# Giphy GIFs API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/giphy/giphy-gifs-api/  
**Provider:** Giphy — https://apis.io/providers/giphy/  
**Base URL:** https://api.giphy.com  
**Documentation:** https://developers.giphy.com/docs/api

Giphy GIFs API is one of 11 APIs that [Giphy](https://apis.io/providers/giphy/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 13 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include GIFs. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, a getting-started guide, authentication docs, rate-limit docs, and 13 JSON Schemas.

Search, trending, translate, random, and lookup endpoints for animated GIFs.

## Machine-readable artifacts (42)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giphy/refs/heads/main/openapi/giphy-gifs-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://developers.giphy.com/docs/api
- **APIReference** — https://developers.giphy.com/docs/api/endpoint
- **GettingStarted** — https://developers.giphy.com/docs/api
- **Authentication** — https://developers.giphy.com/docs/api#quick-start-guide
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giphy/refs/heads/main/json-schema/giphy-gif-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giphy/refs/heads/main/json-schema/giphy-clip-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giphy/refs/heads/main/json-schema/giphy-user-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giphy/refs/heads/main/json-schema/giphy-channel-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giphy/refs/heads/main/json-schema/giphy-category-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giphy/refs/heads/main/json-schema/giphy-images-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giphy/refs/heads/main/json-schema/giphy-analytics-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giphy/refs/heads/main/json-schema/giphy-meta-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giphy/refs/heads/main/json-schema/giphy-pagination-schema.json
- **JSONStructure** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giphy/refs/heads/main/json-structure/giphy-gif-structure.json
- **JSONStructure** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giphy/refs/heads/main/json-structure/giphy-clip-structure.json
- **JSONStructure** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giphy/refs/heads/main/json-structure/giphy-images-structure.json
- **JSONStructure** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giphy/refs/heads/main/json-structure/giphy-channel-structure.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giphy/refs/heads/main/examples/giphy-search-gifs-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giphy/refs/heads/main/examples/giphy-get-trending-gifs-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giphy/refs/heads/main/examples/giphy-translate-gif-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giphy/refs/heads/main/examples/giphy-get-random-gif-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giphy/refs/heads/main/examples/giphy-get-gif-by-id-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giphy/refs/heads/main/examples/giphy-list-gif-categories-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giphy/refs/heads/main/examples/giphy-autocomplete-search-tags-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giphy/refs/heads/main/examples/giphy-get-related-search-terms-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giphy/refs/heads/main/examples/giphy-get-trending-searches-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giphy/refs/heads/main/examples/giphy-search-stickers-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giphy/refs/heads/main/examples/giphy-list-emoji-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giphy/refs/heads/main/examples/giphy-search-clips-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giphy/refs/heads/main/examples/giphy-upload-gif-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giphy/refs/heads/main/examples/giphy-register-search-action-example.json
- **SDKs** — https://github.com/Giphy/giphy-ios-sdk
- **SDKs** — https://github.com/Giphy/giphy-android-sdk
- **SDKs** — https://github.com/Giphy/giphy-react-native-sdk
- **SDKs** — https://github.com/Giphy/giphy-flutter-sdk
- **SDKs** — https://github.com/Giphy/giphy-js
- **SDKs** — https://github.com/Giphy/giphy-python-client
- **SDKs** — https://github.com/Giphy/giphy-ruby-client
- **SDKs** — https://github.com/Giphy/giphy-php-client
- …and 2 more, listed in full on the page.

## Other Giphy APIs (10)

- [Giphy Analytics API](https://apis.io/apis/giphy/giphy-analytics-api/)
- [Giphy Animate API](https://apis.io/apis/giphy/giphy-animate-api/)
- [Giphy Categories API](https://apis.io/apis/giphy/giphy-categories-api/)
- [Giphy Channels API](https://apis.io/apis/giphy/giphy-channels-api/)
- [Giphy Clips API](https://apis.io/apis/giphy/giphy-clips-api/)
- [Giphy Emoji API](https://apis.io/apis/giphy/giphy-emoji-api/)
- [Giphy Search Discovery API](https://apis.io/apis/giphy/giphy-search-discovery-api/)
- [Giphy Stickers API](https://apis.io/apis/giphy/giphy-stickers-api/)
- [Giphy Upload API](https://apis.io/apis/giphy/giphy-upload-api/)
- [Giphy Utilities API](https://apis.io/apis/giphy/giphy-utilities-api/)

## Tags

GIFs

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