Florida Man API vs Graphs for Coronavirus API

Two free News APIs compared on access, reliability and developer ratings, using data from our daily health checks.

The verdict

Choose Florida Man API if its data fits your use case better; on access and reliability it's level with Graphs for Coronavirus API.
Choose Graphs for Coronavirus API if its data fits your use case better; on access and reliability it's level with Florida Man API.

	Florida Man API	Graphs for Coronavirus API
What it does	Static JSON dataset of 10,000+ Florida Man headlines by date.	Each Country separately and Worldwide Graphs for Coronavirus. Daily updates.
Provider	juliayxhuang	corona.dnsforfamily.com
API key	Not needed	Not needed
HTTPS	Yes	Yes
CORS (browser calls)	Yes	Yes
Status today	Online · 1018 ms	Last check failed
Uptime (30 days)	Up	Down
Developer rating	Not rated yet	Not rated yet
Price	Free / free tier	Free / free tier

Static JSON dataset of 10,000+ Florida Man headlines by date.

Strengths

Each Country separately and Worldwide Graphs for Coronavirus. Daily updates.

Strengths

Prototyping or a tutorial? Pick the one that needs no API key (both qualify).
Calling from a web page? You need CORS. Otherwise route requests through your own server or a serverless function.
Going to production? Favour HTTPS, a strong uptime record and a provider with clear rate limits and terms. Check each API's docs before you commit.
Still unsure? Both are free to try: send one request to each and compare the data you get back.

Neither needs an API key; you can call both straight away.