Official Joke API

Endpoints:

Grab a random joke

https://official-joke-api.appspot.com/random_joke

https://official-joke-api.appspot.com/jokes/random

Get joke types

https://official-joke-api.appspot.com/types

Grab ten random jokes

https://official-joke-api.appspot.com/random_ten

https://official-joke-api.appspot.com/jokes/ten

Grab any number of random jokes

Usage: https://official-joke-api.appspot.com/jokes/random/<any-number>

For example:

• https://official-joke-api.appspot.com/jokes/random/5
• https://official-joke-api.appspot.com/jokes/random/25
• https://official-joke-api.appspot.com/jokes/random/250

Grab jokes by type

The endpoints are jokes/:type/random or jokes/:type/ten. For example:

https://official-joke-api.appspot.com/jokes/programming/random

https://official-joke-api.appspot.com/jokes/programming/ten

Grab joke by id

Use endpoint /jokes/:id

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How these jokes were collected

The majority of these jokes were contributed by joke-loving coders around the world!

Make a contribution!

Submit a Pull Request, with your joke added to the jokes/index.json file. Make sure the joke is in this format:

{
  "type": "programming",
  "setup": "What's the best thing about a Boolean?",
  "punchline": "Even if you're wrong, you're only off by a bit."
}

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Run Locally

• Clone the repo
• npm i && npm run dev
• Visit localhost:3005/jokes/random or localhost:3005/jokes/ten on your browser