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# Public APIs
A collective list of JSON APIs for use in web development.
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### Animals
| API | Description | OAuth |Link |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Petfinder | Adoption | No | [Go! ](https://www.petfinder.com/developers/api-docs/ ) |
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### Anime
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| API | Description | OAuth |Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hummingbird | Hummingbird Anime API | No | [Go! ](https://hummingbird.me/ ) |
| AniList | AniList Anime API | No | [Go! ](http://anilist-api.readthedocs.org/en/latest/# ) |
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### Drinks
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| API | Description | OAuth |Link |
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|---|---|---|---|
| BreweryDB | Beer | No |[Go!](http://www.brewerydb.com/developers) |
| LCBO API | Alcohol | No |[Go!](https://lcboapi.com/) |
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### Data Access
| API | Description | OAuth |Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbreviation API | Get abbreviations and meanings easily. | No |[Go!](https://market.mashape.com/daxeel/abbreviations) |
| Celebinfo API | CelebInfo is a simple API which will give you access to the information like birthdays etc. With this API you will get these data of celebrities. | No |[Go!](https://market.mashape.com/daxeel/celebinfo/) |
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### Games & Comics
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| API | Description | OAuth |Link |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Marvel | Marvel Comics API | No | [Go! ](http://developer.marvel.com ) |
| SWAPI | Star Wars API | No |[Go!](https://swapi.co) |
| Pokéapi | The RESTful Pokémon API | No |[Go!](http://pokeapi.co) |
| Giant Bomb | Video Games | No |[Go!](http://www.giantbomb.com/api/documentation) |
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| Comic Vine | Comics | No | [Go! ](http://comicvine.gamespot.com/api/documentation ) |
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### Media
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| API | Description | OAuth |Link |
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| Noun Project | Icons | Yes | [Go! ](http://api.thenounproject.com/index.html ) |
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| Unsplash | Photography | Yes | [Go! ](https://unsplash.com/developers ) |
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| Giphy | Get all your gifs | No | [Go! ](https://github.com/Giphy/GiphyAPI ) |
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| TVMaze | TV Show Data | No | [Go! ](http://www.tvmaze.com/api ) |
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| OMDB | Open movie database | No | [Go! ](http://omdbapi.com ) |
| MovieDB | Movie Data | No | [Go! ](https://www.themoviedb.org/documentation/api ) |
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| Netflix Roulette | Netflix database | No | [Go! ](http://netflixroulette.net/api/ ) |
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| Good Reads | Books | No | [Go! ](https://www.goodreads.com/api ) |
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| Dribbble | Design | Yes | [Go! ](http://developer.dribbble.com/v1/ ) |
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| Ron Swanson Quotes | Television | No | [Go! ](https://github.com/jamesseanwright/ron-swanson-quotes#ron-swanson-quotes-api ) |
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| Rijksmuseum| Art | No | [Go! ](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/api ) |
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| iTunes Search | Software products API | No | [Go! ](https://affiliate.itunes.apple.com/resources/documentation/itunes-store-web-service-search-api/ ) |
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| Twitch | Game Streaming API | Yes | [Go! ](https://github.com/justintv/Twitch-API ) |
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| Wordnik | Dictionary Data API | No | [Go! ](http://developer.wordnik.com ) |
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| Imgur | Images | Yes | [Go! ](https://api.imgur.com/#overview ) |
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| Chuck Norris Database | Jokes | No | [Go! ](http://www.icndb.com/api ) |
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### Music
| API | Description | OAuth |Link |
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| Discogs | Music | No | [Go! ](https://www.discogs.com/developers/ ) |
| EchoNest | Music | No | [Go! ](http://developer.echonest.com/docs/v4 ) |
| LastFm | Music | No | [Go! ](http://www.last.fm/api ) |
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| Mixcloud | Music | No | [Go! ](https://www.mixcloud.com/developers/ ) |
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| MusicBrainz | Music | No | [Go! ](https://musicbrainz.org/doc/Development/XML_Web_Service/Version_2 ) |
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| Soundcloud | Music | No | [Go! ](https://developers.soundcloud.com/ ) |
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| Spotify | Music | No | [Go! ](https://developer.spotify.com/web-api/migration-guide/ ) |
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### Open Source projects
| API | Description | OAuth |Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drupal.org | Drupal.org API | No | [Go! ](https://www.drupal.org/drupalorg/api ) |
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### Science
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| API | Description | OAuth |Link |
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| TED Talks | TED API | No | [Go! ](http://developer.ted.com/API_Docs ) |
| NASA | NASA data, including imagery | No | [Go! ](https://api.nasa.gov ) |
| Wunderground | Weather | No | [Go! ](http://www.wunderground.com/weather/api/ ) |
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| OpenWeatherMap | Weather | No | [Go! ](http://openweathermap.org/api ) |
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| World Bank | World Data | No | [Go! ](http://data.worldbank.org/developers ) |
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| Open Notify | ISS astronauts, current location API | No | [Go! ](http://open-notify.org/Open-Notify-API/ ) |
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| Fedger.io | Query machine intelligence data | No | [Go! ](https://dev.fedger.io/docs/ ) |
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| inspirehep.net | High Energy Physics info. system | No | [Go! ](https://inspirehep.net/info/hep/api?ln=en ) |
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### Transportation
| API | Description | OAuth |Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transport for London | TFL API | No | [Go! ](https://api.tfl.gov.uk ) |
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| Transport for Belgium | Belgian transport API | No | [Go! ](https://hello.irail.be/api/ ) |
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| Transport for Germany | Deutsche Bahn (DB) API | No | [Go! ](http://data.deutschebahn.com/apis/fahrplan/ ) |
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| Transport for Switzerland | Swiss public transport API | No | [Go! ](https://transport.opendata.ch/ ) |
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| Transport for Budapest | Budapest public transport API | No | [Go! ](http://docs.bkkfutar.apiary.io/ ) |
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| Transport for Norway | Norwegian transport API | No | [Go! ](http://reisapi.ruter.no/help ) |
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| Transport for Toronto | TTC | No| [Go! ](https://myttc.ca/developers ) |
| Transport for Vancouver, Canada | TransLink | Yes | [Go! ](https://developer.translink.ca/ ) |
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| Transport for Washington, US | Washington Metro transport API | Yes | [Go! ](https://developer.wmata.com/ ) |
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| Transport for Paris, France | RATP Open Data API | No | [Go! ](http://data.ratp.fr/api/v1/console/datasets/1.0/search/ ) |
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| Transport for Sao Paulo, Brazil | SPTrans | Yes | [Go! ](http://www.sptrans.com.br/desenvolvedores/APIOlhoVivo/Documentacao.aspx ) |
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| Transport for The Netherlands | NS | No | [Go! ](http://www.ns.nl/reisinformatie/ns-api ) |
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### Bike
| API | Description | OAuth |Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bike for Belgian | Belgian bike API | No, but `apiKey` query string | [Go! ](https://developer.jcdecaux.com/ ) |
| Bike for France | France bike API | No, but `apiKey` query string | [Go! ](https://developer.jcdecaux.com/ ) |
| Bike for Spain | Spain bike API | No, but `apiKey` query string | [Go! ](https://developer.jcdecaux.com/ ) |
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### Development
| API | Description | OAuth |Link |
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| RandomUser | Generates random user data | No | [Go! ](https://randomuser.me ) |
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| UI Faces | Find and generate sample avatars for user interfaces | No | [Go! ](http://uifaces.com/api ) |
| UI Names | Generate random fake names | No | [Go! ](https://github.com/thm/uinames ) |
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| Adorable Avatars | Generate random cartoon avatars | No | [Go! ](http://avatars.adorable.io ) |
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| Github - User Data | Pull public information for a user's github | No | [Go! ](https://api.github.com/users/hackeryou ) |
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| JSONPlaceholder | Fake data for testing and prototyping | No | [Go! ](http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/ ) |
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| RoboHash | Generate random robot/alien avatars | No | [Go! ](https://robohash.org/ ) |
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| API Only | Several APIs free. | No | [Go! ](http://apionly.com/ ) |
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| Lorem Text | Generates Lorem Ipsum text | Yes | [Go!] (https://market.mashape.com/montanaflynn/lorem-text-generator)
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### Sports
| API | Description | OAuth |Link |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Football-Data.org | Football Data | No | [Go! ](http://api.football-data.org ) |
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| FitBit | FitBit API | No | [Go! ](https://dev.fitbit.com ) |
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### Social
| API | Description | OAuth |Link |
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| Full Contact | Get Social Media profiles and contact Information | Yes | [Go! ](https://www.fullcontact.com/developer/docs/ ) |
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### Security
| API | Description | OAuth |Link |
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| UK Police | UK Police data | No | [Go! ](https://data.police.uk/docs/ ) |
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### Calendar
| API | Description | OAuth |Link |
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| Church Calendar API | Catholic liturgical calendar | No | [Go! ](http://calapi.inadiutorium.cz/ ) |