Free key D · 42
openFDA
Public FDA data about drugs, devices and foods
Status Listed · link checked 23 Oct 2026
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📋 Listed tier — endpoint check pending
This API comes from the open public-apis dataset (MIT license), and its official site passed our link check on 23 Oct 2026 (HTTP 200). We have not yet run a full endpoint test on it — those happen in weekly passes, most-wanted first. Until then: no playground and no fake badges, just an honest listing.
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💻 Copy-paste code
Three ways to call openFDA — pick your weapon.
JavaScript Python cURL
Copy // openFDA — no build step, no library. Just fetch.
const res = await fetch("https://open.fda.gov");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
Copy # openFDA with Python requests
import requests
r = requests.get("https://open.fda.gov")
print(r.status_code)
print(r.json())
Copy # openFDA from your terminal
curl "https://open.fda.gov"
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