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Hobbies API

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

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/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.

Response

A JSON object with the following fields or an error if the request is unsuccessful.

  • hobby

    Name of the hobby.

  • link

    URL to a Wikipedia page about the hobby.

  • category

    Category of the hobby (e.g., general, sports_and_outdoors, education).

Sample Request Live Demo!

category

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

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

Code Examples

1 2 curl -X GET "https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/hobbies" \ -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.