Dad Jokes

Get a random dad joke. Classic groan-worthy puns and wholesome humor, served one at a time.

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Overview

Use Cases

Fun widgets and entertainment apps
Onboarding or loading screen filler
Daily joke bots and Slack integrations
Icebreaker features

Features

Random joke on every request

Each joke includes a stable identifier

No parameters required

API Endpoints

Get Random Dad Joke

Returns a randomly selected dad joke from the collection.

GET

https://api.requiems.xyz/v1/entertainment/jokes/dad

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Request

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
id	`string`	Stable identifier for the joke (e.g. "joke_7")
joke	`string`	The full text of the dad joke

Code Examples

curl https://api.requiems.xyz/v1/entertainment/jokes/dad \
  -H "requiems-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

url = "https://api.requiems.xyz/v1/entertainment/jokes/dad"
headers = {"requiems-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.json()["data"]["joke"])

const response = await fetch(
  'https://api.requiems.xyz/v1/entertainment/jokes/dad',
  { headers: { 'requiems-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY' } }
);
const { data } = await response.json();
console.log(data.joke);

require 'net/http'
require 'json'

uri = URI('https://api.requiems.xyz/v1/entertainment/jokes/dad')
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
request['requiems-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY'

response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true) do |http|
  http.request(request)
end

data = JSON.parse(response.body)
puts data['data']['joke']

Error Responses

unauthorized

Missing API key

forbidden

Invalid or revoked API key

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