Giphy
GIPHY is the world's largest library of GIFs, stickers, animated emoji, and Clips (GIFs with sound), with a developer API used by messaging apps, social platforms, productivity tools, ads, and creator products. GIPHY is owned by Meta. Authentication is via API key (Beta or Production tier) and all surfaces share the same envelope (data + meta + pagination) with rich, multi-rendition media payloads.
Giphy publishes 11 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Analytics API, Animate API, Categories API, and 8 more. Tagged areas include Photography, Media, GIFs, Stickers, and Emoji.
The Giphy catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.
Giphy’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, developer console, signup flow, support, engineering blog, tooling, and 22 more developer resources.
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APIs 11
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Giphy Analytics API
Pingback and action register endpoints for measuring user engagement.
Giphy Animate API
Programmatic creation of animated text/word GIFs.
Giphy Categories API
Top-level categories and subcategories used to organize GIFs.
Giphy Channels API
Channel discovery and metadata.
Giphy Clips API
GIFs with sound. Access is gated; contact clips@giphy.com.
Giphy Emoji API
GIPHY's animated emoji library and per-emoji variations.
Giphy GIFs API
Search, trending, translate, random, and lookup endpoints for animated GIFs.
Giphy Search Discovery API
Tag autocompletion, related search terms, and trending search queries.
Giphy Stickers API
The same surface as GIFs but scoped to transparent-background stickers.
Giphy Upload API
Programmatic upload of GIFs and video assets.
Giphy Utilities API
Identifier generation and other helpers.
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Postman Collections 11
Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.
GIPHY Analytics API
POSTMANGIPHY Analytics Animate API
POSTMANGIPHY Analytics Channels API
POSTMANGIPHY Analytics Clips API
POSTMANGIPHY Analytics Emoji API
POSTMANGIPHY Analytics GIFs API
POSTMANGIPHY Analytics Stickers API
POSTMANGIPHY Analytics Upload API
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Open Collections 1
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
GIPHY API
OPEN COLLECTIONPricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Giphy Plans Pricing
PLANSRate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Giphy Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Giphy Finops
FINOPSFeatures 9
Notable capabilities this provider offers.
Search & Trending
Query millions of GIFs/stickers/emoji or fetch curated trending content.
Translate
Convert any phrase to a single contextually relevant GIF or sticker.
Random
Surface a random GIF or sticker, optionally tag-filtered.
Animate
Programmatically generate animated text GIFs.
Clips
Short-form videos with sound, gated behind approval.
Multi-Rendition Assets
Every result includes 20+ pre-encoded renditions (GIF, MP4, WebP) for any surface.
Analytics Pingbacks
Per-result onload/onclick/onsent URLs power view/click/share telemetry.
Programmatic Upload
Upload GIFs or videos to GIPHY (up to 100 MB) via upload.giphy.com.
First-Party SDKs
Native iOS, Android, React Native, Flutter, and Web SDKs ship UI-ready pickers.
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Semantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Giphy Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 2
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
Giphy API Rules
SPECTRALGiphy API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 9
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
GIPHY Analytics Pingbacks
JSON SCHEMAGIPHY Category
JSON SCHEMAGIPHY Channel
JSON SCHEMAGIPHY Clip
JSON SCHEMAGIPHY GIF
JSON SCHEMAGIPHY Images
JSON SCHEMAGIPHY Meta
JSON SCHEMAGIPHY Pagination
JSON SCHEMAGIPHY User
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JSON Structure 4
JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.
Giphy Channel Structure
JSON STRUCTUREGiphy Clip Structure
JSON STRUCTUREGiphy Gif Structure
JSON STRUCTUREGiphy Images Structure
JSON STRUCTUREExamples 14
Example request and response payloads for these APIs.
Giphy Get Gif By Id Example
EXAMPLEGiphy Get Random Gif Example
EXAMPLEGiphy List Emoji Example
EXAMPLEGiphy Search Clips Example
EXAMPLEGiphy Search Gifs Example
EXAMPLEGiphy Translate Gif Example
EXAMPLEGiphy Upload Gif Example
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Security Posture 4
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Use Cases 6
What developers build with this provider.
Messaging GIF Picker
Drop-in GIF/sticker picker for chat apps using the GIPHY SDKs.
Story / Post Stickers
Animated stickers and emoji for stories and posts.
Content Discovery
Trending and search-driven discovery for GIF-led products.
Brand & Ad Creative
Branded stickers and channels for marketing campaigns.
Video Editor Integrations
Clips and stickers embedded in mobile video editors.
Productivity / Reactions
Reactions, lightweight expressions in productivity software.
Integrations 5
Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.
Meta (Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp)
GIPHY is the GIF search backbone across Meta surfaces.
Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams
GIPHY powers in-chat GIF reactions across major chat platforms.
iMessage / Telegram / Signal
Native and third-party stickers via the SDKs.
Twitter / X
GIF picker integration.
Adobe Express / Canva / Mobile Editors
Stickers and clips in creative-tool integrations.
Solutions 3
Packaged solutions this provider offers.
Beta Key
Free, rate-limited API access for development.
Production Key
Reviewed access with higher throughput, custom pricing.
Clips Access
Gated access to GIFs-with-sound endpoints.
Resources
Get Started 4
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 1
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 3
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
Build 6
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 4
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 2
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 3
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 2
The organization behind the API
Other 3
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type