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Open data APIs

Discover APIs that provide access to vast repositories of open data from governments, educational institutions, research organizations, and non-profits around the world. These APIs democratize access to public information, enabling transparency, research, and innovation.

Available APIs

18F

Unofficial US Federal Government API Development
  • Auth: No
  • HTTPS: No
  • CORS: Unknown

API Setu

An Indian Government platform that provides a lot of APIS for KYC, business, education & employment
  • Auth: No
  • HTTPS: Yes
  • CORS: Yes

Archive.org

The Internet Archive
  • Auth: No
  • HTTPS: Yes
  • CORS: No

Black History Facts

Contribute or search one of the largest black history fact databases on the web
  • Auth: apiKey
  • HTTPS: Yes
  • CORS: Yes

BotsArchive

JSON formatted details about Telegram Bots available in database
  • Auth: No
  • HTTPS: Yes
  • CORS: Unknown

Callook.info

United States ham radio callsigns
  • Auth: No
  • HTTPS: Yes
  • CORS: Unknown

CARTO

Location Information Prediction
  • Auth: apiKey
  • HTTPS: Yes
  • CORS: Unknown

CollegeScoreCard.ed.gov

Data on higher education institutions in the United States
  • Auth: No
  • HTTPS: Yes
  • CORS: Unknown

Enigma Public

Broadest collection of public data
  • Auth: apiKey
  • HTTPS: Yes
  • CORS: Yes

French Address Search

Address search via the French Government
  • Auth: No
  • HTTPS: Yes
  • CORS: Unknown

GENESIS

Federal Statistical Office Germany
  • Auth: OAuth
  • HTTPS: Yes
  • CORS: Unknown

Joshua Project

People groups of the world with the fewest followers of Christ
  • Auth: apiKey
  • HTTPS: Yes
  • CORS: Unknown

Kaggle

Create and interact with Datasets, Notebooks, and connect with Kaggle
  • Auth: apiKey
  • HTTPS: Yes
  • CORS: Unknown

LinkPreview

Get JSON formatted summary with title, description and preview image for any requested URL
  • Auth: apiKey
  • HTTPS: Yes
  • CORS: Yes

Lowy Asia Power Index

Get measure resources and influence to rank the relative power of states in Asia
  • Auth: No
  • HTTPS: Yes
  • CORS: Unknown

Microlink.io

Extract structured data from any website
  • Auth: No
  • HTTPS: Yes
  • CORS: Yes

Nasdaq Data Link

Stock market data
  • Auth: apiKey
  • HTTPS: Yes
  • CORS: Unknown

Nobel Prize

Open data about nobel prizes and events
  • Auth: No
  • HTTPS: Yes
  • CORS: Yes

Open Data Minneapolis

Spatial (GIS) and non-spatial city data for Minneapolis
  • Auth: No
  • HTTPS: Yes
  • CORS: No

openAFRICA

Large datasets repository of African open data
  • Auth: No
  • HTTPS: Yes
  • CORS: Unknown

OpenCorporates

Data on corporate entities and directors in many countries
  • Auth: apiKey
  • HTTPS: Yes
  • CORS: Unknown

OpenSanctions

Data on international sanctions, crime and politically exposed persons
  • Auth: No
  • HTTPS: Yes
  • CORS: Yes

PeakMetrics

News articles and public datasets
  • Auth: apiKey
  • HTTPS: Yes
  • CORS: Unknown

Recreation Information Database

Recreational areas, federal lands, historic sites, museums, and other attractions/resources(US)
  • Auth: apiKey
  • HTTPS: Yes
  • CORS: Unknown

Scoop.it

Content Curation Service
  • Auth: apiKey
  • HTTPS: No
  • CORS: Unknown

Socrata

Access to Open Data from Governments, Non-profits and NGOs around the world
  • Auth: OAuth
  • HTTPS: Yes
  • CORS: Yes

Teleport

Quality of Life Data
  • Auth: No
  • HTTPS: Yes
  • CORS: Unknown

Umeå Open Data

Open data of the city Umeå in northen Sweden
  • Auth: No
  • HTTPS: Yes
  • CORS: Yes

Universities List

University names, countries and domains
  • Auth: No
  • HTTPS: Yes
  • CORS: Unknown

University of Oslo

Courses, lecture videos, detailed information for courses etc. for the University of Oslo (Norway)
  • Auth: No
  • HTTPS: Yes
  • CORS: Unknown

UPC database

More than 1.5 million barcode numbers from all around the world
  • Auth: apiKey
  • HTTPS: Yes
  • CORS: Unknown

Urban Observatory

The largest set of publicly available real time urban data in the UK
  • Auth: No
  • HTTPS: No
  • CORS: No

Wikidata

Collaboratively edited knowledge base operated by the Wikimedia Foundation
  • Auth: OAuth
  • HTTPS: Yes
  • CORS: Unknown

Wikipedia

Mediawiki Encyclopedia
  • Auth: No
  • HTTPS: Yes
  • CORS: Unknown

Yelp

Find Local Business
  • Auth: OAuth
  • HTTPS: Yes
  • CORS: Unknown

Data Categories

Open data APIs cover diverse topics:
  • Government Data: Federal, state, and municipal information
  • Education: Universities, courses, and academic resources
  • Research: Scientific datasets, academic papers
  • Business: Corporate registries, company information
  • Demographics: Population statistics, census data
  • Geographic: Location data, addresses, mapping

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