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Joshua Project
Joshua Project is a non-profit research initiative tracking every people group in the world by ethnicity, language, and religious affiliation, with an emphasis on those least reached by Christian missions. Its REST API exposes that demographic and religious-adherence data as free, keyed JSON or XML; a live keyless request to the real v1 host 401s and returns a wildcard Access-Control-Allow-Origin header.
AuthenticationAPI KeySign up with the provider to obtain credentials.
HTTPSSupportedTraffic is encrypted in transit.
CORSEnabledCallable directly from browser JavaScript.
PricingFreeNo paid tier — free for the documented use case.
FormatsJSON, XMLResponses can be requested as JSON or XML.
GreatAPIs Score
Score84
Authentication15/25API key required
Pricing20/20Free to use
Docs14/20Documentation URL provided
Formats15/15Supports 2 response formats
Freshness20/20Verified within 6 months
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<a href="https://greatapis.com/api/joshua-project/"><img src="https://greatapis.com/badge/joshua-project.svg" alt="Scored 84 on greatapis.com"></a>Auth quickstart
- Sign up with the provider to get an API key.
- Send it on every request as a header
Authorization: <key> - The exact header isn't documented — Authorization is a common default; confirm in the provider's docs.
Stored keyNo key stored
Your key is stored only in this browser (localStorage) and sent directly to the API — never to greatapis.
Developer reference
Base URL
https://api.joshuaproject.net/v1