Web 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.

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

• NASA Open APIs: NASA imaging data.
• REST Countries: Geographic data.
• Stack Exchange: Question and answer data from Stack Overflow.

Functional Services#

APIs that provide a meaningful service; more than just querying a large dataset.

• News API: Search worldwide news.
• Phone Number Validator: Details on phone number registration.
• Registered Domain Name Search: Check domain registration.

Final Word#