Best Open Data APIs — Compared
Compare 45 Open Data APIs side by side. See authentication methods, HTTPS support, and CORS policies at a glance.
| API | Description | Auth | HTTPS | CORS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18Fvs API Setu | Unofficial US Federal Government API Development | None | ||
| API Setuvs 18F | An Indian Government platform that provides a lot of APIS for KYC, business, education & employment | None | ||
| Archive.orgvs 18F | The Internet Archive | None | ||
| ArgentinaDatosvs 18F | Unofficial Argentinian data API | None | ||
| Baidu API Storevs 18F | Baidu's API marketplace — wide range of Chinese data APIs with SDKs. Partially free | None | ||
| Black History Factsvs 18F | Contribute or search one of the largest black history fact databases on the web | apiKey | ||
| BotsArchivevs 18F | JSON formatted details about Telegram Bots available in database | None | ||
| Callook.infovs 18F | United States ham radio callsigns | None | ||
| CARTOvs 18F | Location Information Prediction | apiKey | ||
| City of Surrey Traffic Loop Count API.vs 18F | This API provides locations of City of Surrey traffic loops and the corresponding traffic loop counts in 15 minute intervals. While the counts are broken up by 15 minute intervals, the data is curr... | apiKey | ||
| CollegeScoreCard.ed.govvs 18F | Data on higher education institutions in the United States | None | ||
| DataStreamvs 18F | An open access platform for sharing Canadian water quality data | apiKey | ||
| Enigma Publicvs 18F | Broadest collection of public data | apiKey | ||
| French Address Searchvs 18F | Address search via the French Government | None | ||
| Generate Link Preview (including checking for malicious links)vs 18F | Fetches metadata from any URL passed to it, including Open Graph tags. | apiKey | ||
| GENESISvs 18F | Federal Statistical Office Germany | OAuth | ||
| Joshua Projectvs 18F | People groups of the world with the fewest followers of Christ | apiKey | ||
| Juhe Data (聚合数据)vs 18F | China's largest API aggregator — finance, telecom, news, transport, weather and more. Partially free | None | ||
| Kagglevs 18F | Create and interact with Datasets, Notebooks, and connect with Kaggle | apiKey | ||
| LinkPreviewvs 18F | Get JSON formatted summary with title, description and preview image for any requested URL | apiKey | ||
| Lowy Asia Power Indexvs 18F | Get measure resources and influence to rank the relative power of states in Asia | None | ||
| Microlink.iovs 18F | Extract structured data from any website | None | ||
| Nasdaq Data Linkvs 18F | Stock market data | apiKey | ||
| Nobel Prizevs 18F | Open data about nobel prizes and events | None | ||
| Open Data Minneapolisvs 18F | Spatial (GIS) and non-spatial city data for Minneapolis | None | ||
| openAFRICAvs 18F | Large datasets repository of African open data | None | ||
| OpenCorporatesvs 18F | Data on corporate entities and directors in many countries | apiKey | ||
| OpenSanctionsvs 18F | Data on international sanctions, crime and politically exposed persons | None | ||
| PeakMetricsvs 18F | News articles and public datasets | apiKey | ||
| Recreation Information Databasevs 18F | Recreational areas, federal lands, historic sites, museums, and other attractions/resources(US) | apiKey | ||
| Scoop.itvs 18F | Content Curation Service | apiKey | ||
| Socratavs 18F | Access to Open Data from Governments, Non-profits and NGOs around the world | OAuth | ||
| Sofiaplanvs 18F | Access to urban research data for the Bulgarian capital Sofia | None | ||
| TalkingDatavs 18F | Chinese mobile analytics platform — app analytics, audience insights, attribution tracking, data marketplace | None | ||
| Teleportvs 18F | Quality of Life Data | None | ||
| Udemy Coupons, Courses & Instructors Datavs 18F | Retrieve Udemy courses, coupons, instructors, and metadata | apiKey | ||
| Umeå Open Datavs 18F | Open data of the city Umeå in northern Sweden | None | ||
| UniDbvs 18F | Data that helps people gain useful insight into universities in the United Kingdom | apiKey | ||
| Universities Listvs 18F | University names, countries and domains | None | ||
| University of Oslovs 18F | Courses, lecture videos, detailed information for courses etc. for the University of Oslo (Norway) | None | ||
| UPC databasevs 18F | More than 1.5 million barcode numbers from all around the world | apiKey | ||
| Urban Observatoryvs 18F | The largest set of publicly available real time urban data in the UK | None | ||
| Wikidatavs 18F | Collaboratively edited knowledge base operated by the Wikimedia Foundation | OAuth | ||
| Wikipediavs 18F | Mediawiki Encyclopedia | None | ||
| Yelpvs 18F | Find Local Business | OAuth |