Dog CEO

Free REST API providing random dog images organized by breed and sub-breed from 120+ breeds. Backed by the Stanford Dogs Dataset and community-contributed photos, Dog CEO is widely used for learning HTTP concepts, API integration practice, and building dog-related applications. No authentication or API key is required. All endpoints return JSON with image URLs served via Vultr CDN. Open-source under the MIT license and community-funded via voluntary donations.

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Dog CEO API

REST API for retrieving random and breed-specific dog images from a database of 20,000+ photos spanning 120+ breeds and sub-breeds. Supports random image selection, full breed l...

Pricing Plans

Dog Ceo Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits

Dog Ceo Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps

Dog Ceo Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies

Dog Ceo Context

5 classes · 5 properties

JSON-LD

Example Payloads

Breed Images

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Breeds List All

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Random Image

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Random Images Multiple

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Sub Breeds List

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Resources

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aid: dog-ceo
name: Dog CEO
description: 'Free REST API providing random dog images organized by breed and sub-breed from 120+ breeds. Backed by the Stanford
  Dogs Dataset and community-contributed photos, Dog CEO is widely used for learning HTTP concepts, API integration practice,
  and building dog-related applications. No authentication or API key is required. All endpoints return JSON with image URLs
  served via Vultr CDN. Open-source under the MIT license and community-funded via voluntary donations.

  '
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dog-ceo/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
type: Index
tags:
- Dogs
- Images
- Animals
- Open Source
- Free API
- Machine Learning
- Education
apis:
- aid: dog-ceo:dog-ceo-api
  name: Dog CEO API
  description: 'REST API for retrieving random and breed-specific dog images from a database of 20,000+ photos spanning 120+
    breeds and sub-breeds. Supports random image selection, full breed listings, breed-specific image queries, and sub-breed
    queries. Returns JSON with CDN-hosted image URLs.

    '
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  baseURL: https://dog.ceo/api
  humanURL: https://dog.ceo/dog-api/
  type: REST
  tags:
  - Dogs
  - Images
  - Breeds
  - Animals
  - Open Source
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dog.ceo/dog-api/documentation/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dog-ceo/refs/heads/main/openapi/dog-ceo-openapi.yml
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://dog.ceo/dog-api/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://dog.ceo/dog-api/documentation/
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/ElliottLandsborough
- type: GitHubRepo
  url: https://github.com/ElliottLandsborough/dog-ceo-api
- type: GitHubRepo
  url: https://github.com/jigsawpieces/dog-api-images
- type: Blog
  url: https://dog.ceo/dog-api/about
- type: Pricing
  url: https://dog.ceo/dog-api/about
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/dog__CEO
- type: Plans
  url: plans/dog-ceo-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/dog-ceo-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/dog-ceo-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com