Interesting web APIs

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Interesting web APIs

The following are some interesting web APIS to practice working with HTTP and JSON. For more APIs, see the following:

• https://free-apis.github.io/
• https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis
• https://github.com/public-api-lists/public-api-lists

Colormind

• Website: http://colormind.io/
• Repository:
• Availability: free
• Endpoint: http://colormind.io/api/
• Documentation: http://colormind.io/api-access/
• Format: JSON
• Methods: GET, POST
• Authentication: no
• Rate limiting: no
• Example requests: http://colormind.io/list/

Filebin

• Website: https://filebin.net/
• Repository: https://github.com/espebra/filebin2/
• Availability: free
• Endpoint: https://filebin.net/
• Documentation:
  • Swagger: https://filebin.net/api
• Format: JSON
• Methods: DELETE, GET, POST, PUT
• Authentication: no
• Rate limiting: no
• Example requests:
  • https://filebin.net/INBPM0316L
  • https://filebin.net/qr/INBPM0316L
  • https://filebin.net/archive/INBPM0316L/zip

Frankfurter

• Website: https://frankfurter.dev/
• Repository: https://github.com/hakanensari/frankfurter
• Availability: free
• Endpoint: https://api.frankfurter.app/
• Documentation: https://frankfurter.dev/
• Format: JSON
• Methods: GET
• Authentication: no
• Rate limiting: no
• Example requests:
  • https://api.frankfurter.app/currencies
  • https://api.frankfurter.app/latest
  • https://api.frankfurter.app/latest?base=GBP
  • https://api.frankfurter.app/2024-01-01
  • https://api.frankfurter.app/2024-09-01..2024-09-07

Gofile

• Website: https://gofile.io/
• Repository:
• Availability: free/paid
• Endpoint: https://api.gofile.io/
• Documentation: https://gofile.io/api
• Format: JSON
• Methods: DELETE, GET, POST, PUT
• Authentication: optional (most functionality requires an API key)
• Rate limiting: no
• Example requests: https://api.gofile.io/servers

JokeAPI

• Website: https://jokeapi.dev/
• Repository: https://github.com/Sv443-Network/JokeAPI
• Availability: free
• Endpoint: https://v2.jokeapi.dev/
• Documentation: https://v2.jokeapi.dev/#getting-started
• Format: JSON, XML, YAML, plain text
• Methods: GET
• Authentication: no
• Rate limiting: 120 requests/minute
• Example requests:
  • https://v2.jokeapi.dev/joke/Any?blacklistFlags=nsfw
  • https://v2.jokeapi.dev/joke/Any?blacklistFlags=nsfw&format=xml
  • https://v2.jokeapi.dev/joke/Programming?blacklistFlags=nsfw
  • https://v2.jokeapi.dev/joke/Programming?blacklistFlags=nsfw&amount=5

Nager.Date

• Website: https://date.nager.at/
• Repository: https://github.com/nager/Nager.Date
• Availability: free
• Endpoint: https://date.nager.at/api/v3/
• Documentation:
  • Swagger: https://date.nager.at/swagger/index.html
• Format: JSON
• Methods: GET
• Authentication: no
• Rate limiting: no
• Example requests:
  • https://date.nager.at/api/v3/AvailableCountries
  • https://date.nager.at/api/v3/LongWeekend/2024/HU
  • https://date.nager.at/api/v3/PublicHolidays/2024/HU

Rebrickable

• Website: https://rebrickable.com/
• Repository:
• Availability: free
• Endpoint: https://rebrickable.com/api/v3/lego/
• Documentation:
  • Swagger: https://rebrickable.com/api/v3/swagger/
• Format: JSON
• Methods: DELETE, GET, PATCH, POST, PUT
• Authentication: API key
• Rate limiting: no
• Example requests:
  • https://rebrickable.com/api/v3/lego/sets/10305-1/
  • https://rebrickable.com/api/v3/lego/sets/10305-1/minifigs/

REST Countries

• Website: https://restcountries.com/
• Repository: https://gitlab.com/restcountries/restcountries
• Availability: free
• Endpoint: https://restcountries.com/v3.1/
• Documentation: https://restcountries.com/
• Format: JSON
• Methods: GET
• Authentication: no
• Rate limiting: no
• Example requests:
  • https://restcountries.com/v3.1/all
  • https://restcountries.com/v3.1/alpha/hu
  • https://restcountries.com/v3.1/alpha?codes=hu,it,tr