Public APIs

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

While I appreciate the masses of pull requests and community involement, some PRs have been specifically to market company APIs that offer paid for solutions. This API list is not a marketing tool, but a tool to help the community build applications and use free public APIs quickly and easily. Pull requests that explicitly are marketing attempts won’t be accepted, thanks for understanding! :)

Animals

API	Description	OAuth	Link
Petfinder	Adoption	No	Go!
RescueGroups	Adoption	No	Go!

Anime

API	Description	OAuth	Link
Hummingbird	Hummingbird Anime API	No	Go!
AniList	AniList Anime API	Yes	Go!

Calendar

API	Description	OAuth	Link
Church Calendar API	Catholic liturgical calendar	No	Go!
Non-working days API	Database of ICS files for non working days	No	Go!
Date and Time	Global Date and Time	No	Go!

Development

API	Description	OAuth	Link
RandomUser	Generates random user data	No	Go!
UI Faces	Find and generate sample avatars for user interfaces	No	Go!
UI Names	Generate random fake names	No	Go!
Adorable Avatars	Generate random cartoon avatars	No	Go!
Github - User Data	Pull public information for a user’s github	No	Go!
Gitter	Chat for GitHub	Yes	Go!
JSONPlaceholder	Fake data for testing and prototyping	No	Go!
RoboHash	Generate random robot/alien avatars	No	Go!
API Only	Several APIs free.	No	Go!
Lorem Text	Generates Lorem Ipsum text	Yes	[Go!] (https://market.mashape.com/montanaflynn/lorem-text-generator)
Hipster Ipsum	Generates Hipster Ipsum text	No	[Go!] (http://hipsterjesus.com/)
Loripsum	The “lorem ipsum” generator that doesn’t suck	No	[Go!] (http://loripsum.net/)
ReqRes	A hosted REST-API ready to respond to your AJAX requests	No	[Go!] (http://reqres.in/)

Drinks

API	Description	OAuth	Link
BreweryDB	Beer	No, but apiKey query string	Go!
LCBO API	Alcohol	No, but apiKey query string	Go!

Data Access

API	Description	OAuth	Link
Abbreviation API	Get abbreviations and meanings	No	Go!
Callook.info API	United States ham radio callsigns	No	Go!
Celebinfo API	Celebrity information API	No	Go!
Open Government	United State Government Open Data	No	Go!
Yelp	Find Local Business	Yes	Go!
Quandl API	Stock Market Data	No	Go!

Exchange

API	Description	OAuth	Link
Currencylayer	Exchange rates and currency conversion	No	Go!
Fixer.io	JSON API for foreign exchange rates and currency conversion	No	Go!

Games & Comics

API	Description	OAuth	Link
Marvel	Marvel Comics API	No	Go!
SWAPI	Star Wars API	No	Go!
Pokéapi	The RESTful Pokémon API	No	Go!
Giant Bomb	Video Games	No	Go!
Comic Vine	Comics	No	Go!
Steam	Steam Client API	Yes	[Go!] (https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Steam_Web_API)
Deck of Cards	Deck of Cards API	No	[Go!] (http://deckofcardsapi.com/)

Geocoding

API	Description	OAuth	Link
OpenCage	Forward and reverse geocoding using open data	No	Go!
IP 2 Country	Map an IP to a country	No	Go!

Media

API	Description	OAuth	Link
Noun Project	Icons	Yes	Go!
Unsplash	Photography	Yes	Go!
Giphy	Get all your gifs	No	Go!
TVMaze	TV Show Data	No	Go!
OMDB	Open movie database	No	Go!
MovieDB	Movie Data	No	Go!
Netflix Roulette	Netflix database	No	Go!
Good Reads	Books	No	Go!
Dribbble	Design	Yes	Go!
Ron Swanson Quotes	Television	No	Go!
Rijksmuseum	Art	No	Go!
iTunes Search	Software products API	No	Go!
Twitch	Game Streaming API	Yes	Go!
Wordnik	Dictionary Data API	No	Go!
Imgur	Images	Yes	Go!
Chuck Norris Database	Jokes	No	Go!
Medium	community of readers and writers offering unique perspectives on ideas.	Yes	Go!
Flickr	Flickr Services	Yes	Go!
Reddit	Homepage of the internet	Parts	Go!

Music

API	Description	OAuth	Link
Discogs	Music	No	Go!
EchoNest	Music	No	Go!
Jamendo	Music	Yes	Go!
LastFm	Music	No	Go!
Mixcloud	Music	No	Go!
MusicBrainz	Music	No	Go!
Soundcloud	Music	No	Go!
Spotify	Music	No	Go!
Musixmatch	Music	No, but apikey query string	Go!

Open Source projects

API	Description	OAuth	Link
Drupal.org	Drupal.org API	No	Go!
Libraries.io	Open source software libraries	No	Go!

Planets

API	Description	OAuth	Link
Minor Planet Center	Asterank.com API	No	Go!

Security

API	Description	OAuth	Link
UK Police	UK Police data	No	Go!
AXFR Database	AXFR public database API	No	Go’

Science

API	Description	OAuth	Link
TED Talks	TED API	No	Go!
NASA	NASA data, including imagery	No	Go!
Wunderground	Weather	No	Go!
OpenWeatherMap	Weather	No	Go!
Yahoo! Weather	Weather	No	Go!
World Bank	World Data	No	Go!
Open Notify	ISS astronauts, current location API	No	Go!
Fedger.io	Query machine intelligence data	No	Go!
inspirehep.net	High Energy Physics info. system	No	Go!

Social

API	Description	OAuth	Link
Full Contact	Get Social Media profiles and contact Information	Yes	Go!
LinkedIn REST-API	The foundation of all digital integrations with LinkedIn	Yes	Go!
Facebook API	Facebook Login, Share on FB, Social Plugins, Analytics and more	Yes	Go!
Twitter API	Read and write Twitter data	Yes	Go!
Telegram API	Read and write Telegram data	Yes	Go!
Fuck Off as a Service	Asks someone to fuck off	No	Go!

Sports/Fitness

API	Description	OAuth	Link
Football-Data.org	Football Data	No	Go!
FitBit	FitBit API	No	Go!
Stattleship	MLB, NBA, NHL, NFL	No, but a token is required	Go!
JCDecaux Bike API	JCDecaux’s self-service bicycles	No, but apiKey query string	Go!
City Bikes API	City Bikes around the world	No	Go!

Transportation

API	Description	OAuth	Link
Transport for London	TFL API	No	Go!
Transport for Belgium	Belgian transport API	No	Go!
Transport for Germany	Deutsche Bahn (DB) API	No	Go!
Transport for Switzerland	Swiss public transport API	No	Go!
Transport for Budapest	Budapest public transport API	No	Go!
Transport for Norway	Norwegian transport API	No	Go!
Transport for Toronto	TTC	No	Go!
Transport for Vancouver, Canada	TransLink	Yes	Go!
Transport for Washington, US	Washington Metro transport API	Yes	Go!
Transport for Paris, France	RATP Open Data API	No	Go!
Transport for Sao Paulo, Brazil	SPTrans	Yes	Go!
Transport for The Netherlands	NS	No	Go!
Schiphol Airport API	Schiphol	Yes	Go!

Vehicle

API	Description	OAuth	Link
Vehicle API	Lot of vehicles informations	No, but apiKey query string	Go!

Video

API	Description	OAuth	Link
YouTube	Add YouTube functionality to your sites and apps.	Yes / No	Go!