Last reviewed in April 2023, this is a list of endpoints that are useful for app development.
| Site | Description | Authentication? |
|---|---|---|
| Advice Slips | Provides small nuggets of wisdom on demand. | None required |
| Art Institute of Chicago | Retrieve information about works of art that art part of the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Here are some examples of applications built with this API. | None |
| AirVisual API | Provides air quality data for locations all over the world. | API key |
| Calendarific | ”Calendarific is a developer-friendly … API giving you access to public, local & bank holidays and observances; and spanning over 230 countries, 3,300+ states and 100+ languages.” | API key |
| Cats as a Service | Get random images of cats to use as you’d like in an application. | None |
| Coffee | Retreive random images of coffee. | None |
| Deck of Cards API | Everything you need to implement a game that involves the use of a deck of cards. | None |
| Disney Character Information | Obtain information about Disney characters including images, and the films, TV shows, and theme park attractions they are featured in. | None |
| Dogs | Great collection of dog images; can retrieve random images or image by breed. | None |
| Dungeons and Dragons API | Query the 5th edition of the Dungeons and Dragons System Reference Document for details on spells, monsters, et cetera. | None * There is no authentication required to use this endpoint. |
| Exchange Rates | A free service providing current and historical foreign exchange rates. | API key |
| Free Dictionary API | Get word definitions, audio pronunciations, and definitions. | None |
| FruityVice | ”A powerful webservice which provides data for all kinds of fruit! You can use Fruityvice to find out interesting information about fruit and educate yourself. The webservice is completely free to use.” Information returned is based on a 100g serving. | None |
| Geocoding | Forward geocode – convert an address into longitude and latitude co-ordinates. Reverse geocode – convert latitude and longitude into probable street address. | None |
| Harry Potter API | Characters and spells listings from the Harry Potter series; would be a great option for supplying data for a Harry Potter “encyclopedia” app or similar. | None |
| Image Charts | Send a request to this endpoint and it will return a chart or graph in your desired image format. | None |
| Joke API | A web service that serves jokes in various formats. | None |
| jService | A set of trivia questions based on prior Jeopardy! clues. | None |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | ”The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. The Museum lives in two iconic sites in New York City—The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters. Millions of people also take part in The Met experience online.” Access information and images of their works of art through this API. NOTE: This has been used by Mr. Gordon in an example, and is ineligible for use for the end of module 3 assignment. | None |
| Meal Database | A web service that provides information about food and meals, based on categories and other criteria. | None |
| Numbers API | Provides trivia and interesting information about numbers and dates. | None |
| Open Library Search API | Search for books by title or author. | None |
| Open Movie Database | The OMDb API is a web service to obtain movie information. | None |
| Open Trivia Database | Another source of trivia questions and answers. Can be queried by category. | None |
| PoetryDB | Retrieve one or more random poems. NOTE: This has been used by Mr. Gordon in an example, and is ineligible for use for the end of module 3 assignment. | None |
| QR Code Generator and Reader | Create or scan QR codes via this API. Returns an image rather than JSON, however, this is easily handled. | None |
| Spoonacular | Provides nutrition, recipe, ingredients, and allergens data for food. | API key |
| Stock News API | ”Get the latest stock news from the best news sources. Use our API and access clean and relevant stock market news data.” | API key |
| Star Wars API | ”All the Star Wars data you ever wanted.” | None |
| Stranger Things Quotes | Retrieve one or more quotes from the Stranger Things television series. NOTE: This has been used by Mr. Gordon in an example, and is ineligible for use for the end of module 3 assignment. | None |
| Weather API | Given a latitude, longitude, city, or other search criteria, obtain a current weather forecast. | None |