Awesome JSON Datasets

A curated, community-maintained directory of publicly available JSON datasets that do not require authentication. Useful for testing, learning, prototyping, and data-driven projects.

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Overview

• Type: Themed directory / curated list
• Format: GitHub repository (Markdown list of links)
• Focus: JSON datasets accessible over HTTP(S) without auth
• Use cases: API experimentation, demos, tutorials, sample apps, data analysis, QA/testing

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Features

General Characteristics

• Curated list of JSON datasets from many public sources.
• All entries are accessible via HTTP(S) and return JSON.
• Datasets generally do not require authentication to access.
• Links point directly to JSON endpoints or API documentation for JSON responses.
• Organized by topic for easier discovery.
• Hosted and versioned on GitHub, allowing community contributions.

Thematic Categories & Example Datasets

Bitcoin

• Latest Block – https://blockchain.info/latestblock
• Unconfirmed Transactions – https://blockchain.info/unconfirmed-transactions?format=json
• Additional suggestion: cryptocurrency price data via CoinMarketCap (https://api.coinmarketcap.com/v1/ticker/).

Climate

• US climate-related series from NOAA:
  • US Annual Average Temperature and Anomaly (1880–2015 vs. 1901–2000 average)
    • https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/time-series/us/110/00/tavg/ytd/12/1895-2016.json?base_prd=true&begbaseyear=1901&endbaseyear=2000
  • Contiguous US Annual Precipitation (1895–2015)
    • https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/time-series/us/110/00/pcp/ytd/12/1895-2016.json?base_prd=true&begbaseyear=1901&endbaseyear=2000

Crime

• DATA.POLICE.UK APIs:
  • Crimes at specific location and date:
    • https://data.police.uk/api/crimes-at-location?date=2015-02&lat=52.629729&lng=-1.131592
  • Street crime dates:
    • https://data.police.uk/api/crimes-street-dates
  • Neighbourhoods:
    • https://data.police.uk/api/leicestershire/neighbourhoods
  • List of police forces:
    • https://data.police.uk/api/forces
• DATA.GOV local crime data:
  • Chicago crime data (historical since 2001):
    • https://data.cityofchicago.org/api/views/ijzp-q8t2/rows.json?accessType=DOWNLOAD
  • Los Angeles crime data (historical since 2010):
    • https://data.lacity.org/api/views/y8tr-7khq/rows.json?accessType=DOWNLOAD

Currency

• Exchange Rate API – base endpoint and examples for live FX rates:
  • Site: https://www.exchangerate-api.com
  • Latest rates with base USD:
    • https://api.exchangerate-api.com/v4/latest/USD
  • Latest rates with base GBP:
    • https://api.exchangerate-api.com/v4/latest/GBP

Food

• FDA food enforcement data:
  • https://api.fda.gov/food/enforcement.json
• Open Food Facts product information (example product):
  • https://world.openfoodfacts.org/api/v0/product/5060292302201.json

Gaming

• Pokémon API:
  • Documentation (v2): https://pokeapi.co/docsv2/

Additional Sections (listed in contents) (These are section headings present in the repository; each contains multiple dataset links in the full list.)

• GitHub API
• Government
• Historical Events
• HTTP
• NASA
• Nobel Prize
• Population
• GDP
• Reddit
• Travel
• TV Shows
• Movies
• Open Source Licenses
• More Awesome Lists

Community & Maintenance

• Hosted on GitHub with:
  • Contributing guidelines for adding or updating datasets.
  • License information for the list itself.
• Part of the broader awesome ecosystem (referenced by the Awesome badge).

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Pricing

• Access to the Awesome JSON Datasets list is free (open GitHub repository).
• Individual datasets/APIs may have their own usage limits or terms, but the list itself does not impose pricing or subscription plans.

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Links

• Main Directory: https://github.com/jdorfman/awesome-json-datasets#readme