Part 2: DAD JOKES API

Part 2: DAD JOKES API

1. Calling API

   • Authentication
     • Not requiered
   • custom user agent
     • set a custom "user-agent" header for the code
       • For example: curl -H "User-Agent: My Library (https://github.com/username/repo)" https://icanhazdadjoke.com/
       • Setting a custom User-Agent header for your code allows for better monitoring of theusage of the API and identify potential bad actors.
   • API response format
     • Accepted "accept" header
       • text/html
         • HTML response (default response format)
       • application/json
         • JSON response
       • text/plain
         • Plain text response

2. end points

   • fetch dad joke as an image
     • /j/<joke_id>.png
   • search for dad joke
     • /search
     • page
       • which page of results to fetch (default: 1)
     • limit
       • number of results to return per page (default: 20) (max: 30)
     • term
       • search term to use (default: list all jokes)
   • GraphQL
     • /graphql
   • fetch a random dad joke as a slack message
     • /slack
   • fetch a random dad joke
     • /

3. fetch a specific dad joke

   • /j/<joke_id>