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Ask HN: What are some interesting APIs (free or paid) available to anyone

I just thought this would be useful if anybody was looking for some data for some side projects.

jpomykala 6y ago
I work as a dev for a company that provides services for hotels. For me, the best API which we discovered this year was a CRUD API for handling i18n keys in our system. We were using our in-house solution to keep translation keys in SQL together with translations. The support team was maintaining the translations, and we as a dev team were responsible for translation keys and own translation editor. This year my colleague found an app called SimpleLocalize which provides a simple CRUD API, and translation editor for a fairly good price (important factor due to COVID). We removed our submodule for translation management (which was buggy as hell) and switched totally to the simple CRUD. Feels good man. We cut 1/10 of code which was mainly used by our translation management.
nabaraz 6y ago
You may find this useful: https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis
- gala8y 6y ago
  What a germ... Fu&# Off As A Service https://www.foaas.com/ https://www.foaas.com/
  - deleted 6y ago
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  - farynaio 6y ago
    True game changer.
- dudy1984 6y ago
  beautiful
alexyanchan 6y ago
Zillow has some interesting APIs: https://www.zillow.com/howto/api/GetSearchResults.htm https://www.zillow.com/howto/api/GetSearchResults.htm
ThePhysicist 6y ago
OpenStreetMap: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API
mattbgates 6y ago
For my most recent projects, I've been building API systems and implementing them with WordPress plugins. What I've noticed of APIs is that you often have to build your own library from the code they supply. So I build the library, keep it up to date, and just provide all the command lines and code to make it easier. I'm sure many devs still prefer to clone their own Git libraries, but I remove that step so its simple setup and the rest is just plug-and-play. Basically, you can use the API service to build your own web apps. So far, I've had an official collaboration with BunnyCDN and an unofficial collaboration with DreamHost. https://bunnyapi.com https://bunnyapi.com for BunnyCDN I'm still working on this one, but it's nearly complete. https://dreamapi.link https://dreamapi.link for DreamHost's DreamObjects. I'll probably create one purely for AWS as well. For WordPress users, it's quite helpful when there's no existing plugins.
motyar 6y ago
The Bruzu Image API returns an image in response to a URL GET request. check https://bruzu.com https://bruzu.com
zora_goron 6y ago
Spotify (https://developer.spotify.com/ https://developer.spotify.com/) exposes a lot of interesting data via their API!
goatcode 6y ago
Cat API is pretty cool https://thecatapi.com/ https://thecatapi.com/

I just thought this would be useful if anybody was looking for some data for some side projects.

I work as a dev for a company that provides services for hotels. For me, the best API which we discovered this year was a CRUD API for handling i18n keys in our system. We were using our in-house solution to keep translation keys in SQL together with translations. The support team was maintaining the translations, and we as a dev team were responsible for translation keys and own translation editor. This year my colleague found an app called SimpleLocalize which provides a simple CRUD API, and translation editor for a fairly good price (important factor due to COVID). We removed our submodule for translation management (which was buggy as hell) and switched totally to the simple CRUD. Feels good man. We cut 1/10 of code which was mainly used by our translation management.

nabaraz 6y ago

You may find this useful: https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis

gala8y 6y ago
What a germ... Fu&# Off As A Service https://www.foaas.com/ https://www.foaas.com/
- deleted 6y ago
  [deleted]
- farynaio 6y ago
  True game changer.
dudy1984 6y ago
beautiful

alexyanchan 6y ago

Zillow has some interesting APIs: https://www.zillow.com/howto/api/GetSearchResults.htm https://www.zillow.com/howto/api/GetSearchResults.htm

ThePhysicist 6y ago

OpenStreetMap: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API

mattbgates 6y ago

For my most recent projects, I've been building API systems and implementing them with WordPress plugins. What I've noticed of APIs is that you often have to build your own library from the code they supply. So I build the library, keep it up to date, and just provide all the command lines and code to make it easier. I'm sure many devs still prefer to clone their own Git libraries, but I remove that step so its simple setup and the rest is just plug-and-play. Basically, you can use the API service to build your own web apps. So far, I've had an official collaboration with BunnyCDN and an unofficial collaboration with DreamHost. https://bunnyapi.com https://bunnyapi.com for BunnyCDN I'm still working on this one, but it's nearly complete. https://dreamapi.link https://dreamapi.link for DreamHost's DreamObjects. I'll probably create one purely for AWS as well. For WordPress users, it's quite helpful when there's no existing plugins.

motyar 6y ago

The Bruzu Image API returns an image in response to a URL GET request. check https://bruzu.com https://bruzu.com

zora_goron 6y ago

Spotify (https://developer.spotify.com/ https://developer.spotify.com/) exposes a lot of interesting data via their API!

goatcode 6y ago

Cat API is pretty cool https://thecatapi.com/ https://thecatapi.com/