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Education

arXiv API

Cornell University

Cornell University's arXiv API provides access to paper search, metadata, authors and more. Global coverage, updated daily. No authentication required.

Paper searchMetadataAuthorsCategoriesAbstracts

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Google Books API

Google

Google's Google Books API provides access to book search, volume info, preview and more. Global coverage, updated daily. Free tier available.

Book searchVolume infoPreviewBookshelvesReading positions

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Khan Academy API

Khan Academy

Khan Academy's Khan Academy API provides access to topics, exercises, videos and more. Global coverage, updated daily. Free tier available.

TopicsExercisesVideosUser progressBadges

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Numbers API

Numbers API provides access to number facts, date facts, year facts and more. Global coverage. No authentication required.

Number factsDate factsYear factsMath trivia

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Open Library API

Internet Archive

Internet Archive's Open Library API provides access to book search, isbn lookup, author info and more. Global coverage, updated daily. No authentication required.

Book searchISBN lookupAuthor infoReading listsCover images

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Open Library Covers API

Internet Archive

Internet Archive's Open Library Covers API provides access to book cover images, isbn lookup, oclc lookup and more. Global coverage, updated daily. No authentication required.

Book cover imagesISBN lookupOCLC lookupLCCN lookup

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PISA Dataset

OECD

OECD PISA scores for 15-year-olds in reading, math, and science across 80 countries.

Math ScoreReading ScoreScience Score80 CountriesSocioeconomic Impact

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const res = await fetch(
  'https://pisadataexplorer.oecd.org/rest/api/pisa/2022/reading?geoId=KOR,FIN,JPN,SGP&format=json'
);
const data = await res.json();
console.log('PISA reading scores:', JSON.stringify(data).slice(0, 300));

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UNESCO UIS API

UNESCO

UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Education, science, culture data globally.

Out-of-School ChildrenAdult LiteracyEducation FundingGender Parity IndexLearning Outcomes

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Quick start

const res = await fetch(
  `https://api.uis.unesco.org/api/public/data/indicators?indicator=CR.1&startYear=2020&endYear=2022&geoUnit=WORLD&apikey=${process.env.UNESCO_API_KEY}`
);
const { dataSets } = await res.json();
console.log('UNESCO education data:', JSON.stringify(dataSets).slice(0, 200));

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Wikipedia API

Wikimedia

Wikimedia's Wikipedia API provides access to article content, search, page summary and more. Global coverage, updated realtime. No authentication required.

Article contentSearchPage summaryMediaLanguages

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World Bank Education API

World Bank

Education indicators: literacy, enrollment, spending by country and year.

Literacy RatePrimary EnrollmentSecondary EnrollmentEducation SpendingPupil-Teacher Ratio

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Quick start

const res = await fetch(
  'https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.ZS?format=json&mrv=1&per_page=10'
);
const [, data] = await res.json();
data.forEach(d => {
  if (d.value) console.log(`${d.country.value}: ${d.value.toFixed(1)}% literacy`);
});

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