Free Public APIs

A collection of 348 Free Public APIs for Students and Developers.

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Data-driven APIs curated for the IM3 Data Journalism courseβ€”because storytelling starts with the right numbers and insights.

πŸ“ŠVisitor Frequencies Lucerne (CH)

Live visitor frequencies in public spaces in Lucerne, Switzerland.

1 Endpoint

95 API Health

🌊Global Flood API

Simulated river discharge at 5 km resolution from 1984 up to 7 months forecast.

1 Endpoint

95 API Health

πŸ…ΏοΈParking St.Gallen

Allows searching and downloading parking records in Stadt St.Gallen with various parameters. Data includes parking locations, availability, occupancy, and more.

1 Endpoint

95 API Health

🌱Air Quality API

Pollutants and pollen forecast in 11 km resolution

1 Endpoint

95 API Health

πŸ“°HackerNews API

Provides public Hacker News data in near real time. Accessible via Firebase client libraries for Android, iOS, and web. Includes information on stories, comments, jobs, Ask HNs, polls, and users.

3 Endpoints

95 API Health

☁️7Timer Weather API

The 7Timer Weather API provides global numerical weather forecasts derived from high-resolution models. Users can access weather data in graphical or machine-readable formats without needing an API key, enabling programmatic access to various meteorological elements.

1 Endpoint

94 API Health

🌍Carbon Intensity API

Official API for Carbon Intensity in Great Britain provided by National Grid. Allows access to current and historical carbon intensity data for different regions and time periods.

4 Endpoints

94 API Health

πŸ“»Radio Basilisk

Radio Basilisk provides daily information and entertainment to 100,000 listeners in the Basel region. This API shows the last played songs on Radio Basilisk.

1 Endpoint

93 API Health

πŸ—ΊοΈNominatim API

The Nominatim API is a web service for searching OpenStreetMap (OSM) objects based on their name or type. It provides various endpoints for searching, reverse geocoding, address lookup, and server status inquiries, catering to different needs of developers and users.

3 Endpoints

90 API Health

πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦Open Government Portal

This API allows users to search and access datasets from the Government of Canada. It facilitates learning how to work with datasets and provides insights into how government data has been utilized.

1 Endpoint

90 API Health

πŸ…ΏοΈParkhaus Basel API

Provides minute-by-minute occupancy data for public parking garages in Basel, Switzerland, sourced from the RSS feed of the Basel parking guidance system.

1 Endpoint

90 API Health

🌞Free UV Index API

Provides real-time UV Index and 5 day Hourly UV Index Forecast globally without API Key. Single endpoint for current UV Index and forecast based on latitude/longitude.

1 Endpoint

89 API Health

😎Reddit Stocks

Get top 50 stocks discussed on Reddit subeddit - Wallstreetbets

1 Endpoint

87 API Health

πŸš†iRail API

The iRail API provides access to Belgium's railway data, including train schedules, stations, liveboards, connections, vehicles, and disturbances. It allows developers to create applications that can access real-time train information and service updates.

1 Endpoint

85 API Health

⚠️Heat Stress Warning API

This API provides the latest information regarding heat stress warnings at work in different languages including English, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. Users can access datasets in various formats for download, enabling easy integration into applications or analysis processes.

3 Endpoints

85 API Health

πŸ›°οΈISS Current Location

Provides the current location of the International Space Station including latitude, longitude, and timestamp. Offers both JSON and JSONP formats for easy access. Users are advised to poll the API no more than once every 5 seconds.

1 Endpoint

85 API Health

πŸ™οΈHong Kong CSDI

The Hong Kong CSDI Portal provides access to a range of geospatial data and applications aimed at supporting data sharing and government initiatives. It centralizes resources for spatial data, making it easier for users to find and utilize geographic information.

1 Endpoint

85 API Health

πŸš‚transport.rest transit APIs

Provides transit APIs for different regions such as Germany, Poland, Berlin-Brandenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Europe, and England.

3 Endpoints

84 API Health

🦠Virenmonitoring API

Provides data on RNA copies of specified viruses in the wastewater of ARA Basel, along with corresponding case numbers. Data is updated weekly and includes information on SARS-CoV-2, RSV, Influenza A, and Influenza B.

2 Endpoints

83 API Health

πŸ’°Coinpaprika API

Provides cryptocurrency market data including prices, market cap, volume, and more. Access historical data and real-time updates.

2 Endpoints

83 API Health

🌊Aare.guru API

Public API for Aare river data including temperature, flow rate, weather forecasts, and more. Non-commercial use allowed with customizable app and version parameters.

4 Endpoints

83 API Health

🌀️Glax Weather API

This API provides current weather data for a specified location, presenting information visually through Glax. Users can retrieve data in JSON or PNG formats and customize their queries with parameters like location, units, and forecast options.

2 Endpoints

83 API Health

🌦️Realtime Weather API

This API provides real-time readings of temperature, humidity, precipitation, and wind conditions across various weather stations in Singapore at intervals of up to one minute. Managed by the National Environment Agency (NEA), it allows users to access detailed weather data for public use.

1 Endpoint

81 API Health

πŸ…ΏοΈParkleitsystem API

Provides real-time information on available parking spaces in connected parking garages in cities like Basel, Zurich, Bern, Luzern, St.Gallen, and Zug. Developed by Simon Jenny for the Pebble.Parking-App.

2 Endpoints

80 API Health

πŸš†Transport API

Swiss public transport API with endpoints for locations, connections, and stationboard

3 Endpoints

79 API Health

πŸ’°CoinGecko API

Powerful API for cryptocurrency data including real-time prices, market data, NFT base prices, trading volume, trading pairs, metadata, historical data, and more. Trusted by thousands of developers in the industry.

2 Endpoints

78 API Health

🚲PubliBike Stations API

Provides information about PubliBike stations, their states, positions, and available vehicles. Includes endpoints to get all stations, a specific station with vehicles, and all stations for partners.

3 Endpoints

78 API Health

πŸ—½NYC Open Data

Helps New Yorkers use and learn about City data

1 Endpoint

75 API Health

πŸ›©οΈOpenSky Network API

Retrieve state vectors, flights, and tracks for the whole network, a particular sensor, or a specific aircraft. Rate limits apply for certain API calls, and restrictions vary for anonymous and OpenSky users.

3 Endpoints

75 API Health

πŸ”ŒEnergy-Charts API

Provides access to energy data. Allows users to retrieve and analyze energy consumption information.

2 Endpoints

73 API Health

🚲sharedmobility.ch API

Access sharedmobility.ch data via RESTful API with endpoints for attributes, find, identify, providers, and regions.

1 Endpoint

71 API Health

πŸ†—Remote OK Jobs API

Remote OK is the #1 remote-only jobs board on the web. It has over 30,000+ remote job listings, adding new ones every day. With this API, now you can build apps with our data feed which covers 80% of remote jobs on the web.

1 Endpoint

70 API Health

🚲CityBikes API

API for accessing CityBikes data including network information, station details, and field filtering.

2 Endpoints

70 API Health

🚲Nextbike API

Nextbike Bikesharing API

4 Endpoints

69 API Health

🚌Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

The V3 API provides fast and easy access to Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority schedules, alerts, and real-time transportation information. It follows the JSON API format, allowing developers to quickly integrate and utilize public transit data.

1 Endpoint

67 API Health

πŸ’±ArgentoFX API

API RESTful to obtain live quotations of foreign currencies in Argentina. It provides endpoints for various types of dollar quotes, as well as other currencies.

1 Endpoint

67 API Health

πŸ“°FIRST News API

Public query for FIRST News with additional parameters for filtering results. No credentials required.

1 Endpoint

66 API Health

🌍Remote Jobs API/RSS Feed

Description: Discover and integrate a diverse range of remote job listings with Jobicy's public API, RSS, and XML feeds. This API offers the latest remote job opportunities across various industries and regions, making it a valuable resource for developers and businesses looking to enhance their job feed platforms. Supports filters for job region, industry, and keywords to help you target specific job markets.

1 Endpoint

66 API Health

πŸ“»Energy Radio Stations

Provides various radio stations with different music genres and themes.

1 Endpoint

66 API Health

✈️AviationWeather Data API

This API provides machine-to-machine access to aviation weather data, including METARs, TAFs, AIRMETs, and SIGMETs. It enables users to fetch up-to-date weather information for flight planning and operations. The service allows queries for the past 15 days of data and provides cache options for efficient data retrieval.

1 Endpoint

65 API Health

🚢Passantenfrequenz Stadt St.Gallen

Measures pedestrian traffic in St. Gallen, showing the number of pedestrians passing by a sensor on Vadianstrasse.

1 Endpoint

61 API Health

πŸš€NASA Open APIs

The NASA Open APIs provide developers with easy access to a wide range of NASA data, including imagery and scientific information. These APIs are designed to enhance the usability of NASA's dataset for developers, educators, and researchers.

2 Endpoints

61 API Health

🌊NDBC Buoy Data API

Description: Access real-time buoy readings and information from the National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) with this API. Currently under development, it provides essential data for ocean and weather monitoring enthusiasts and professionals. Supports various content types, including JSON, XML, CSV, and HTML. Ideal for integrating buoy data into your applications or research projects.

2 Endpoints

60 API Health

πŸ’§Water Quality Archive

The Water Quality Archive provides comprehensive data on water quality measurements from various sampling points across England including coastal, river, lake, and groundwater sources. It supports compliance assessment, pollution investigation, and environmental monitoring with data available dating back to 2000.

1 Endpoint

57 API Health

🌊Red Tide Information

This API provides updated information on red tides sighted in Hong Kong waters, including species and location. It facilitates access to datasets for both commercial and non-commercial use, ensuring transparency and availability of essential environmental data.

3 Endpoints

55 API Health

🚌Real Time Bus Data

This API provides real-time arrival data for Kowloon Motor Bus and Long Win Bus services. It includes routes, stops, and the estimated time of arrival (ETA) for bus services based on live data updates.

2 Endpoints

55 API Health

🌦️Console Weather Forecast

wttr.in is a console-oriented weather forecast service that supports various information representation methods like terminal-oriented ANSI-sequences for console HTTP clients (curl, httpie, or wget), HTML for web browsers, or PNG for graphical viewers.

1 Endpoint

53 API Health

🌀️Weather API

A RESTful API to check the current weather by providing city names as parameters. It offers functionalities to get temperature, wind speed, and a weather description in a simple JSON format.

2 Endpoints

36 API Health