JSONPlaceholder
Free fake API for testing and prototyping.
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Serving ~2 billion requests each month.
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Try it
Run this code here, in a console or from any site:
fetch('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1')
.then(response => response.json())
.then(json => console.log(json)){}Congrats you’ve made your first call to JSONPlaceholder! 😃 🎉
When to use
JSONPlaceholder is a free online REST API that you can use whenever you need some fake data. It can be in a README on GitHub, for a demo on CodeSandbox, in code examples on Stack Overflow, …or simply to test things locally.
Resources
JSONPlaceholder comes with a set of 6 common resources:
| /posts | 100 posts |
| /comments | 500 comments |
| /albums | 100 albums |
| /photos | 5000 photos |
| /todos | 200 todos |
| /users | 10 users |
Note: resources have relations. For example: posts have many comments, albums have many photos, … see guide for the full list.
Routes
All HTTP methods are supported. You can use http or https for your requests.
| GET | /posts |
| GET | /posts/1 |
| GET | /posts/1/comments |
| GET | /comments?postId=1 |
| POST | /posts |
| PUT | /posts/1 |
| PATCH | /posts/1 |
| DELETE | /posts/1 |
Note: see guide for usage examples.
Use your own data
With our sponsor Mockend and a simple GitHub repo, you can have your own fake online REST server in seconds.
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