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Riddles API

The Riddles API provides quality riddles perfect for entertainment apps.

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API Status

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/v1/riddles GET

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

Returns one or more random riddles.

PlanAvailable Riddles
Free100 riddles
PremiumMore than 10,000 riddles

Parameters

  • limit  optional premium only

    Number of results to return. Must be between 1 and 20. Default is 1.

Headers

  • X-Api-Key  required

    API Key associated with your account.

Response

Returns an array of riddle objects, each containing:

  • title

    The title or name of the riddle

  • question

    The riddle question.

  • answer

    The answer to the riddle.

Sample Request Live Demo!

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

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

Headers

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

Sample Response

JSON
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [ { "title": "What Is It", "question": "what is naked in the winter and dressed at summer and keeps on repeating this pattern?", "answer": "a tree" } ]

Code Examples

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