Real-World Services

Live position, altitude, velocity and visibility for a tracked satellite from Where The ISS At; param id is the NORAD catalog number (25544 for the ISS). Query: ?id= Returns JSON.

Swiss real-time departure board for a station (opendata.ch) (station) Query: ?station= Returns JSON.

Swiss public-transport station/stop lookup (opendata.ch, SBB timetable) by name (query) Query: ?query= Returns JSON.

SCIENCE: live natural hazard events worldwide (wildfires, storms, volcanoes) with coordinates. ?category&limit. Returns JSON.

India (Department of Posts data): post offices, district and state for a 6-digit PIN code. Query: ?q= Returns JSON.

Boston (MBTA) real-time arrival/departure predictions at a station — arrival/departure time, direction and status. Param q = stop id (e.g. place-pktrm, place-sstat). Query: ?q= Returns JSON.

SCIENCE: NASA space-weather notifications (flares, CMEs, geomagnetic storms), last 7 days. ?type=FLR|CME|GST|all. Returns JSON.

Look up a sports team by name across all leagues. Param team = team name. Query: ?team= Returns JSON.

All currently active National Weather Service alerts across the US (no params). Returns JSON.

Live aircraft in a bounding box (?lamin=&lomin=&lamax=&lomax=) — logistics/aviation signal (OpenSky). Live. Returns JSON.

Latest two-line element (TLE) orbital data for one satellite; param id is the NORAD catalog number. Query: ?id= Returns JSON.

SCIENCE: upcoming worldwide rocket launches (provider, vehicle, mission, pad, window). ?limit. Returns JSON.

Dutch national vehicle registry (RDW) fuel and emissions data by licence plate (kenteken) Query: ?kenteken= Returns JSON.

SCIENCE: official US NWS multi-day forecast for a US coordinate (temp, wind, conditions). ?lat&lng. Returns JSON.

Current Major League Soccer fixtures with matchup, kickoff and status. No params. Returns JSON.

TheSportsDB: events for a league id, round and season - matchday fixtures by team. Query: ?id=&?r=&?s= Returns JSON.

Live sports scores + status. Query ?league=nfl|nba|mlb|nhl|soccer. Live. Returns JSON.

Active US National Weather Service alerts (?area=NY) — ops/logistics signal. Live. Returns JSON.

SCIENCE: search NASA official image & video library (Hubble, Webb, Apollo). ?q. Returns JSON.

Geolocate any IP address to city, region, country, coordinates and timezone via ipapi.co; param ip. Query: ?ip= Returns JSON.

Live arrival/departure predictions for a Boston MBTA stop; param stop (e.g. place-sstat). Query: ?stop= Returns JSON.

GEO: resolve a postal/ZIP code to place names + coordinates (?country=us&postal=90210). Returns JSON.

Boston (MBTA) real-time vehicle positions for a route — current status, coordinates, bearing and direction. Param q = route id (e.g. Red, Green-B, 1). Query: ?q= Returns JSON.

MLB StatsAPI: 2024 season pitching stats for a team id - ERA, strikeouts, wins, WHIP. Query: ?q= Returns JSON.