7 Unique APIs for developers - Project Ideas and examples
In this video I'll show you some more interesting APIs you can use for making fun projects or even building a business.
0:00 Intro
0:12 Shodan
1:45 Radar
4:00 Web Hose
5:52 People Data Labs
7:45 Crawlera
8:41 SpaceX API
9:13 Segment
If you missed my previous video you can check it out here:
• Top 8 APIs for Projects in 2021
Quick summary of each API mentioned
Shodan API - You can think of Shodan as Google for every device connected to the internet
Radar - Radar provides an API that makes it easy to implement various features related to maps and location. With just a few lines of code you can add real-time location tracking, geofencing, and Google Maps like direction and places features.
WebHose - WebHose basically scrapes the entire internet and then organizes the content to make it easily accessible via API
People Data Labs - This API is kind of creepy, but also interesting. I'm not exactly sure how they acquire their data but People Data labs allows you to "enrich" profiles of users on your app.
Crawlera - automatically rotates IP addresses and makes it look like your scraper is coming from real people rather than an automated program
SpaceX API - A pretty simple API compared to the other ones, but still interesting I think. Just hit the endpoint from your app and retrieve all sorts of data related to SpaceX launches and rockets.
Segment - Segment is used to connect data sources from various apps and technologies. Instead of having to build and maintain all these connections between data sources yourself, you just need to work with Segment's API.