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Gorest
GoRest is a free, publicly hosted REST API seeded with realistic dummy data across resources like users, posts, comments, and todos, supporting full CRUD via standard HTTP verbs. Reads are open to everyone, but write operations require a personal access token generated after signing in with GitHub, Google, or Microsoft — there's no separate OAuth handshake performed by client apps themselves. It's commonly used to give frontend and mobile projects a real, rate-limited backend to build and test against without writing any server code.
AuthenticationOAuthRequires an OAuth flow; expect app registration.
HTTPSSupportedTraffic is encrypted in transit.
CORSEnabledCallable directly from browser JavaScript.
PricingFreeNo paid tier — free for the documented use case.
FormatsJSONResponses can be requested as JSON.
GreatAPIs Score
Score71
Authentication8/25OAuth flow required
Pricing20/20Free to use
Docs14/20Documentation URL provided
Formats9/15Single response format
Freshness20/20Verified within 6 months
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<a href="https://greatapis.com/api/gorest/"><img src="https://greatapis.com/badge/gorest.svg" alt="Scored 71 on greatapis.com"></a>Auth quickstart
- Register an app / run the OAuth flow to obtain a bearer token.
- Send it as an Authorization header
Authorization: Bearer <token>
Stored keyNo key stored
Your key is stored only in this browser (localStorage) and sent directly to the API — never to greatapis.