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chucknorris.io Categories API

Joke category metadata.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Chuck Norris Jokes Categories API
  description: 'Free JSON REST API for hand-curated Chuck Norris facts maintained by

    @matchilling. Supports random retrieval, category filtering, full-text

    search, and direct lookup by joke identifier. No authentication is required

    and there are no documented rate limits.'
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Mathias Schilling
    url: https://github.com/chucknorris-io
    email: cn-jokes-api@chucknorris.io
  license:
    name: GPL-3.0
    url: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
  termsOfService: https://api.chucknorris.io/
servers:
- url: https://api.chucknorris.io
  description: Production
tags:
- name: Categories
  description: Joke category metadata.
paths:
  /jokes/categories:
    get:
      operationId: listCategories
      summary: List Joke Categories
      description: 'Return the full list of supported joke categories. Use any of these

        values with the `category` parameter of `/jokes/random` to constrain

        random selection.'
      tags:
      - Categories
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Array of category identifiers.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CategoryList'
              examples:
                categories:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/Categories'
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
                description: Newline-delimited list of categories.
components:
  examples:
    Categories:
      summary: Category list response
      value:
      - animal
      - career
      - celebrity
      - dev
      - explicit
      - fashion
      - food
      - history
      - money
      - movie
      - music
      - political
      - religion
      - science
      - sport
      - travel
  schemas:
    CategoryList:
      type: array
      description: List of available joke category identifiers.
      items:
        type: string
        example: dev

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