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  1. Hacker News front page and comment threads as JSON, ranked and flattened

    Front page stories in rank order with points and comment counts, or one thread with its comments flattened and a depth on each. Two GET requests.

    · 2 min read

  2. GitHub stars, forks, topics and license for any public repo, with no token and no 60-an-hour limit

    GitHub's REST API allows 60 anonymous requests an hour. This endpoint reads the public repo page: stars, forks, watchers, topics, license, releases.

    · 1 min read

  3. Wikipedia summary and infobox as JSON, in any language edition, for RAG and agents

    Lead paragraphs as plain text, the thumbnail and the infobox as key/value pairs, in any language edition, from one request. Stored 7 days.

    · 2 min read

  4. How to get Amazon product data as JSON without the Product Advertising API

    Turn an ASIN into JSON with one GET: title, price, availability, rating, images, bullets and the spec table. No Amazon developer account or affiliate approval.

    · 3 min read

  5. App Store and Google Play app data as JSON: ratings, installs and price with one schema for both stores

    Two endpoints, one shape: an iOS app by id or an Android app by package name, returning name, developer, rating, price, category, screenshots and installs.

    · 3 min read

  6. Get YouTube video metadata (views, likes, duration) with one GET request, no Google API key

    Title, channel, views, likes, length, publish date, thumbnails and keywords for any public video, from one request. And when the official Data API is better.

    · 2 min read