What is REST API
Tutorials
Tools
Json-server
is a free and public fake API for testing and prototyping. It provides dummy data like comments, users, photos used by developers to manage data in applications without needing to set up a backend server. It is supported by different companies and sponsors like Better STACK, Mercury Media, StoryBlok, and more. To use fake data refer to the website
github
Get a full fake REST API with zero coding in less than 30 seconds (seriously).
Created with <3 for front-end developers who need a quick back-end for prototyping and mocking.
Unsplash
Unsplash Image API Free HD Photo API. Unsplash API provides developers with free high-quality images to use within applications. These images are royalty-free and are contributed by photographers and creators worldwide. It is a developer-friendly API and there’s a documentation to guide users.
Free Dictionary
Free Dictionary API is a public API that provides developers access to definitions, synonyms, parts of speech, and more. The API can be used to build learning applications, speech and text technology, games and more. There’s also an option for users to donate and keep the server running.
Countries
REST Countries API enables developers get information about countries using RESTful API. It’s used for applications that require country specific data like location-based services
SportsDB
TheSportsDB.com - Crowdsource database of artwork, metadata, results and highlights with a free sports API An open, crowd-sourced sports database of artwork and metadata with a free sports API.
Jokes
JokeAPI - Documentation JokeAPI is a REST API that delivers varieties of joke for developers who want to integrate humour into their applications. It doesn’t require API token, authorization or payment to work. However, there’s a hard limit of 120 requests per minute due to DDOS attacks.
OpenWeather
Weather forecast - OpenWeatherMap provides developers with easy-to-work weather APIs in their projects. It provides real-time weather reports such as temperature, wind speed, and humidity for various locations. To use the API, developers must sign up and obtain an API key to authenticate request.
The service offers different subscription plans, with a free version offer that provides limited forecast features.
Free Restful API list
Other notable mentions include; OpenSky Network, The Movie DB API, Open Food Facts, Zen Quotes, Deepgram AI API, etc. These APIs may have rate limit and other restrictions. It’s important to read the documentation for more information regarding usage.
- 100 List of Restful APIs
- Public APIs — A directory of free and public apis
- Get Weather Information
- NY Times Content
- ⭐ List of Public APIs Huge list of API
- 🚀 10 Free APIs Every Developer Should Experiment With! 🔧 - DEV Community
- Turns websites into data — Microlink A web scraper, screen shot web pages, pdf generator, fav icon capture. It provides API calls as well as node.js
- AFAD Türkiye Earthquake API
CSV Data
Open data portals around the world powered by CKAN, Showcase