Hobbies API

The Hobbies API provides thousands of interesting hobby ideas for all types of environments.

/v1/hobbies GET

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

Returns a random hobby and a Wikipedia link detailing the hobby.

Parameters

  • category  optional

    Possible values are: general, sports_and_outdoors, education, collection, competition, observation.

Headers

  • X-Api-Key  required

    API Key associated with your account.

Sample Request Live Demo!

category
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/hobbies?category=general

Headers

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

Sample Response

JSON
1 2 3 4 5 { "hobby": "Acroyoga", "link": "https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Acroyoga", "category": "general" }

Code Examples

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 import requests category = 'general' api_url = 'https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/hobbies?category={}'.format(category) response = requests.get(api_url, headers={'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'}) if response.status_code == requests.codes.ok: print(response.text) else: print("Error:", response.status_code, response.text)

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.