Dad Jokes API

The Dad Jokes API provides thousands of hilarious dad jokes for your entertainment apps. All jokes are family-friendly and workplace-safe.

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/v1/dadjokes GET

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/dadjokes

Returns one (or more) random dad jokes. Free users have access to 100 jokes - premium users have access to over 15,000 dad jokes.

Parameters

  • limit  optional premium only

    How many jokes to return. Must be between 1 and 100. Default is 1.

Headers

  • X-Api-Key  required

    API Key associated with your account.

Response

A JSON array of objects, each containing the following fields, or an error if the request is unsuccessful.

  • joke

    A dad joke.

Sample Request Live Demo!

Try this API endpoint with all available parameters in our API playground

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/dadjokes

Headers

X-Api-KeyLog in or sign up to get your API Key

Sample Response

JSON

Code Examples

1 2 curl -X GET "https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/dadjokes" \ -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

If your programming language is not listed in the Code Example above, you can still make API calls by using a HTTP request library written in your programming language and following the above documentation.