Free APIs & resources

Fake REST endpoints (posts, comments, users, todos) built specifically for practicing fetch calls and CRUD flows against a stable, predictable backend.

Deep, well-structured Pokémon data — great for practicing pagination, nested fetches, and building a real-feeling list/detail UI.

Characters, episodes, and locations with filtering built in — a good next step once JSONPlaceholder feels too simple.

Every country's name, flag, currency, and region in one call — useful for search/filter UI practice.

Search and metadata for millions of books, including cover images — good for a search-as-you-type project.

TV show, cast, and episode data with a genuinely useful search endpoint.

Thousands of dog photos organized by breed — a low-effort way to practice image-heavy grids and lazy loading.

Shuffle a deck, draw cards, track piles — server-side state you drive entirely from the client. Good for a small game project.

Current weather and forecasts by city or coordinates. The single most common "first real API" project for a reason.

Real-world auth headers, pagination, and rate limits on an API you already use — build a repo/profile browser against your own account.

Sister APIs for cat and dog images and breed data, with a generous free tier — nearly identical shape to Dog CEO's, one step up in structure.

Astronomy Picture of the Day, Mars rover photos, and more — ships with a shared demo key so you can try it before registering your own.