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open-helplines
Open Data · CC0

open-helplines

Open data registry of mental health helplines worldwide.

Free · CC0 · No API key required. Use it in your app, service, or research — no strings attached.

16 countries
21+ helplines
17 languages

Use it in your project

bashnpm / Node.js
npm install open-helplines
tsTypeScript
import { getHelplines } from 'open-helplines';

const lines = await getHelplines({ country: 'JP' });
console.log(lines); // [{ name: 'Yorisoi Hotline', ... }]
pythonPython
from open_helplines import get_helplines

lines = get_helplines(country="JP")
print(lines[0].name)  # Yorisoi Hotline
htmlCDN / Browser
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/open-helplines/dist/index.umd.js"></script>

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