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10 Free Government APIs That Still Work Without a Key in 2026
A developer verified 10 government APIs returning clean JSON without keys or signups as of July 2026. The list includes USAspending, Treasury FiscalData, openFDA, and ClinicalTrials.gov. The author warns that HTTP 200 can mask deprecated or broken endpoints.
Meridian48 take
The piece is a practical resource for data pipelines, but the single-request verification per API means reliability claims should be taken with a grain of salt.
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