JSONPlaceholder

JSONPlaceholder is a free online REST service that you can use whenever you need some fake data.
It's great for tutorials, faking a server, sharing code examples, ...

Example

Run this code in a console or from anywhere (CORS and JSONP supported).

var root = 'https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com';

$.ajax({
  url: root + '/posts/1',
  method: 'GET'
}).then(function(data) {
  console.log(data);
});

Response example

{
  "userId": 1,
  "id": 1,
  "title": "sunt aut facere repellat provident occaecati excepturi optio reprehenderit",
  "body": "quia et suscipit suscipit recusandae consequuntur expedita et cum reprehenderit molestiae ut ut quas totam nostrum rerum est autem sunt rem eveniet architecto"
}

Resources

Inspired by common use cases.

/posts	100 items
/comments	500 items
/albums	100 items
/photos	5000 items
/todos	200 items
/users	10 items

Routes

All HTTP verbs are supported.
View usage examples.

GET	/posts
GET	/posts/1
GET	/posts/1/comments
GET	/comments?postId=1
GET	/posts?userId=1
POST	/posts
PUT	/posts/1
PATCH	/posts/1
DELETE	/posts/1