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No keyCORS ✓A · 90

JSONPlaceholder

The most-used fake REST API ever — posts, comments, users, todos for prototyping anything.

StatusLive · verified 23 Oct 2026 · 517 ms
AuthenticationNone — call it right now
Browser CORSYes — works from front-end code
Free limitsFree, no key
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This runs in your browser, straight against the real API. Edit the URL and experiment — break nothing, learn everything.

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📸 Real response, captured by us

Not a mockup — this is what JSONPlaceholder actually returned when we verified it on 23 Oct 2026 (in 517 ms).

{
  "userId": 1,
  "id": 1,
  "title": "sunt aut facere repellat provident occaecati excepturi optio reprehenderit",
  "body": "quia et suscipit\nsuscipit recusandae consequuntur expedita et cum\nreprehenderit molestiae ut ut quas totam\nnostrum rerum est autem sunt rem eveniet architecto"
}

💻 Copy-paste code

Three ways to call JSONPlaceholder — pick your weapon.

// JSONPlaceholder — no build step, no library. Just fetch.
const res = await fetch("https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

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📜 Full check history & uptime · Status as JSON · Health score: A · 90/100

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