API | Logging and retrieving diabetes information | No | No | Go! | | Flutrack API | Influenza-like symptoms with geotracking | No | No | Go! | | Makeup API | Worlds only makeup API | No | No | Go! | | Nutritionix | Worlds largest verified nutrition database | apiKey query string | Yes | Go! | | USDA Nutrients | National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference | No | Yes | Go! |

Machine Learning

| API | Description | Auth | HTTPS | Link | |---|---|---|---| | Clarifai | Computer Vision API | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | Wit.ai | Natural Language Processing | oAuth | Yes | Go! |

Music

| API | Description | Auth | HTTPS | Link | |---|---|---|---| | Deezer | Music | oAuth | No | Go! | | Discogs | Music | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | EchoNest | Music | No | No | Go! | | Genius | Crowdsourced lyrics and music knowledge | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | Jamendo | Music | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | iTunes Search | Software products API | No | Yes | Go! | | LastFm | Music | No | No | Go! | | Mixcloud | Music | No | Yes | Go! | | MusicBrainz | Music | No | Yes | Go! | | Musikki | Music | No | Yes | Go! | | Musixmatch | Music | apikey query string | Yes | Go! | | Songsterr | Provides guitar, bass and drums tabs and chords | No | Yes | Go! | | Soundcloud | Music | No | Yes | Go! | | Spotify | Music | oAuth required for some parts | Yes | Go! | | Vagalume | Crowdsourced lyrics and music knowledge | apikey query string | Yes | Go! |

News

| API | Description | Auth | HTTPS | Link | |---|---|---|---| | New York Times | Provides news | No, but apikey is required | Yes | Go! |

Open Source projects

| API | Description | Auth | HTTPS | Link | |---|---|---|---| | Countly | Countly web analytics API | No | No | Go! | | Drupal.org | Drupal.org API | No | Yes | Go! | | Libraries.io | Open source software libraries | apiKey query string | Yes | Go! |

Personality

| API | Description | Auth | HTTPS | Link | |---|---|---|---| | Forismatic | Inspirational Quotes | No | No | Go! | | Medium | Community of readers and writers offering unique perspectives on ideas. | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | Quotes on Design | Inspirational Quotes | No | Yes | Go! | | Traitify | Assess, collect, and analyze Personality | No | Yes | Go! |

Photography

| API | Description | Auth | HTTPS | Link | |---|---|---|---| | 500px | Photography Community | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | Flickr | Flickr Services | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | Gfycat | Jiffier GIFs | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | Giphy | Get all your gifs | No | Yes | Go! | | Imgur | Images | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | screenshotlayer API | URL 2 Image | No | Yes | Go! | | Unsplash | Photography | oAuth | Yes | Go! |

Science

| API | Description | Auth | HTTPS | Link | |---|---|---|---| | Fedger.io | Query machine intelligence data | No | Yes | Go! | | inspirehep.net | High Energy Physics info. system | No | Yes | Go! | | Launch Library | Upcoming Space Launches | No | Yes | Go! | | Minor Planet Center | Asterank.com API | No | No | Go! | | NASA | NASA data, including imagery | No | Yes | Go! | | Open Notify | ISS astronauts, current location API | No | No | Go! | | Sunrise and Sunset | Sunset and sunrise times for a given latitude and longitude. | No | No | Go! | | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program | Earthquakes data real-time | No | No | Go! | | World Bank | World Data | No | No | Go! |

Security

| API | Description | Auth | HTTPS | Link | |---|---|---|---| | AXFR Database | AXFR public database API | No | Go’ | | UK Police | UK Police data | No | Yes | Go! |

Social

| API | Description | Auth | HTTPS | Link | |---|---|---|---| | Discord bot API | Make bots for Discord | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | Facebook API | Facebook Login, Share on FB, Social Plugins, Analytics and more | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | Foursquare API | Interact with Foursquare users and places (geolocation-based checkins, photos, tips, events, etc) | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | Fuck Off as a Service | Asks someone to fuck off | No | Yes | Go! | | Full Contact | Get Social Media profiles and contact Information | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | HackerNews | Social news for CS and entrepreneurship | No | Yes | Go! | | Instagram API | Instagram Login, Share on Instagram, Social Plugins and more | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | LinkedIn REST-API | The foundation of all digital integrations with LinkedIn | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | Telegram MTProto API | Read and write Telegram data | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | Telegram bot API | Simplified HTTP version of the MTProto API for bots | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | Pinterest API | The world’s catalog of ideas | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | PWRTelegram bot API | Boosted version of the Telegram bot API | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | Reddit | Homepage of the internet | oAuth required for some parts | Yes | Go! | | Tumblr API | Read and write Tumblr Data | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | Twitch | Game Streaming API | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | Twitter API | Read and write Twitter data | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | vk API | Read and write vk dat | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | Wit.ai API | Turn speech and text into actionable data | oAuth | Yes | Go! |

Sports/Fitness

| API | Description | Auth | HTTPS | Link | |---|---|---|---| | City Bikes API | City Bikes around the world | No | No | Go! | | Ergast F1 API | F1 data from the beginning of the world championships in 1950 | No | No | Go! | | FitBit | FitBit API | No | Yes | Go! | | Football-Data.org | Football Data | No | No | Go! | | JCDecaux Bike API | JCDecaux’s self-service bicycles | apiKey query string | Yes | Go! | | Cricket Live Scores | live-score | X-Mashape-Key as header | Yes | Go! | | NFL Arrests | NFL Arrest Data | No | No | Go! | | Pro Motocross API | The RESTful AMA Pro Motocross lap times for every racer on the start gate | No | No | Go! | | Strava API | Connect with athletes, activities and more | oAuth| Yes | Go! | | wger API | Workout manager data as exercises, muscles or equipments | apiKey query string | Yes | Go! |

Transportation

| API | Description | Auth | HTTPS | Link | |---|---|---|---| | Amadeus Travel Innovation Sandbox | Travel Search - Limited usage | apikey query string | Yes | Go! | | Community Transit | Transitland API | No | Yes | Go! | | Goibibo | API for travel search | apiKey query string | Yes | Go! | | Indian Railways | Indian Railways API | token | Go! | | The Nomad List | A list of the best places to live/work remotely | No | Yes | Go! | | Schiphol Airport API | Schiphol | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | TransitLand | Transit Aggregation | No | Yes | Go! | | Transport for Atlanta, US | Marta | No | No | Go! | | Transport for Belgium | Belgian transport API | No | Yes | Go! | | Transport for Boston, MA, USA | MBTA API | No | No | Go! | | Transport for Budapest | Budapest public transport API | No | No | Go! | | Transport for Chicago, US | CTA | No | No | Go! | | Transport for Czech Republic | Czech transport API | No | No | Go! | | Transport for Finland | Finnish transport API | No | No | Go! | | Transport for Germany | Deutsche Bahn (DB) API | authKey query string | No | Go! | | Transport for Berlin | third-party VBB API | No | Yes | Go! | | Transport for India | India Public Transport API | Api key | Yes | Go! | | Transport for London, England | TfL API | No | Yes | Go! | | Transport for Minneapolis, US | NexTrip API | oAuth | No | Go! | | Transport for New York City | MTA | api key | No | Go! | | Transport for Norway | Norwegian transport API | No | No | Go! | | Transport for Ottawa, Canada | OC Transpo next bus arrival API | No | No | Go! | | Transport for Paris, France | RATP Open Data API | No | No | Go! | | Transport for Philadelphia | SEPTA APIs | No | No | Go! | | Transport for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Prefeitura do Rio (City Hall) | No | No | Go! | | Transport for Sweden | Public Transport consumer | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | Transport for Switzerland | Swiss public transport API | No | Yes | Go! | | Transport for São Paulo, Brazil | SPTrans | oAuth | No | Go! | | Transport for The Netherlands | NS | No | No | Go! | | Transport for Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo Metro | apiKey query string | Yes | Go! | | Transport for Toronto, Canada | TTC | No | Yes | Go! | | Transport for Vancouver, Canada | TransLink | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | Transport for Washington, US | Washington Metro transport API | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | Transport for Madrid, Spain | Madrid BUS transport API | apiKey query string | No | Go! | | Transport for Auckland, New Zealand | Auckland Transport API | No | Yes | Go! | | Uber | Request Uber rides, reach riders, transport things, and reward drivers | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | WhereIsMyTransport | Platform for public transport data in emerging cities | oAuth | Yes | Go! |

University

| API | Description | Auth | HTTPS | Link | |---|---|---|---| | University API | University names, countries and domains| No | Yes | Go! |

Vehicle

| API | Description | Auth | HTTPS | Link | |---|---|---|---| | Vehicle API | Lot of vehicles informations | apiKey query string | No | Go! |

Video

| API | Description | Auth | HTTPS | Link | |---|---|---|---| | An API of Ice And Fire | Game Of Thrones API | No | Yes | Go! | | Dailymotion | Dailymotion Developer API | oAuth required for some parts | Yes | Go! | | MovieDB | Movie Data | apiKey | Yes | Go! | | Netflix Roulette | Netflix database | No | No | Go! | | OMDB | Open movie database | No | Yes | Go! | | Ron Swanson Quotes | Television | No | Yes | Go! | | TVMaze | TV Show Data | No | No | Go! | | Video download | Video download API for youtube, rai.it, mediaset.it, la7.it and hundreds of other sites. | No | Yes | Go! | | Vimeo | Vimeo Developer API | oAuth | Yes | Go! | | YouTube | Add YouTube functionality to your sites and apps. | oAuth required for some parts | Yes | Go! |

Weather

| API | Description | Auth | HTTPS | Link | |---|---|---|---| | Dark Sky Forecast API | Weather | apiKey query string | Yes | Go! | | OpenWeatherMap | Weather | apiKey query string | No | Go! | | Wunderground | Weather | No | No | Go! | | Yahoo! Weather | Weather | No | Yes | Go! |