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
Math
Music
News
Open Source projects
Personality
Photography
Science
Security
Shopping
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	`OAuth`	No	Go!
Kitsu	Kitsu Anime	`OAuth`	No	Go!

Anti-Malware

API	Description	Auth	HTTPS	Link
Certly	Certly Link/Domain Flagging	`token`	Yes	Go!
Google Safe Browsing	Google Link/Domain Flagging	`token`	Yes	Go!
Metacert	Metacert Link Flagging	`token`	Yes	Go!
VirusTotal	VirusTotal File/URL Analysis	`token`	Yes	Go!
Web Of Trust (WOT)	Website reputation	`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	`apiKey` query string	No	Go!
markerapi	Trademark Search	No	No	Go!

Calendar

API	Description	Auth	HTTPS	Link
Church Calendar	Catholic liturgical calendar	No	No	Go!
Holidays	Free API for obtaining information about holidays.	`key` string	No	Go!
LectServe	Protestant liturgical calendar	No	No	Go!
Non-Working Days	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	Exchange rates and currency conversion	No	Yes	Go!

Development

API	Description	Auth	HTTPS	Link
Adorable Avatars	Generate random cartoon avatars	No	Yes	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	`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	Q&A forum for developers	`OAuth`	Yes	Go!
Stormpath	User Authentication	`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	Auth	HTTPS	Link
File.io	Files	No	Yes	Go!
pdflayer API	HTML/URL to PDF	No	Yes	Go!
Todoist	Todo Lists	`OAuth`	Yes	Go!
Wunderlist	Todo Lists	`OAuth`	Yes	Go!

Data Access

API	Description	Auth	HTTPS	Link
18F	US Federal Government /Developer Program	No	No	Go!
Abbreviation	Get abbreviations and meanings	`X-Mashape-Key` as header	Yes	Go!
CARTO	Location Information Prediction	`apiKey`	Yes	Go!
Callook.info	United States ham radio callsigns	No	Yes	Go!
Celebinfo	Celebrity information	`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	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	`apiKey` query string	No	Go!
Quandl	Stock Market Data	No	Yes	Go!
Represent by Open North	Find Canadian Government Representatives	No	Yes	Go!
Scoop.it	Content Curation Service	`apiKey` query string	Yes	Go!
Teleport	Quality of Life Data	No	Yes	Go!
Wikipedia	Mediawiki Encyclopedia	No	Yes	Go!
Wordnik	Dictionary Data	No	No	Go!
Yelp	Find Local Business	`OAuth`	Yes	Go!

Data Validation

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

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	`X-Mashape-Key` as header	No	Go!
BreweryDB	Beer	`apiKey` query string	No	Go!
Edamam	Recipe Search	`apiKey` query string	Yes	Go!
Food2Fork	Recipe Search	`apiKey` query string	No	Go!
LCBO	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 Entertainment	No	Yes	Go!
Chuck Norris Database	Jokes	No	No	Go!
Clash of Clans	Clash of Clans Game Information	No	Yes	Go!
Clash Royale	Clash Royale Game Information	No	Yes	Go!
Comic Vine	Comics	No	No	Go!
Deck of Cards	Deck of Cards	No	No	Go!
Eve Online	Third-Party Developer Documentation	`OAuth` required for some parts	Yes	Go!
Giant Bomb	Video Games	No	No	Go!
Guild Wars 2	Guild Wars 2 Game Information	`apiKey` query string (for some routes)	Yes	Go!
Magic The Gathering	Magic The Gathering Game Information	No	No	Go!
Marvel	Marvel Comics	No	No	Go!
Minecraft	Minecraft server info & user info)	No	Yes	Go!
Open Trivia	Trivia Questions	No	Yes	Go!
Pokéapi	Pokémon Information	No	No	Go!
Riot Games	League of Legends Game Information	`apiKey`	Yes	Go!
Steam	Steam Client Interaction	`OAuth`	Yes	Go!
SWAPI	Star Wars Information	No	Yes	Go!

Geocoding

API	Description	Auth	HTTPS	Link
Bing Maps	Create/customize digital maps based on Bing Maps data	`apiKey`	Yes	Go!
GeoNames	Place names and other geographical data	No	No	Go!
GéoApi	French geographical data	No	Yes	Go!
Google Maps	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 lookup & Geolocation for the UK	No	Yes	Go!
Utah AGRC	Utah Web API for geocoding Utah addresses	`apiKey`	Yes	Go!

Health

API	Description	Auth	HTTPS	Link
Diabetes	Logging and retrieving diabetes information	No	No	Go!
Flutrack	Influenza-like symptoms with geotracking	No	No	Go!
Makeup	Makeup Information	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	`OAuth`	Yes	Go!
Cleverbot	Web chat bot	`apikey`	Yes	Go!
Wit.ai	Natural Language Processing	`OAuth`	Yes	Go!

Math

API	Description	Auth	HTTPS	Link
Newton	Symbolic and Arithmetic Math Calculator	No	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	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	No	No	Go!
Drupal.org	Drupal.org	No	Yes	Go!
Libraries.io	Open source software libraries	`apiKey` query string	Yes	Go!

Personality

API	Description	Auth	HTTPS	Link
chucknorris.io	JSON API for hand curated Chuck Norris jokes	No	Yes	Go!
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!
tronalddump.io	Api & web archive for the dumbest things Donald Trump has ever said	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	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 Information	No	No	Go!
NASA	NASA data, including imagery	No	Yes	Go!
Open Notify	ISS astronauts, current location, etc	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	No	No	Go!
UK Police	UK Police data	No	Yes	Go!

Shopping

API	Description	Auth	HTTPS	Link
eBay	Sell and Buy on eBay	`OAuth`	Yes	Go!

Social

API	Description	Auth	HTTPS	Link
Discord bot	Make bots for Discord	`OAuth`	Yes	Go!
Facebook API	Facebook Login, Share on FB, Social Plugins, Analytics and more	`OAuth`	Yes	Go!
Foursquare	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	Instagram Login, Share on Instagram, Social Plugins and more	`OAuth`	Yes	Go!
LinkedIn	The foundation of all digital integrations with LinkedIn	`OAuth`	Yes	Go!
Telegram MTProto	Read and write Telegram data	`OAuth`	Yes	Go!
Telegram bot	Simplified HTTP version of the MTProto API for bots	`OAuth`	Yes	Go!
Pinterest	The world's catalog of ideas	`OAuth`	Yes	Go!
PWRTelegram bot	Boosted version of the Telegram bot API	`OAuth`	Yes	Go!
Reddit	Homepage of the internet	`OAuth` required for some parts	Yes	Go!
Slack	Team Instant Messaging	`OAuth`	Yes	Go!
Tumblr	Read and write Tumblr Data	`OAuth`	Yes	Go!
Twitch	Game Streaming API	`OAuth`	Yes	Go!
Twitter	Read and write Twitter data	`OAuth`	Yes	Go!
vk API	Read and write vk dat	`OAuth`	Yes	Go!

Sports/Fitness

API	Description	Auth	HTTPS	Link
City Bikes	City Bikes around the world	No	No	Go!
Ergast F1	F1 data from the beginning of the world championships in 1950	No	No	Go!
Fitbit	Fitbit Information	`OAuth`	Yes	Go!
Football-Data.org	Football Data	No	No	Go!
JCDecaux Bike	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	The RESTful AMA Pro Motocross lap times for every racer on the start gate	No	No	Go!
Strava	Connect with athletes, activities and more	`OAuth`	Yes	Go!
Wger	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 Information	`token`	No	Go!
The Nomad List	A list of the best places to live/work remotely	No	Yes	Go!
Schiphol Airport	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
Universities List	University names, countries and domains	No	Yes	Go!

Vehicle

API	Description	Auth	HTTPS	Link
Vehicles	Lot of vehicles informations	`apiKey` query string	No	Go!
Brazilian Vehicles and Prices	Vehicles information from Fundação Instituto de Pesquisas Econômicas - Fipe	No	Yes	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	Weather	`apiKey` query string	Yes	Go!
OpenWeatherMap	Weather	`apiKey` query string	No	Go!
Wunderground	Weather	No	No	Go!
Yahoo! Weather	Weather	No	Yes	Go!

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