FakerAPI

aid: fakerapi
name: FakerAPI
description: >-
  FakerAPI is a free, no-authentication REST API that returns realistic fake data for developers, designers, and QA
  engineers. Built on top of the PHP Faker library by Alessandro Pietrantonio, it exposes a uniform set of GET endpoints
  for addresses, books, companies, images, persons, places, products, texts, users, and a fully custom resource builder.
  Every endpoint accepts the same three control parameters (_quantity, _locale, _seed) and returns the same envelope,
  making it trivial to use for prototypes, mock servers, workshop fixtures, and integration tests.
url: https://github.com/pietrantonio91/faker-api
humanURL: https://fakerapi.it/en
baseURL: https://fakerapi.it/api/v1
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-05-28'
modified: '2026-05-30'
x-type: opensource
x-source: public-apis/public-apis
x-category: Test Data
x-tier: 3
x-tier-reason: bulk-registered-from-public-apis-then-enriched
tags:
  - Test Data
  - Fake Data
  - Mocking
  - Developer Tools
  - Open Source
  - Public APIs
apis:
  - name: FakerAPI
    description: >-
      Free, no-authentication REST API serving fake data across ten resource collections (addresses, books, companies,
      images, persons, places, products, texts, users, custom). Every operation is a GET and shares the same response
      envelope (status, code, locale, seed, total, data).
    humanURL: https://fakerapi.it/en
    baseURL: https://fakerapi.it/api/v1
    tags:
      - Test Data
      - Fake Data
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://fakerapi.it/en
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/fakerapi-openapi.yml
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/fakerapi-address-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/fakerapi-book-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/fakerapi-company-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/fakerapi-envelope-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/fakerapi-image-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/fakerapi-person-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/fakerapi-place-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/fakerapi-product-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/fakerapi-text-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/fakerapi-user-schema.json
      - type: JSONStructure
        url: json-structure/fakerapi-address-structure.json
      - type: JSONStructure
        url: json-structure/fakerapi-book-structure.json
      - type: JSONStructure
        url: json-structure/fakerapi-company-structure.json
      - type: JSONStructure
        url: json-structure/fakerapi-envelope-structure.json
      - type: JSONStructure
        url: json-structure/fakerapi-image-structure.json
      - type: JSONStructure
        url: json-structure/fakerapi-person-structure.json
      - type: JSONStructure
        url: json-structure/fakerapi-place-structure.json
      - type: JSONStructure
        url: json-structure/fakerapi-product-structure.json
      - type: JSONStructure
        url: json-structure/fakerapi-text-structure.json
      - type: JSONStructure
        url: json-structure/fakerapi-user-structure.json
      - type: Example
        url: examples/fakerapi-list-addresses-example.json
      - type: Example
        url: examples/fakerapi-list-books-example.json
      - type: Example
        url: examples/fakerapi-list-companies-example.json
      - type: Example
        url: examples/fakerapi-list-custom-example.json
      - type: Example
        url: examples/fakerapi-list-images-example.json
      - type: Example
        url: examples/fakerapi-list-persons-example.json
      - type: Example
        url: examples/fakerapi-list-places-example.json
      - type: Example
        url: examples/fakerapi-list-products-example.json
      - type: Example
        url: examples/fakerapi-list-texts-example.json
      - type: Example
        url: examples/fakerapi-list-users-example.json
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://fakerapi.it/en
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/pietrantonio91/faker-api
  - type: PublicAPIsListing
    url: https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/fakerapi-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/fakerapi-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/fakerapi-vocabulary.yml
  - type: Features
    data:
      - name: Ten Resource Collections
        description: Addresses, books, companies, images, persons, places, products, texts, users, and a custom resource builder.
      - name: No Authentication
        description: Every endpoint is open; no API key or registration required.
      - name: 60+ Locales
        description: Generate data in en_US, fr_FR, it_IT, ja_JP, and 60+ other locales via the _locale parameter.
      - name: Deterministic Seeding
        description: Pass _seed to make payloads exactly reproducible across runs.
      - name: Up to 1000 Records Per Call
        description: Tune _quantity from 1 to 1000 records per request, default 10.
      - name: Custom Schema Endpoint
        description: >-
          /api/v1/custom accepts a caller-defined field map (e.g. name=name, email=email, phone=phoneNumber) and returns
          matching records.
      - name: Standard Response Envelope
        description: Every endpoint returns the same {status, code, locale, seed, total, data} shape.
      - name: Free Forever
        description: Service is described as Free, Forever with no published rate limits.
  - type: UseCases
    data:
      - name: Frontend Prototyping
        description: Populate React, Vue, or Svelte mockups with realistic data without standing up a backend.
      - name: API Mocking
        description: Use FakerAPI directly or as a fixture source for Microcks, Prism, MSW, or Postman.
      - name: QA Test Data
        description: Generate deterministic test fixtures (via _seed) for automated browser and API tests.
      - name: Workshop and Training Fixtures
        description: Hand learners a single URL to fetch sample data instead of provisioning per-student accounts.
      - name: Database Seeding
        description: Seed development databases with thousands of fake users, companies, or products.
      - name: Internationalization Testing
        description: Exercise i18n code paths with names, addresses, and phone numbers in 60+ locales.
      - name: Load Test Payload Generation
        description: Pull large, reproducible JSON payloads to feed load generators.
  - type: Integrations
    data:
      - name: PHP Faker
        description: FakerAPI is a thin HTTP wrapper over the venerable PHP Faker library by François Zaninotto.
      - name: Postman / Insomnia
        description: Trivially imported as a GET-only collection.
      - name: Microcks / Prism / MSW
        description: FakerAPI payloads work well as fixture sources for HTTP mocking tools.
      - name: Frontend Frameworks
        description: React, Vue, Svelte, Angular, and SolidJS all fetch FakerAPI JSON directly during development.
      - name: Naftiko
        description: Wrapped per-resource as Naftiko capabilities exposing REST and MCP adapters routed to fakerapi.it.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com