# 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/) | ### Drinks | API | Description | OAuth |Link | |---|---|---|---| | BreweryDB | Beer | No |[Go!](http://www.brewerydb.com/developers) | | LCBO API | Alcohol | No |[Go!](https://lcboapi.com/) | ### 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) | ### 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) | | 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 Quoutes | 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) | ### 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) | | Spotify | Music | No | [Go!](https://developer.spotify.com/web-api/migration-guide/) | ### 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/) | ### 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) | ### 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/) |