Free dog breed facts and images for developers
For people who love making cool tech for dogs.
An API all about dogs. 60k+ images, breeds and facts. Free to start, and always free for students and teachers.
TheDogAPI powers Happier.Pet, personalised pet care for insurers, vets and pet food brands.
Get dogs with a few lines of code
Get instant access to tens of thousands of dogs so you can delight your users with ever-changing images, facts and breed info.
Read the docsconst headers = new Headers({
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"x-api-key": "DEMO-API-KEY"
});
var requestOptions = {
method: 'GET',
headers: headers,
redirect: 'follow'
};
fetch("https://pro-api.thedogapi.com/v1/images/search?size=med&mime_types=jpg&format=json&has_breeds=true&order=RANDOM&page=0&limit=1", requestOptions)
.then(response => response.text())
.then(result => console.log(result))
.catch(error => console.log('error', error));
Aden Forshaw
Founder & Data Research
Nick
Co-founder & Product
Pippa Churcher
Co-founder & Growth
About us
Started in 2013. Still supporting universities and learners who love dogs.
TheDogAPI began as a proof-of-concept API project back in 2013. Since then it has grown into vet-verified data across 650+ breeds, used by developers building apps, games, sites and classroom projects.
Where the data comes from
Vets
Breed and health information is reviewed and verified by vets.
Clinic research
We fund our own research with clinics and feed what we learn back into the data.
Breeders and dog shows
We collect and check breed data in person, not by scraping.
Pet parents
Real dogs, real photos, and plenty of votes on who’s the goodest.
For pet insurers, vets and pet food brands
TheDogAPI powers
Building for a pet insurer, vet or pet food brand? builds on the same data to give every pet a PetProfile, with personalised guidance for your customers’ pet parents, in your brand.
Personalisation that gets smarter
Content tailored to each pet’s breed, age, sex, location and body condition.
Longer, happier lives
Vet-verified guidance at the moments parents choose, plus body condition, pose and video, dental and life stage insights.
Evidence-based
Every insight traces back to its source.
Frequently Asked Questions
Because every day is a Dog day.