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Trivia API

The Trivia API provides random trivia questions and answers from a large database. Topics include science, literature, philosophy and more.

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/v1/trivia GET

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

Returns a random trivia question and answer. Free users have access to 100 trivia questions - premium users have access to over 100,000 trivia questions.

Parameters

  • category  optional premium

    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.

Response

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

  • category

    The category of the trivia question (if available).

  • question

    The trivia question.

  • answer

    The answer to the trivia question.

Sample Request Live Demo!

category premium
limit premium

Try this endpoint live with a free API key

Instant access — no credit card required.

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

Headers

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

Sample Response

JSON
[
    {
      category:"music",
      question:"Who Was The Midnight Rider",
      answer:"Paul Davidson"
    }
]

Code Examples

1 2 curl -X GET "https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/trivia?category=music" \ -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.

/v1/triviaoftheday GET

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

Returns a single trivia question and answer for the current day. The same question is returned for all requests on the same day, and changes each day. Perfect for displaying on your website or app. No filtering parameters are available for this endpoint to ensure everyone sees the same trivia of the day.

Headers

  • X-Api-Key  required

    API Key associated with your account.

Response

Same response format as /v1/trivia (always returns a single question)

Sample Request Live Demo!

Try this endpoint live with a free API key

Instant access — no credit card required.

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

Headers

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

Sample Response

JSON
[
    {
      category:"sciencenature",
      question:"What is the speed of light in vacuum?",
      answer:"299,792,458 meters per second"
    }
]

Code Examples

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

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Yes, but you must have a premium subscription. Commercial use of the Trivia API is not permitted on the free tier. See our pricing page to choose a plan that fits your needs.
  • Sign up for a free account to instantly get your API key, then pass it in the X-Api-Key header on every request. The documentation above includes ready-to-run examples in cURL, Python, JavaScript, Node.js, and more.
  • Your API requests will simply be denied once you hit your monthly quota — you will never be charged more than the plan you signed up for. To increase your quota, you can upgrade your plan any time on our pricing page.
  • The API responds with a standard HTTP status code and a JSON error message describing the problem. See our error codes reference for the full list of codes and how to resolve each one, or contact support if you need help.
  • The /v1/trivia endpoint accepts a premium category parameter with values including artliterature, sciencenature, geography, historyholidays, music, mathematics, sportsleisure, and several others. Filtering by category requires a paid plan, which you can compare on the pricing page.
  • By default the /v1/trivia endpoint returns a single question, but premium users can pass the limit parameter (between 1 and 30) to retrieve multiple questions at once. The limit parameter requires a paid plan; see pricing for details.
  • The /v1/trivia endpoint returns random questions and supports the category and limit parameters, while /v1/triviaoftheday returns one fixed question that is the same for all users on a given day and changes daily, with no filtering parameters. For other daily-content endpoints, check out the Day in History API.
  • Each object in the returned JSON array contains a category, the question text, and the answer. For other question-and-answer style content you can pair this with the Riddles API or the Quotes API.