If I remember correctly, the author of this site hangs around here and last time the site came up he had mentioned there used to be a free API but it had to be

If I remember correctly, the author of this site hangs around here and last time the site came up he had mentioned there used to be a free API but it had to be taken down because of constant abuse by scammers. Its also possible I'm thinking of another similar site, if that's the case I apologise.