Bored API

Free REST API that suggests random activities to do when bored, filterable by type, number of participants, price range, and accessibility. A teaching tool by The App Brewery with no authentication required.

Bored API publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: Activities API. Tagged areas include Activities, Boredom, Random, Entertainment, and Lifestyle.

The Bored API catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Bored API’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, pricing, and 10 more developer resources.

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42.8/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 35/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreeOpen⚡ Free to try

1 APIs

ActivitiesBoredomRandomEntertainmentLifestyleFree

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 42.8/100 · developing

Contract Quality 16.1 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20

Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13

Governance 7.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 35/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Bored Api Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Activity

10 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Examples 1

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg

GitHubOrg

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

StatusPage

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

aid: bored-api
name: Bored API
description: Free REST API that suggests random activities to do when bored, filterable by type, number of participants, price
  range, and accessibility. A teaching tool by The App Brewery with no authentication required.
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: open
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: true
  label: Free · Open access
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/bored-api.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bored-api/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Activities
- Boredom
- Random
- Entertainment
- Lifestyle
- Free
apis:
- aid: bored-api:bored-api-activities-api
  name: Bored API Activities API
  description: Operations for discovering and retrieving activities
  humanURL: https://bored-api.appbrewery.com/
  baseURL: https://bored-api.appbrewery.com
  tags:
  - Activities
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bored-api-activities-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://bored-api.appbrewery.com/
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/bored-api-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/bored-api-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/bored-api-finops.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/bored-api-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/bored-api-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://bored-api.appbrewery.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://bored-api.appbrewery.com/
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/drewthoennes/Bored-API
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/the-app-brewery/
- type: Blog
  url: https://appbrewery.com/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://bored-api.appbrewery.com/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://bored-api.appbrewery.com/
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/appbrewery
- type: Plans
  url: plans/bored-api-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/bored-api-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/bored-api-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Bored API

Kin Score

APIs 1

Bored API Activities API

Pricing Plans 1

Bored Api Plans Pricing

Rate Limits 1

Bored Api Rate Limits

FinOps 1

Bored Api Finops

Semantic Vocabularies 1

Bored Api Context

Spectral Rules 1

Bored API API Rules