icanhazdadjoke

About icanhazdadjoke

icanhazdadjoke is an API that provides access to a collection of dad jokes, supporting endpoints for fetching a random joke, retrieving a specific joke by ID, and searching jokes by term with pagination. Responses can be returned in JSON, HTML, or plain text depending on the Accept header, and jokes can also be fetched as PNG images or as Slack-formatted messages. A GraphQL endpoint is also available, exposing a query for retrieving a joke's ID, text, and permalink.

The API requires no authentication, and the provider requests that consumers set a custom User-Agent header identifying their application and a contact URL or email. A dedicated endpoint returns jokes formatted as Slack attachments for use in Slack apps or third-party integrations.

This service is suited for developers building applications, bots, or integrations that need to fetch or search dad jokes programmatically, such as chat bots, voice assistants, or websites displaying jokes. The underlying site also offers a Slack app, Alexa skill, and Discord bot, though those are separate from the documented API endpoints.

Key features

• Fetch a random dad joke
• Fetch a specific joke by ID
• Fetch a dad joke as an image
• Search jokes by term with pagination
• Slack-formatted joke response
• GraphQL query endpoint

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