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API Portal: Open & Licensed Data Resources

This guide provides a curated gateway to open-source and USF-subscribed data resources that offer API (Application Programming Interface) access. Whether you're a student, researcher, or developer, this portal helps you discover, explore, and connect with datasets across a wide range of topics—from business and finance to climate science, government, and scholarly research.

What You'll Find in This Guide:

  • API Education & Learning Resources
    Explore foundational materials to understand APIs, how they work, and how to integrate them into research or applications. Includes resources from LinkedIn Learning and more.

  • Open-Source API Resources by Subject
    Browse a categorized list of reputable, freely available APIs across subjects such as:

    • Business, Finance & Macroeconomics

    • Energy, Agriculture & Environment

    • Government & Politics

    • Media Monitoring & News Archives

    • Scholarly Research, Literature & AI

  • USF-Subscribed API Resources
    Discover APIs available through USF library subscriptions, including academic research tools and scholarly databases with programmatic access.

  • Copyright & Text/Data Mining Guidelines
    Find essential information about terms of use, copyright policies, and best practices for ethically using APIs in data-driven research.