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Public APIs

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

While I appreciate the masses of pull requests and community involvement, 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
IUCN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species No, but a token is required Go!
Petfinder Adoption No Go!
RescueGroups Adoption No Go!

Anime

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

Business

API Description OAuth Link
markerapi Trademark Search API No Go!

Calendar

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

Development

API Description OAuth Link
Adorable Avatars Generate random cartoon avatars No Go!
APIs.guru Wikipedia for Web APIs, OpenAPI/Swagger specs for public APIs No [Go!] (https://apis.guru/api-doc/)
CDNJS Library info on CDNJS No Go!
Faceplusplus A tool to detect face Yes GO!
Github - User Data Pull public information for a user’s github No Go!
Gitter Chat for GitHub Yes Go!
Hipster Ipsum Generates Hipster Ipsum text No Go!
JSONPlaceholder Fake data for testing and prototyping No Go!
Lorem Text Generates Lorem Ipsum text Yes Go!
Loripsum The “lorem ipsum” generator that doesn’t suck No Go!
Plino Spam filtering system No Go!
Random Word Generate random word No Go!
RandomUser Generates random user data No Go!
ReqRes A hosted REST-API ready to respond to your AJAX requests No Go!
RoboHash Generate random robot/alien avatars No Go!
StackExchange The All-in-one API for StackExchange sites Yes Go!
UI Faces Find and generate sample avatars for user interfaces No Go!
UI Names Generate random fake names No Go!

Documents & Productivity

API Description OAuth Link
pdflayer API HTML/URL to PDF No Go!

Drinks

API Description OAuth Link
BreweryDB Beer No, but apiKey query string Go!
LCBO API Alcohol No, but apiKey query string Go!
PunkAPI Brewdog Beer Recipes No Go!
Recipe Puppy Food No Go!
Yummly Find food recipes No Go!

Data Access

API Description OAuth Link
18F US Federal Government /Developer Program No Go!
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!
Colorado Data Engine Formatted and geolocated Colorado public data No Go!
Colorado Information Marketplace Colorado State Government Open Data No Go!
Data USA US Public Data No Go!
Dronestream API Tracks United States drone strikes No Go!
fonoApi Mobile Device Description No Go!
Open Government, Australia Australian Government Open Data No Go!
Open Government, USA United States Government Open Data No Go!
Quandl API Stock Market Data No Go!
Wikipedia Mediawiki API No Go!
Yelp Find Local Business Yes Go!

Data Validation

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

Environment

API Description OAuth Link
PM2.5.in PM2.5 Data of China No, but apiKey query string Go!

Exchange

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

Games & Comics

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

Geocoding

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

Health

API Description OAuth Link
USDA Nutrients National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference No Go!
Nutritionix Worlds largest verified nutrition database No, but apiKey query string Go!

Media

API Description OAuth Link
500px Photography Community  Yes Go!
British National Bibliography Books No Go!
Chuck Norris Database Jokes No Go!
Dribbble Design Yes Go!
File.io Files No Go!
Flickr Flickr Services Yes Go!
Genius Crowdsourced lyrics and music knowledge Yes Go!
Giphy Get all your gifs No Go!
Good Reads Books No Go!
Google Books Books Yes Go!
HackerNews Social news for CS and entrepreneurship No Go!
Imgur Images Yes Go!
iTunes Search Software products API No Go!
LiveCoding Live Coding Streaming API Yes Go!
Medium community of readers and writers offering unique perspectives on ideas. Yes Go!
MovieDB Movie Data No Go!
Netflix Roulette Netflix database No Go!
Noun Project Icons Yes Go!
OMDB Open movie database No Go!
Reddit Homepage of the internet Parts Go!
Rijksmuseum Art No Go!
Ron Swanson Quotes Television No Go!
screenshotlayer API URL 2 Image No Go!
TVMaze TV Show Data No Go!
Twitch Game Streaming API Yes Go!
Unsplash Photography Yes Go!
Video download Video download API for youtube, rai.it, mediaset.it, la7.it and hundreds of other sites. No Go!
Wordnik Dictionary Data API No 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!
Musikki Music No Go!
Musixmatch Music No, but apikey query string Go!
Songsterr Provides guitar, bass and drums tabs and chords No Go!
Soundcloud Music No Go!
Spotify Music Parts Go!

Open Source projects

API Description OAuth Link
Countly Countly web analytics API No Go!
Drupal.org Drupal.org API No Go!
Libraries.io Open source software libraries No, but apiKey query string Go!

Planets

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

Security

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

Personality

API Description OAuth Link
Traitify Assess, collect, and analyze Personality No Go!

Science

API Description OAuth Link
Fedger.io Query machine intelligence data No Go!
inspirehep.net High Energy Physics info. system No Go!
NASA NASA data, including imagery No Go!
Open Notify ISS astronauts, current location API No Go!
Sunrise and Sunset Sunset and sunrise times for a given latitude and longitude. No Go!
TED Talks TED API No Go!
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program Earthquakes data real-time No Go!
World Bank World Data No Go!

Social

API Description OAuth Link
Facebook API Facebook Login, Share on FB, Social Plugins, Analytics and more Yes Go!
Fuck Off as a Service Asks someone to fuck off No Go!
Full Contact Get Social Media profiles and contact Information Yes Go!
Instagram API Instagram Login, Share on Instagram, Social Plugins and more Yes Go!
LinkedIn REST-API The foundation of all digital integrations with LinkedIn Yes Go!
Telegram MTProto API Read and write Telegram data Yes Go!
Telegram bot API Simplified HTTP version of the MTProto API for bots Yes Go!
PWRTelegram bot API Boosted version of the Telegram bot API Yes Go!
Tumblr API Read and write Tumblr Data Yes Go!
Twitter API Read and write Twitter data Yes Go!
vk API Read and write vk dat Yes Go!
Wit.ai API Turn speech and text into actionable data Yes Go!

Sports/Fitness

API Description OAuth Link
City Bikes API City Bikes around the world No Go!
Ergast F1 API F1 data from the beginning of the world championships in 1950 No Go!
FitBit FitBit API No Go!
Football-Data.org Football Data No Go!
JCDecaux Bike API JCDecaux’s self-service bicycles No, but apiKey query string Go!
mashape live-score No Go!
NFL Arrests NFL Arrest Data No Go!
Stattleship MLB, NBA, NHL, NFL No, but a token is required Go!
wger API Workout manager data as exercises, muscles or equipments No, but apiKey query string Go!

Transportation

API Description OAuth Link
Amadeus Travel Innovation Sandbox Travel Search - Limited usage No, but apikey query string Go!
Community Transit Transitland API No Go!
Goibibo API for travel search No, but apiKey query string Go!
Indian Railways Indian Railways API No, but a token is required Go!
The Nomad List A list of the best places to live/work remotely No Go!
Schiphol Airport API Schiphol Yes Go!
TransitLand Transit Aggregation No Go!
Transport for Atlanta, US Marta No Go!
Transport for Belgium Belgian transport API No Go!
Transport for Boston, MA, USA MBTA API No Go!
Transport for Budapest Budapest public transport API No Go!
Transport for Chicago, US CTA No Go!
Transport for Finland Finnish transport API No Go!
Transport for Germany Deutsche Bahn (DB) API No, but authKey query string Go!
Transport for India India Public Transport API No, Api key is required Go!
Transport for London, England TfL API No Go!
Transport for Minneapolis, US NexTrip API Yes Go!
Transport for New York City MTA No, but an api key is mandatory Go!
Transport for Norway Norwegian transport API No Go!
Transport for Ottawa, Canada OC Transpo next bus arrival API No Go!
Transport for Paris, France RATP Open Data API No Go!
Transport for Philadelphia SEPTA APIs No Go!
Transport for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Prefeitura do Rio (City Hall) No Go!
Transport for Sweden Public Transport consumer Yes Go!
Transport for Switzerland Swiss public transport API No Go!
Transport for São Paulo, Brazil SPTrans Yes Go!
Transport for The Netherlands NS No Go!
Transport for Toronto, Canada TTC No Go!
Transport for Vancouver, Canada TransLink Yes Go!
Transport for Washington, US Washington Metro transport API Yes Go!
Transport for Madrid, Spain Madrid BUS transport API No, but apiKey query string Go!
Transport for Auckland, New Zealand Auckland Transport API No Go!

University

API Description OAuth Link
University API University names, countries and domains No Go!

Vehicle

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

Video

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

Weather

API Description OAuth Link
Dark Sky Forecast API Weather No, but apiKey query string Go!
OpenWeatherMap Weather No Go!
Wunderground Weather No Go!
Yahoo! Weather Weather No Go!