# keikaavousi/fake-store-api

FakeStoreAPI is a free online REST API that provides you fake e-commerce JSON data

Repository: https://github.com/keikaavousi/fake-store-api
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/fake-store-api
Homepage: https://fakestoreapi.com
Language: EJS
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-04-12T02:43:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2342, "days_push": 873, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2585, forks 518 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:02.631233+00:00)

## What it is
FakeStoreAPI is a free hosted REST API that serves pseudo-real e-commerce JSON data including products, carts, users, and JWT login tokens. It is built with Node.js (Express) and MongoDB and is intended for prototyping, testing, and teaching without running backend code.

## Use cases
- fake e-commerce data for frontend prototypes
- rest api for testing shopping cart flows
- sample  data for teaching react or vue
- mock products api for portfolio projects
- test jwt authentication without a backend
- placeholder data for mobile shopping app demos

## When to choose
- you need realistic e-commerce data quickly without setting up a server
- you are building a shopping website prototype or tutorial
- you want to practice REST calls (GET, POST, PUT, PATCH) against a live API
- you need a free public API for testing frontend or mobile apps

## When to avoid
- you need data to persist, since POSTed data is not really saved
- you need production-grade or customizable e-commerce backend
- you need guaranteed uptime or SLAs for production workloads
- you need data beyond products, carts, users, and login tokens

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: stable
- function: http-server, api-framework, mock-api, auth
- domain: apis, e-commerce, web-development, developer-tools, testing
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: fake-data, rest-api, e-commerce, prototyping, mock-data, jwt, free-api, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- keikaavousi/fake-store-api (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:02.631233+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:22:27.724823+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/keikaavousi/fake-store-api (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:02.631233+00:00, sha 630e386c1048)
  - homepage: https://fakestoreapi.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:04:51.331639+00:00, sha c4d0ebdffebe)
  - site_page: https://fakestoreapi.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T10:04:51.341012+00:00, sha 924c4909e6e0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.