Chuck Norris API

Free REST API providing random Chuck Norris jokes, categories, and the ability to search the joke database with no authentication required. The service is hosted on AWS and supported by Jugendstil.io sponsorship, making it permanently free for developers. Responses are returned as JSON and include a joke identifier, URL, icon, and the joke text. Integrations are available for Slack and Facebook Messenger.

Chuck Norris API publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: jokes API. Tagged areas include Jokes, Humor, Entertainment, Chuck Norris, and Free.

The Chuck Norris API catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Chuck Norris API’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, pricing, and 10 more developer resources.

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42.1/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 35/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreeOpen⚡ Free to try

1 APIs

JokesHumorEntertainmentChuck NorrisFree

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 42.1/100 · developing

Contract Quality 15.5 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20

Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13

Governance 7.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 35/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Chuck Norris Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

JokeSearchResult

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Joke

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg

GitHubOrg

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

StatusPage

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

aid: chuck-norris
name: Chuck Norris API
description: 'Free REST API providing random Chuck Norris jokes, categories, and the ability to search the joke database with
  no authentication required. The service is hosted on AWS and supported by Jugendstil.io sponsorship, making it permanently
  free for developers. Responses are returned as JSON and include a joke identifier, URL, icon, and the joke text. Integrations
  are available for Slack and Facebook Messenger.

  '
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: open
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: true
  label: Free · Open access
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/chuck-norris.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/chuck-norris/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
type: Index
tags:
- Jokes
- Humor
- Entertainment
- Chuck Norris
- Free
apis:
- aid: chuck-norris:chuck-norris-jokes-api
  name: Chuck Norris API jokes API
  description: Chuck Norris joke operations
  humanURL: https://api.chucknorris.io
  baseURL: https://api.chucknorris.io
  tags:
  - jokes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/chuck-norris-jokes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.chucknorris.io
  - type: GitHubOrg
    url: https://github.com/chucknorris-io
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://status.chucknorris.io
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/chuck-norris-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/chuck-norris-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://api.chucknorris.io
- type: Documentation
  url: https://api.chucknorris.io
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/chucknorris-io
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/chucknorris-io
- type: Blog
  url: https://api.chucknorris.io
- type: Pricing
  url: https://api.chucknorris.io
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.chucknorris.io
- type: X
  url: https://twitter.com/MatChilling
- type: Plans
  url: plans/chuck-norris-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/chuck-norris-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/chuck-norris-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Chuck Norris API

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APIs 1

Chuck Norris API jokes API

Pricing Plans 1

Chuck Norris Plans Pricing

Rate Limits 1

Chuck Norris Rate Limits

FinOps 1

Chuck Norris Finops

Semantic Vocabularies 1

context Context

Spectral Rules 1

Chuck Norris API API Rules