PetFinder API

Adoptable pets and shelters database

🔑 Auth: apiKey 🔒 HTTPS: Yes 🌐 CORS: Disabled

Live Technical Metrics

Pre-calculated · updated every 20 min
Server-measured technical metrics for the PetFinder API
Uptime Status ⬜ Unknown — not yet probed
Server Latency N/A
Hosting Server Not disclosed
Content-Type Not disclosed
Cache-Control Not set
CORS Support ❌ Disabled — requires server-side proxy
Authentication ⚠️ Requires apiKey — obtain credentials from the official documentation
Category Animals

Quick Integration Code

⚠️ Auth: apiKey
// ⚠️  This API requires apiKey authentication
// Add your credentials to the headers below
fetch("https://www.petfinder.com/developers/")
  .then(response => {
    if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}`);
    return response.json();
  })
  .then(data => console.log(data))
  .catch(error => console.error("Request failed:", error));
# ⚠️  This API requires apiKey authentication
# Add your credentials to the headers dict below
import requests

url = "https://www.petfinder.com/developers/"
headers = {
    "Accept": "application/json",
    # "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN_HERE",
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=10)
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()
print(data)
curl -X GET "https://www.petfinder.com/developers/" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN_HERE" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "User-Agent: MyApp/1.0" \
  --max-time 10 \
  --silent | python3 -m json.tool

Sample JSON Response — Animals

Animals

  "status" "success"
  "count" 1
  "data" 
    "id" 4271
    "name" "Red Fox"
    "scientific_name" "Vulpes vulpes"
    "taxonomy" 
      "class" "Mammalia"
      "order" "Carnivora"
      "family" "Canidae"
    
    "characteristics" 
      "prey" "Birds, Rodents"
      "habitat" "Forests, Grasslands, Suburban areas"
      "lifespan" "3-4 years in wild"
    
    "locations" 
      "North America"
      "Europe"
      "Asia"
      "Africa"