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Most Useful Free APIs and Project ideas for Frontend Developers : Youtube , Spotify and more

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In this article, I share with you the free APIs I know and provide project ideas.


1- Youtube API

API Usage

  • API URL : Youtube API

  • Description : This API provides youtube data (videos, shorts etc.) for free.

  • Project Idea: Youtube Clone


2- Spotify Web API

API Usage


3- Nasa API

API Usage

  • API URL : NASA API

  • Description : You can access various data and visual APIs from NASA about the universe.

  • Project Idea: You can develop an application that shares daily space photos published by NASA with users.


4- The Movie Db

API Usage

  • API URL : The movie db

  • Description : This API provides movie data and more

  • Project Idea: Create an app where users can search for movies, view detailed information about movies


5- Football Data API

API Usage

  • API URL : Football Data API

  • Description : This API provides football league information, match results and team statistics.

  • Project Idea: You can create an application where users can follow the match results of their favorite teams and view the league table.


6- Pixabay API

API Usage

  • API URL : Pixabay API

  • Description : This API provides images and videos that can be used for free.

  • Project Idea: You can create an app where users can search for free images based on their needs.


7- News API

API Usage

  • API URL : News API

  • Description : This API provides current news and more

  • Project Idea: News API allows you to receive up-to-date news from a worldwide news source. You can create projects where you can personalize news according to users' interests.


8- Fake Store API

API Usage

  • API URL : Fake Store API

  • Description : This API provides products data and more

  • Project Idea: Create an app where users can search for products, view detailed information about products, users can add to basket products and update basket and more.


9- REST Countries API

API Usage

  • API URL : Rest Countries API

  • Description : This API provides updated information about world countries (Population, area, language, currency) and more

  • Project Idea: You can create an application that allows users to have information about countries by preparing detailed information cards for each country.


10- Random User API

API Usage

  • API URL : Random User API

  • Description : This API creates random user profiles and contains user information such as name, surname, photo, age and address.

  • Project Idea:You can make an application that lists random users and displays each user's profile.


11- Open Weather Map API

API Usage

  • API URL : Rest Countries API

  • Description : This API provides current weather, 7-day forecast and historical weather data for cities worldwide.

  • Project Idea: Users can follow the weather conditions of the cities they choose. You can add location-based weather

Conclusion

In this article, I shared with you the free APIs I know. You can create applications using these APIs, which are provided for free.

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Boopathi

This is a great list of free APIs for frontend developers! I'm especially excited about the Movie DB and News API. Thanks for sharing!

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Sonay Kara

Thank you. You can follow for more.