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Dog API

Free JSON API for dog breeds, pictures, groups, and facts

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The API holds 283 breeds with life spans and weights, 9 breed groups, 483 dog facts, and 2,354 dog pictures. It answers about 60,000 requests on an average day. The image endpoint redirects straight to a file, so an img tag can point at it directly. The code is on GitHub under the MIT license and pull requests are welcome.

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