Trivia API

The Trivia API provides random trivia from a database containing hundreds of thousands questions and answers about science, literature, philosophy and other fascinating topics.

/v1/trivia GET

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

Returns a random trivia.


Parameters

  • category  optional

    Category of trivia. The possible values are:

    artliterature
    language
    sciencenature
    general
    fooddrink
    peopleplaces
    geography
    historyholidays
    entertainment
    toysgames
    music
    mathematics
    religionmythology
    sportsleisure
  • limit  optional premium

    How many results to return. Must be between 1 and 30. Default is 1.

Headers

  • X-Api-Key  required

    API Key associated with your account.

Sample Request Live Demo!

url
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/trivia?category=music

Sample Response

JSON
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [ { "category": "music", "question": "Who Was The Midnight Rider", "answer": "Paul Davidson" } ]

Code Examples

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 import requests category = 'music' api_url = 'https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/trivia?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.