aid: json-placeholder
name: JSONPlaceholder
description: Free fake REST API for testing and prototyping providing mock data for posts, comments, albums, photos, todos, and users without any setup. Handles approximately 3 billion requests per month and supports all standard HTTP methods with CORS and JSONP support.
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/json-placeholder/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
  - Fake API
  - Testing
  - Prototyping
  - Mock Data
  - REST
  - Open Source
apis:
  - aid: json-placeholder:json-placeholder-api
    name: JSONPlaceholder API
    description: A free fake REST API offering six resource types — posts, comments, albums, photos, todos, and users — with relational data and support for GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE operations. Write operations are simulated and not persisted.
    humanURL: https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com
    baseURL: https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com
    tags:
      - Fake API
      - Testing
      - Mock Data
      - REST
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/guide/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://github.com/sebastienlevert/jsonplaceholder-api/blob/main/openapi.yaml
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/guide/
  - type: GitHubOrg
    url: https://github.com/typicode
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/typicode/jsonplaceholder
  - type: Blog
    url: https://blog.typicode.com
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com
  - type: X
    url: https://x.com/typicode
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/json-placeholder-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/json-placeholder-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/json-placeholder-finops.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com