7 APIs Frontend Developers Should Know

  

APIs (Application Programming Interface) are valuable tools, API integration services help increase the developer's performance and save considerable time. Different APIs emerge for frontend development. In this article, I've listed several APIs that are important to know for Frontend Developers.

01 - JSONPlaceholder

JSONPlaceholder is a popular frontend development API. JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation and is called a developer's image placeholder. Initially, developers used JSONPlaceholder for prototyping and testing.

02- Fake Store API 

The Fake Store API is majorly used for e-commerce or shopping website prototypes, and it provides dummy data for the shopping web application platform. Fake Store API helps developers to quickly test the frontend store with Pseudo-real data without running any server-side code.

03-Unsplash API

The Unsplash API is a modern JSON API. It is the most powerful photo engine, providing 39L+ free, quality, high-definition, licence-free photos. Developers can use all the available images at zero cost.

04-Quotes API

The Quotes API offers feature-rich access to the quotes platforms. It is a platform for documentation of world-famous quotes API, allowing to create and manage their own quotes, and users require on API key to access the service

05-RandomUser API

The random user API is beneficial for beginners, and it provides randomly generated users to be used as placeholders for testing purposes. Instead of text, people are available... Specify generated user details such as first and last name, email, number, address and much more.

06-Coingecho API

It is known as the most comprehensive cryptocurrency API, and Coingecho is a one-stop platform for all crypto needs. Many more APIs are available, but Coingecho is considered the best among all of them. To use Coingecho API developers don't require any API key, it is free to use

07-OpenWeatherMap

The OpenWeatherMap restful API is a beloved resources for developers as well as my personal favourite, due to its simplicity. It does require an API key, but don't let that discourage you. Simply append your API key to your endpoint, and you are set.