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/ )
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!
Games & Comics
Geocoding
API
Description
OAuth
Link
OpenCage
Forward and reverse geocoding using open data
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!
Security
API
Description
OAuth
Link
UK Police
UK Police data
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!
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!