Public APIs
Public APIs
There are a large number of public APIs that you can use for your project. Here’s some that we’ve seen used successfully, or that appear to private free (and often authenticated) access to their services.
There are many directories that you can browse:
Data Services
APIs that let you query a large amount of data (as opposed to providing a service).
Calendar
- Eventbrite: Find scheduled events.
- Holidays API: Lookup holiday data.
Entertainment
- Marvel Developer Portal: Comic service.
- Open Movie Database: Movie data.
- Open Library: Book data.
- Pokemon API: Everything about Pokemon.
- YouTube API: Search video playlists.
Finance
- Market Data API: Financial data, unknown pricing.
- MarketStack: Historical market data, 100 free requests/month.
Weather
- Open Weather Map: Current weather forecast.
- Weatherstack: Historical weather data.
Other
- REST Countries: Geographic data.
- Stack Exchange: Question and answer data from Stack Overflow.
Image Services
Browse and return a useful image.
- NASA Open APIs: NASA imaging data.
Functional Services
APIs that provide a meaningful service; more than just querying a large dataset.
- News API: Search worldwide news.
- Phone Number Validator
- Registered Domain Name Search: Check domain registration.
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