Public APIs

A collective list of JSON APIs for use in web development.

Animals

API	Description	OAuth	Link
Petfinder	Adoption	No	Go!

Drinks

API	Description	OAuth	Link
BreweryDB	Beer	No	Go!
LCBO API	Alcohol	No	Go!

Games & Comics

API	Description	OAuth	Link
Marvel	Marvel Comics API	No	Go!
SWAPI	Star Wars API	No	Go!
Pokéapi	The RESTful Pokémon API	No	Go!
Giant Bomb	Video Games	No	Go!

Media

API	Description	OAuth	Link
Noun Project	Icons	Yes	Go!
Unsplash	Photography	No	Go!
Giphy	Get all your gifs	No	Go!
OMDB	Open movie database	No	Go!
MovieDB	Movie Data	No	Go!
Netflix Roulette	Netflix database	No	Go!
Good Reads	Books	No	Go!
Dribbble	Design	Yes	Go!
Ron Swanson Quotes	Television	No	Go!
Rijksmuseum	Art	No	Go!
iTunes Search	Software products API	No	Go!
Twitch	Game Streaming API	Yes	Go!

Music

API	Description	OAuth	Link
Discogs	Music	No	Go!
EchoNest	Music	No	Go!
LastFm	Music	No	Go!
Spotify	Music	No	Go!

Science

API	Description	OAuth	Link
TED Talks	TED API	No	Go!
NASA	NASA data, including imagery	No	Go!
Wunderground	Weather	No	Go!
OpenWeatherMap	Weather	No	Go!
World Bank	World Data	No	Go!
Open Notify	ISS astronauts, current location API	No	Go!

Transportation

API	Description	OAuth	Link
Transport for London	TFL API	No	Go!
Transport for Belgium	Belgian transport API	No	Go!
Transport for Germany	Deutsche Bahn (DB) API	No	Go!
Transport for Switzerland	Swiss public transport API	No	Go!
Transport for Budapest	Budapest public transport API	No	Go!
Transport for Norway	Norwegian transport API	No	Go!

Development

API	Description	OAuth	Link
RandomUser	Generates random user data	No	Go!
UI Faces	Find and generate sample avatars for user interfaces	No	Go!
UI Names	Generate random fake names	No	Go!
Adorable Avatars	Generate random cartoon avatars	No	Go!