misc.md

Miscellaneous

There are some small, yet useful APIs. You can familiarise yourself with AJAX caling by using these APIs.

• https://medium.com/@vicbergquist/18-fun-apis-for-your-next-project-8008841c7be9
• https://dev.to/mukeshkuiry/12-free-and-fun-api-for-your-next-project-5eem

ipify

Use api.ipify.org for IPv4 and api6.ipify.org for IPv6. There is a param called format with tree values avaiable:

1. text returns a text file like 127.0.0.1.
2. json returns a JSON file like {"ip":"127.0.0.1"}.
3. jsonp returns a JavaScript file like callback({"ip":"127.0.0.1"});.
   1. Additionally, You can specify callback to decide the name of the callback function in your front end. FOr example, callback=cb returns cb({"ip":"127.0.0.1"});.

yesno.wtf

• /api

Use force to force the API returns yes, no, or maybe. Usually the API returns yes or no, but maybe appears every 1/10.000 time.

The Cat API

10,000 requests a month when using without x-api-key.

• https://api.thecatapi.com/v1/images/search

The Dog API

10,000 requests a month when using without x-api-key.

• https://api.thedogapi.com/v1/images/search

Dad Jokes

• Docs

JokeAPI

• https://v2.jokeapi.dev/joke/Any

A playground is avaiable.

Advice Slip

• https://api.adviceslip.com/advice

Fun Translations

• https://funtranslations.com/api

Open Trivia Database

• https://opentdb.com/api_config.php

TheCocktailDB

• https://www.thecocktaildb.com/api.php

xkcd

• https://xkcd.com/info.0.json (current comic)
• https://xkcd.com/{ID}/info.0.json (comic of ID)

Is there an interface for automated systems to access comics and metadata? Yes. You can get comics through the JSON interface, at URLs like https://xkcd.com/info.0.json (current comic) and https://xkcd.com/614/info.0.json (comic #614). ~ From https://xkcd.com/about

Loripsum

/api/{number}/{type}/{length}

Generate random lorem ipsum text.

• number: Number of paragraphs or words to generate (default: 1)
• type: Type of content to generate, either paragraphs or words (default: paragraphs)
• length: Length of each paragraph or word (default: long)

/api/random

Generate random lorem ipsum text.