Dad Jokes (icanhazdadjoke)

icanhazdadjoke is a free REST API providing access to the internet's largest selection of dad jokes. It offers random joke retrieval, a searchable joke database, Slack slash command integration, Discord bot support, and plain-text or JSON responses — all with no authentication required.

Dad Jokes (icanhazdadjoke) publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Integrations API and Jokes API. Tagged areas include Dad Jokes, Humor, Comedy, Random, and Jokes.

The Dad Jokes (icanhazdadjoke) catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Dad Jokes (icanhazdadjoke)’s developer surface includes documentation and 8 more developer resources.

🌐 Visit website 📡 Source on GitHub

37.3/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 28/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreeOpen⚡ Free to try

2 APIs

Dad JokesHumorComedyRandomJokesSlackDiscord

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 37.3/100 · thin

Contract Quality 15.3 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 20

Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13

Governance 7.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 28/100 · agent aware

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 0 / 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 2

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Dad Jokes Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

JSON Schema 3

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

Examples 5

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

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 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

aid: dad-jokes
name: Dad Jokes (icanhazdadjoke)
description: icanhazdadjoke is a free REST API providing access to the internet's largest selection of dad jokes. It offers
  random joke retrieval, a searchable joke database, Slack slash command integration, Discord bot support, and plain-text
  or JSON responses — all with no authentication required.
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/dad-jokes.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dad-jokes/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Dad Jokes
- Humor
- Comedy
- Random
- Jokes
- Slack
- Discord
apis:
- aid: dad-jokes:dad-jokes-integrations-api
  name: Dad Jokes (icanhazdadjoke) Integrations API
  description: Slack and Discord integration endpoints
  humanURL: https://icanhazdadjoke.com/api
  baseURL: https://icanhazdadjoke.com
  tags:
  - Integrations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dad-jokes-integrations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://icanhazdadjoke.com/api
- aid: dad-jokes:dad-jokes-jokes-api
  name: Dad Jokes (icanhazdadjoke) Jokes API
  description: Dad joke retrieval and search
  humanURL: https://icanhazdadjoke.com/api
  baseURL: https://icanhazdadjoke.com
  tags:
  - Jokes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dad-jokes-jokes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://icanhazdadjoke.com/api
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/dad-jokes-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/dad-jokes-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://icanhazdadjoke.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://icanhazdadjoke.com/api
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/brettlangdon
- type: X
  url: https://twitter.com/icanhazdadjoke
- type: Plans
  url: plans/dad-jokes-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/dad-jokes-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/dad-jokes-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Dad Jokes (icanhazdadjoke)

Kin Score

APIs 2

Dad Jokes (icanhazdadjoke) Integrations API

Dad Jokes (icanhazdadjoke) Jokes API

Pricing Plans 1

Dad Jokes Plans Pricing

Rate Limits 1

Dad Jokes Rate Limits

FinOps 1

Dad Jokes Finops

Semantic Vocabularies 1

Dad Jokes Context

Spectral Rules 1

Dad Jokes (icanhazdadjoke) API Rules

JSON Schema 3

JokeSearchResults

Joke

SlackResponse

Examples 5

Graphql Query

Graphql Response

Random Joke Response

Search Jokes Response

Slack Response

Security Posture 1

Dad Jokes Domain Security

Agentic Access 1

Dad Jokes Agentic Access

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