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
• Currency Exchange
• Development
• Documents & Productivity
• Drinks
• Data Access
• Data Validation
• Environment
• Games & Comics
• Geocoding
• Health
• Music
• News
• Open Source projects
• Personality
• Photography
• Science
• Security
• Social
• Sports/Fitness
• Transportation
• University
• Vehicle
• Video
• Weather

Animals

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

Anime

API	Description	Auth	Link
AniList	AniList Anime API	oAuth	Go!
Hummingbird	Hummingbird Anime API	No	Go!

Anti-Malware

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

Art & Design

API	Description	Auth	Link
Dribbble	Design	oAuth	Go!
Noun Project	Icons	oAuth	Go!
Rijksmuseum	Art	No	Go!

Books

API	Description	Auth	Link
British National Bibliography	Books	No	Go!
Good Reads	Books	No	Go!
Google Books	Books	oAuth	Go!

Business

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

Calendar

API	Description	Auth	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!

Currency Exchange

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

Development

API	Description	Auth	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	oAuth	Go!
Github - User Data	Pull public information for a user's github	No	Go!
Gitter	Chat for GitHub	oAuth	Go!
Hipster Ipsum	Generates Hipster Ipsum text	No	Go!
JSONPlaceholder	Fake data for testing and prototyping	No	Go!
LiveCoding	Live Coding Streaming API	oAuth	Go!
Lorem Text	Generates Lorem Ipsum text	X-Mashape-Key as header	Go!
Loripsum	The "lorem ipsum" generator that doesn't suck	No	Go!
Myjson	A simple JSON store for your web or mobile app	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	oAuth	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
File.io	Files	No	Go!
pdflayer API	HTML/URL to PDF	No	Go!
Wunderlist	Todo Lists	oAuth	Go!

Drinks

API	Description	Auth	Link
BreweryDB	Beer	apiKey query string	Go!
LCBO API	Alcohol	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	Auth	Link
18F	US Federal Government /Developer Program	No	Go!
Abbreviation API	Get abbreviations and meanings	X-Mashape-Key as header	Go!
Callook.info API	United States ham radio callsigns	No	Go!
Celebinfo API	Celebrity information API	X-Mashape-Key as header	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!
Open Government, Canada	Canadian Government Open Data	No	Go!
Open Government Data, India	Indian Government Open Data	token	Go!
Quandl API	Stock Market Data	No	Go!
Scoop.it	Content Curation Service	apiKey query string	Go!
Wikipedia	Mediawiki API	No	Go!
Wordnik	Dictionary Data API	No	Go!
Yelp	Find Local Business	oAuth	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	Auth	Link
PM2.5.in	PM2.5 Data of China	apiKey query string	Go!

Games & Comics

API	Description	Auth	Link
Battle.net	Blizzard API	No	Go!
Chuck Norris Database	Jokes	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	oAuth required for some parts	Go!
Giant Bomb	Video Games	No	Go!
Guild Wars 2	Guild Wars 2 API	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!
Open Trivia	Trivia API	No	Go!
Pokéapi	The RESTful Pokémon API	No	Go!
Riot Games	The RESTful League of Legends API	No	Go!
Steam	Steam Client API	oAuth	Go!
SWAPI	Star Wars API	No	Go!

Geocoding

API	Description	Auth	Link
GeoNames	Place names and other geographical data	No	Go!
GéoApi	French geographical data	No	Go!
Google Maps API	Create/customize digital maps based on Google Maps data	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	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!
OpenStreetMap	Navigation, geolocation and geographical data	oAuth	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	Auth	Link
Diabetes API	Logging and retrieving diabetes information	No	Go!
Flutrack API	Influenza-like symptoms with geotracking	No	Go!
Makeup API	Worlds only makeup API	No	Go!
Nutritionix	Worlds largest verified nutrition database	apiKey query string	Go!
USDA Nutrients	National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference	No	Go!

Music

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

News

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

Open Source projects

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

Personality

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

Photography

API	Description	Auth	Link
500px	Photography Community	oAuth	Go!
Flickr	Flickr Services	oAuth	Go!
Giphy	Get all your gifs	No	Go!
Imgur	Images	oAuth	Go!
screenshotlayer API	URL 2 Image	No	Go!
Unsplash	Photography	oAuth	Go!

Science

API	Description	Auth	Link
Fedger.io	Query machine intelligence data	No	Go!
inspirehep.net	High Energy Physics info. system	No	Go!
Minor Planet Center	Asterank.com API	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!
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program	Earthquakes data real-time	No	Go!
World Bank	World Data	No	Go!

Security

API	Description	Auth	Link
AXFR Database	AXFR public database API	No	Go'
UK Police	UK Police data	No	Go!

Social

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

Sports/Fitness

API	Description	Auth	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	apiKey query string	Go!
Cricket Live Scores	live-score	X-Mashape-Key as header	Go!
NFL Arrests	NFL Arrest Data	No	Go!
Pro Motocross API	The RESTful AMA Pro Motocross lap times for every racer on the start gate	No	Go!
Strava API	Connect with athletes, activities and more	oAuth	Go!
wger API	Workout manager data as exercises, muscles or equipments	apiKey query string	Go!

Transportation

API	Description	Auth	Link
Amadeus Travel Innovation Sandbox	Travel Search - Limited usage	apikey query string	Go!
Community Transit	Transitland API	No	Go!
Goibibo	API for travel search	apiKey query string	Go!
Indian Railways	Indian Railways API	token	Go!
The Nomad List	A list of the best places to live/work remotely	No	Go!
Schiphol Airport API	Schiphol	oAuth	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 Czech Republic	Czech transport API	No	Go!
Transport for Finland	Finnish transport API	No	Go!
Transport for Germany	Deutsche Bahn (DB) API	authKey query string	Go!
Transport for Berlin	third-party VBB API	No	Go!
Transport for India	India Public Transport API	Api key	Go!
Transport for London, England	TfL API	No	Go!
Transport for Minneapolis, US	NexTrip API	oAuth	Go!
Transport for New York City	MTA	api key	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	oAuth	Go!
Transport for Switzerland	Swiss public transport API	No	Go!
Transport for São Paulo, Brazil	SPTrans	oAuth	Go!
Transport for The Netherlands	NS	No	Go!
Transport for Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Metro	apiKey query string	Go!
Transport for Toronto, Canada	TTC	No	Go!
Transport for Vancouver, Canada	TransLink	oAuth	Go!
Transport for Washington, US	Washington Metro transport API	oAuth	Go!
Transport for Madrid, Spain	Madrid BUS transport API	apiKey query string	Go!
Transport for Auckland, New Zealand	Auckland Transport API	No	Go!
WhereIsMyTransport	Platform for public transport data in emerging cities	oAuth	Go!

University

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

Vehicle

API	Description	Auth	Link
Vehicle API	Lot of vehicles informations	apiKey query string	Go!

Video

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

Weather

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