Open Data APIs

18F provides programmatic access to unofficial us federal government api development via REST API.

API Setu is an Indian Government platform that aggregates a wide variety of official APIs covering KYC verification, business registration, education records, and employment data.

The Internet Archive API gives you programmatic access to the Wayback Machine and one of the world's largest digital libraries, containing archived websites, books, audio, video, and software.

The Black History Facts API gives you access to one of the largest databases of Black history facts on the web.

BotsArchive provides a public database of Telegram bots with details returned in JSON format.

Callook.info is a free API that lets you look up United States amateur (ham) radio callsigns.

CARTO is a geospatial platform API that provides location intelligence and data analysis tools for mapping and prediction.

The College Scorecard API provides detailed data on U.S.

Enigma Public is a platform that aggregates a broad collection of public datasets from government and other sources into a single searchable API.

French Address Search provides programmatic access to address search via the french government via REST API.

The GENESIS API provides access to official statistical data from the Federal Statistical Office of Germany (Destatis).

The Joshua Project API provides data on people groups around the world, focusing on those with the fewest followers of Christ for missionary research purposes.

Kaggle provides programmatic access to create and interact with datasets, notebooks, and connect with kaggle via REST API.

LinkPreview is an API that fetches a summary of any URL including its title, description, and preview image in JSON format.

The Lowy Asia Power Index API provides data on the relative power of states in Asia, measuring resources and influence across multiple dimensions.

Microlink.io lets you extract structured data—like titles, descriptions, images, and metadata—from any webpage using a simple HTTP request.

Nasdaq Data Link (formerly Quandl) gives you access to a vast library of financial, economic, and alternative datasets including stock prices, futures, and macro indicators.

The Nobel Prize API provides free, open access to data about all Nobel Prize laureates and prize events since 1901.

Open Data Minneapolis provides free access to the city of Minneapolis's spatial (GIS) and non-spatial datasets including crime statistics, building permits, street infrastructure, and park locations.

openAFRICA is an open data platform hosting a large collection of datasets about African countries, covering topics like health, economics, demographics, and governance.

OpenCorporates is the world's largest open database of companies, covering corporate entities and directors across more than 130 countries.

OpenSanctions provides open access to a consolidated database of sanctioned individuals, criminal entities, and politically exposed persons (PEPs) from over 100 official sources worldwide.

PeakMetrics is a media intelligence API available via RapidAPI that aggregates news articles and public datasets for tracking narratives, mentions, and trends across online media.

The Recreation Information Database (RIDB) API gives you access to data about federal recreational areas, campgrounds, permits, historic sites, and visitor facilities across the United States.

Scoop.it is a content curation platform that lets you discover, organize, and share web content around specific topics.

Socrata is a powerful open data platform that gives you access to thousands of government and civic datasets from around the world.

Teleport provides programmatic access to quality of life data via REST API.

The Umeå Open Data API gives free access to public datasets published by the city of Umeå, Sweden, covering topics like transportation, demographics, and local services.

The Universities List API is a simple, free resource that returns university names, their country, and associated web domains from a community-maintained dataset.

The University of Oslo Open Data API provides free access to information about courses, lecture videos, and academic content from one of Norway's largest universities.

The UPC Database API lets you look up product information by scanning or entering a barcode number, returning details like product name, description, and category from a database of over 1.5 million items worldwide.

The Urban Observatory API provides access to the largest collection of publicly available real-time urban sensor data in the UK, including traffic, air quality, noise, and environmental readings from across Newcastle and beyond.

Wikidata is a free, collaboratively edited knowledge base maintained by the Wikimedia Foundation that stores structured data behind Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.

The Wikipedia API (MediaWiki API) gives you programmatic access to Wikipedia articles, search functionality, page metadata, and revision history—completely free with no authentication required for read operations.

Yelp provides programmatic access to find local business via REST API.