# Public APIs A collective list of JSON APIs for use in web development. ### Animals | API | Description | OAuth |Link | |---|---|---|---| | Petfinder | Adoption | No | [Go!](https://www.petfinder.com/developers/api-docs/) | ### Anime | 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/#) | ### Drinks | API | Description | OAuth |Link | |---|---|---|---| | BreweryDB | Beer | No |[Go!](http://www.brewerydb.com/developers) | | LCBO API | Alcohol | No |[Go!](https://lcboapi.com/) | ### 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/) | ### Games & Comics | API | Description | OAuth |Link | |---|---|---|---| | 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) | | Comic Vine | Comics | No | [Go!](http://comicvine.gamespot.com/api/documentation) | ### Media | API | Description | OAuth |Link | |---|---|---|---| | Noun Project | Icons | Yes | [Go!](http://api.thenounproject.com/index.html) | | Unsplash | Photography | No | [Go!](https://unsplash.com/developers) | | Giphy | Get all your gifs | No | [Go!](https://github.com/Giphy/GiphyAPI) | | TVMaze | TV Show Data | No | [Go!](http://www.tvmaze.com/api) | | OMDB | Open movie database | No | [Go!](http://omdbapi.com) | | MovieDB | Movie Data | No | [Go!](https://www.themoviedb.org/documentation/api) | | Netflix Roulette | Netflix database | No | [Go!](http://netflixroulette.net/api/) | | Good Reads | Books | No | [Go!](https://www.goodreads.com/api) | | Dribbble | Design | Yes | [Go!](http://developer.dribbble.com/v1/) | | Ron Swanson Quotes | Television | No | [Go!](https://github.com/jamesseanwright/ron-swanson-quotes#ron-swanson-quotes-api) | | Rijksmuseum| Art | No | [Go!](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/api) | | iTunes Search | Software products API | No | [Go!](https://affiliate.itunes.apple.com/resources/documentation/itunes-store-web-service-search-api/) | | Twitch | Game Streaming API | Yes | [Go!](https://github.com/justintv/Twitch-API) | | Wordnik | Dictionary Data API | No | [Go!](http://developer.wordnik.com) | | Imgur | Images | Yes | [Go!](https://api.imgur.com/#overview) | ### Music | API | Description | OAuth |Link | |---|---|---|---| | 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) | | Mixcloud | Music | No | [Go!](https://www.mixcloud.com/developers/) | | MusicBrainz | Music | No | [Go!](https://musicbrainz.org/doc/Development/XML_Web_Service/Version_2) | | Soundcloud | Music | No | [Go!](https://developers.soundcloud.com/) | | Spotify | Music | No | [Go!](https://developer.spotify.com/web-api/migration-guide/) | ### Open Source projects | API | Description | OAuth |Link | |---|---|---|---| | Drupal.org | Drupal.org API | No | [Go!](https://www.drupal.org/drupalorg/api) | ### Science | API | Description | OAuth |Link | |---|---|---|---| | 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/) | | OpenWeatherMap | Weather | No | [Go!](http://openweathermap.org/api) | | World Bank | World Data | No | [Go!](http://data.worldbank.org/developers) | | Open Notify | ISS astronauts, current location API | No | [Go!](http://open-notify.org/Open-Notify-API/) | | Fedger.io | Query machine intelligence data | No | [Go!](https://dev.fedger.io/docs/) | | inspirehep.net | High Energy Physics info. system | No | [Go!](https://inspirehep.net/info/hep/api?ln=en) | ### Transportation | API | Description | OAuth |Link | |---|---|---|---| | Transport for London | TFL API | No | [Go!](https://api.tfl.gov.uk) | | Transport for Belgium | Belgian transport API | No | [Go!](https://hello.irail.be/api/) | | Transport for Germany | Deutsche Bahn (DB) API | No | [Go!](http://data.deutschebahn.com/apis/fahrplan/) | | Transport for Switzerland | Swiss public transport API | No | [Go!](https://transport.opendata.ch/) | | Transport for Budapest | Budapest public transport API | No | [Go!](http://docs.bkkfutar.apiary.io/) | | Transport for Norway | Norwegian transport API | No | [Go!](http://reisapi.ruter.no/help) | | Transport for Toronto | TTC | No| [Go!](https://myttc.ca/developers) | | Transport for Vancouver, Canada | TransLink | Yes | [Go!](https://developer.translink.ca/) | | Transport for Washington, US | Washington Metro transport API | Yes | [Go!](https://developer.wmata.com/) | | Transport for Paris, France | RATP Open Data API | No | [Go!](http://data.ratp.fr/api/v1/console/datasets/1.0/search/) | | Transport for Sao Paulo, Brazil | SPTrans | Yes | [Go!](http://www.sptrans.com.br/desenvolvedores/APIOlhoVivo/Documentacao.aspx) | | Transport for The Netherlands | NS | No | [Go!](http://www.ns.nl/reisinformatie/ns-api) | ### 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/) | ### Development | API | Description | OAuth |Link | |---|---|---|---| | RandomUser | Generates random user data | No | [Go!](https://randomuser.me) | | 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) | | Adorable Avatars | Generate random cartoon avatars | No | [Go!](http://avatars.adorable.io) | | Github - User Data | Pull public information for a user's github | No | [Go!](https://api.github.com/users/hackeryou) | | JSONPlaceholder | Fake data for testing and prototyping | No | [Go!](http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/) | | RoboHash | Generate random robot/alien avatars | No | [Go!](https://robohash.org/) | | API Only | Several APIs free. | No | [Go!](http://apionly.com/) | | Lorem Text | Generates Lorem Ipsum text | Yes | [Go!] (https://market.mashape.com/montanaflynn/lorem-text-generator) ### Sports | API | Description | OAuth |Link | |---|---|---|---| | Football-Data.org | Football Data | No | [Go!](http://api.football-data.org) | | FitBit | FitBit API | No | [Go!](https://dev.fitbit.com) | ### Social | API | Description | OAuth |Link | |---|---|---|---| | Full Contact | Get Social Media profiles and contact Information | Yes | [Go!](https://www.fullcontact.com/developer/docs/) | | LinkedIn REST-API | The foundation of all digital integrations with LinkedIn | Yes | [Go!](https://developer.linkedin.com/docs/rest-api) | | Facebook API | Facebook Login, Share on FB, Social Plugins, Analytics and more | Yes | [Go!](https://www.fullcontact.com/developer/docs/) | | Twitter API | Read and write Twitter dat | Yes | [Go!](https://dev.twitter.com/rest/public) | ### Security | API | Description | OAuth |Link | |---|---|---|---| | UK Police | UK Police data | No | [Go!](https://data.police.uk/docs/) |