Giphy · Example Payload

Giphy List Gif Categories Example

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Giphy List Gif Categories Example is an example object payload from Giphy, with 2 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

requestresponse

Example Payload

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{
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "https://api.giphy.com/v1/gifs/categories?api_key=YOUR_KEY"
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 200,
    "body": {
      "data": [
        {
          "name": "reactions",
          "name_encoded": "reactions",
          "subcategories": [
            { "name": "haha", "name_encoded": "haha" },
            { "name": "wow", "name_encoded": "wow" }
          ],
          "gif": { "id": "abc", "type": "gif", "url": "https://giphy.com/gifs/abc" }
        }
      ],
      "pagination": { "total_count": 26, "count": 1, "offset": 0 },
      "meta": { "status": 200, "msg": "OK", "response_id": "x" }
    }
  }
}

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