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api-ninjas-com Chuck Norris API

The Chuck Norris REST API provides thousands of funny Chuck Norris jokes for your entertainment app development needs.

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GET /v1/chucknorris Get a Chuck Norris joke #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Ninjas Chuck Norris API
  description: 'Combined OpenAPI specification for every API Ninjas endpoint. Requests go to https://api.api-ninjas.com with an `X-Api-Key` header; get a free key at https://api-ninjas.com/register. Human-readable docs: https://api-ninjas.com/api. Index for LLMs: https://api-ninjas.com/llms.txt.'
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: API Ninjas
    url: https://api-ninjas.com
  license:
    name: Proprietary
servers:
- url: https://api.api-ninjas.com
  description: API Ninjas Production
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Chuck Norris
  description: The Chuck Norris REST API provides thousands of funny Chuck Norris jokes for your entertainment app development needs.
paths:
  /v1/chucknorris:
    get:
      summary: Get a Chuck Norris joke
      description: Returns one random Chuck Norris joke. Takes no parameters. For jokes on other topics such as pop culture, science or history use /jokes.
      operationId: getChuckNorrisJoke
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/JokeSuccess'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ChuckNorrisOpenapi_BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ChuckNorrisOpenapi_Unauthorized'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ChuckNorrisOpenapi_InternalServerError'
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/safe'
      tags:
      - Chuck Norris
components:
  responses:
    ChuckNorrisOpenapi_BadRequest:
      description: Bad Request
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChuckNorrisOpenapi_ErrorResponse'
    ChuckNorrisOpenapi_Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChuckNorrisOpenapi_ErrorResponse'
    ChuckNorrisOpenapi_InternalServerError:
      description: Internal Server Error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChuckNorrisOpenapi_ErrorResponse'
    JokeSuccess:
      description: A Chuck Norris joke
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JokeResponse'
  parameters:
    safe:
      name: safe
      in: query
      description: Premium subscribers only. Set safe=true to exclude jokes flagged as sexually explicit, crude, or containing profanity, slurs, or offensive content. Defaults to false, so results are unfiltered unless you opt in. Filtering is best-effort and not a guarantee. Any value other than true/false returns an error, as does using this parameter on a free account.
      required: false
      schema:
        type: boolean
        default: false
  schemas:
    ChuckNorrisOpenapi_ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
        status:
          type: integer
          format: int32
    JokeResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        joke:
          type: string
          example: Champions are the breakfast of Chuck Norris.
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Api-Key
externalDocs:
  description: API Ninjas documentation
  url: https://api-ninjas.com/api