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api-ninjas-com Riddles API

The Riddles API provides quality riddles perfect for entertainment apps.

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GET /v1/riddles Get Riddles #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Ninjas Riddles 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: Riddles
  description: The Riddles API provides quality riddles perfect for entertainment apps.
paths:
  /v1/riddles:
    get:
      summary: Get Riddles
      description: Returns one or more random riddles.
      operationId: getRiddles
      parameters:
      - name: limit
        in: query
        description: Number of results to return. Must be between 1 and 20. Default is 1.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 1
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 20
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/RiddlesOpenapi_safe'
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RiddleResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RiddlesOpenapi_BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RiddlesOpenapi_Unauthorized'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RiddlesOpenapi_InternalServerError'
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      tags:
      - Riddles
components:
  responses:
    RiddlesOpenapi_BadRequest:
      description: Bad Request Response
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/RiddlesOpenapi_Error'
    RiddlesOpenapi_Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized Response
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/RiddlesOpenapi_Error'
    RiddlesOpenapi_InternalServerError:
      description: Internal Server Error Response
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/RiddlesOpenapi_Error'
    RiddleResponse:
      description: A successful response containing one or more riddles.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: array
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Riddle'
  schemas:
    Riddle:
      type: object
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
          description: The title of the riddle.
        question:
          type: string
          description: The question part of the riddle.
        answer:
          type: string
          description: The answer to the riddle.
      required:
      - title
      - question
      - answer
    RiddlesOpenapi_Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: Error message describing the issue.
  parameters:
    RiddlesOpenapi_safe:
      name: safe
      in: query
      description: Premium subscribers only. Set safe=true to exclude riddles 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
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Api-Key
externalDocs:
  description: API Ninjas documentation
  url: https://api-ninjas.com/api