This list has been superseded by Public APIs. Check there for APIs with Auth: No
, HTTPS
and CORS
Yes
.
List of data APIs that require no server-side auth or private credentials, and are thus good for small browser-only JS projects.
- 3taps (information)
- Adobe Creative SDK (image editing)
- App.net
- Bing Maps
- Echo Nest (music)
- Etsy (shopping)
- Facebook Graph API (JS SDK allows auth via client-side)
- Flickr (images)
- Foursquare (location)
- Gilt (shopping)
- GitHub (code)
- Google
- Google Knowledge Graph (information)
- Google Maps
- Google Plus (people)
- Youtube
- Gravatar
- Grooveshark (music)
- HERE (maps)
- Instagram (images)
- Lob (mailing address verification)
- Mapbox (maps)
- Mapzen plugins and data (maps)
- Markit On Demand (stocks)
- Meetup
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- OpenStreetMap (maps)
- OpenTok (videochat)
- Pearson (publications)
- SoundCloud (music/audio)
- SpaceAPI (hackerspace directory)
- Spotify (music)
- Stripe (payment)
- Transitland (public transit)
- Tumblr
- Twilio Client (audio/video)
- Vimeo Simple API (video)
- Wikipedia, via DBpedia or MediaWiki (information)
- Wolfram Alpha (information, math, etc.)
@softprops the docs make exposing the API key sound scary... does it just identify the user, or actually allow the API to make changes on behalf of them? (I would hope the former)
@pencilking2002 sure, tons of good JS libraries for widgets, drawing, animation, etc. - I just meant REST APIs for getting 3rd-party data