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Free APIs for Developers

APIs are the backbone of modern software development. Whether it is a hobby project or a real-world application, developers need APIs. These APIs (some completely free and some with free tiers) can help kickstart development.

  1. Public APIs for Open Data
    OpenStreetMap, NASA, World Bank, GeoNames, and Open Library APIs provide a lot of useful data.
  2. Weather APIs
    OpenWeather, Weather API, StormGlass, Visual Crossing, and WeatherBit are some APIs to fetch weather-related information
  3. News APIs
    The News API, GNews, Guardian News, Current News API, and New York Times API can help developers fetch the latest news.
  4. AI & NLP APIs
    Open AI API, Gemini, HugginFace API, Claude API, and Grok API can help developers experiment with AI models and tools.
  5. Sports API
    Football Data Org, NBA API, All Sports API, ESPN API, and API-Football can help fetch sports-related information.
  6. Miscellaneous
    Some interesting miscellaneous APIs are TimeZone API, Unsplash API, Marvel API, Dictionary API, and QR Generation API.