Dog API
Hello there, happy holidays. I've been maintaining for 6 years this Dog API that only returned facts. I recently rewrote the project to make it more flexible [1] and I had a blast doing so. This API has been used by a lot of computer science students, as well as bots and other 3rd party services that integrated in the past. The old endpoint receives around 1,000-1,500 requests per day, which makes me happy. The goal is to extend it to make it more interesting and usable, I collect dog data in my spare time. I'm not looking to monetize it, it's just for the love of education. Feel free to use…
Dog API launched on December 27, 2022 with 275 votes, #80 of 3,688 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.
In plain words
Dog API provides access to dog-related data through a flexible, free API endpoint. It is designed for computer science students, developers, and third-party services seeking dog information. The API has been maintained for six years and receives thousands of daily requests. The maker continues to expand the dataset in their spare time and offers it freely for educational purposes.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
A free JSON API with 283 dog breeds, 9 breed groups, 483 dog facts, and 2,354 pictures. No key, no sign up, nothing to pay.
Your ad here. Most of the 60,000 daily requests come from classrooms, bootcamps and people learning to code, and it stays free because of that. Your brand here helps keep it that way — email [email protected] . Hi, I'm kinduff . This is a free API with dog breeds, breed groups and facts. I've kept it running since 2016, mostly because people learning to code keep finding it useful. No key, no sign up, nothing to pay. Right now it holds 283 breeds with their life spans and weights, 9 breed groups, 483 dog facts, and 2,354 pictures of dogs. It answers about 60,000 requests on an average day, from universities, bootcamps, home labs and a lot of people poking at it on a Saturday. Nothing to…from dogapi.dog
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hello there, happy holidays. I've been maintaining for 6 years this Dog API that only returned facts. I recently rewrote the project to make it more flexible [1] and I had a blast doing so. This API has been used by a lot of computer science students, as well as bots and other 3rd party services that integrated in…
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