Overview

Welcome!

JSONPlaceholder is a free online REST API that you can use for testing and prototyping.
It provides fake endpoints for common resources such as posts, comments, users, todos, and more.

Base URL

[https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com](https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com)

Resources

Here are the main resources you can interact with:

Resource	Endpoint	Description
Posts	/posts	Blog posts with title and body.
Comments	/comments	Comments tied to posts.
Albums	/albums	Collections of photos.
Photos	/photos	Photos inside albums.
Todos	/todos	To-do tasks with completion state.
Users	/users	User profiles with details.

How to Use

JavaScript (fetch)

fetch('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1')
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(json => console.log(json))

JavaScript (Axios)

import axios from 'axios';

axios.get('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1')
  .then(response => {
    console.log(response.data);
  });

Python (requests)

import requests

response = requests.get("https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1")
print(response.json())

Example Response

{
  "userId": 1,
  "id": 1,
  "title": "sunt aut facere repellat provident occaecati excepturi optio reprehenderit",
  "body": "quia et suscipit\nsuscipit recusandae consequuntur expedita et cum..."
}

Notes

Limitations

• All data is fake (not persistent).
• POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE requests won’t actually change data (they simulate success).
• Great for mocking APIs in front-end apps.

Use Cases

• Testing API integrations.
• Learning REST API basics.
• Prototyping apps before real backend is ready.
• Mocking data in UI components.

success

Now you’re ready to start making requests to JSONPlaceholder!