Dad Jokes (icanhazdadjoke)

The largest selection of dad jokes on the internet, in JSON.

StatusLive · verified 23 Oct 2026 · 1025 ms

AuthenticationNone — call it right now

Browser CORSYes — works from front-end code

Free limitsFree, no key (send Accept: application/json)

Official docs ↗ ▶ Open the playground

▶ Live playground

This runs in your browser, straight against the real API. Edit the URL and experiment — break nothing, learn everything.

Press Run to call Dad Jokes (icanhazdadjoke) live.

📸 Real response, captured by us

Not a mockup — this is what Dad Jokes (icanhazdadjoke) actually returned when we verified it on 23 Oct 2026 (in 1025 ms).

{
  "id": "SvXDImbMe",
  "joke": "Don't tell secrets in corn fields. Too many ears around.",
  "status": 200
}

💻 Copy-paste code

Three ways to call Dad Jokes (icanhazdadjoke) — pick your weapon.

// Dad Jokes (icanhazdadjoke) — no build step, no library. Just fetch.
const res = await fetch("https://icanhazdadjoke.com/");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

# Dad Jokes (icanhazdadjoke) with Python requests
import requests

r = requests.get("https://icanhazdadjoke.com/")
print(r.status_code)
print(r.json())

# Dad Jokes (icanhazdadjoke) from your terminal
curl "https://icanhazdadjoke.com/"

🏅 Own this API?

Add the live-verified badge to your docs or repo — it only ever displays the status from our latest check.

<a href="https://freeapis.akclnt.com/api/dad-jokes-icanhazdadjoke/"><img src="https://freeapis.akclnt.com/badge/dad-jokes-icanhazdadjoke.svg" alt="Dad Jokes (icanhazdadjoke) — live-verified free API on AKCLNT Free APIs"></a>

📜 Full check history & uptime · Status as JSON · Health score: B · 84/100

🔔 Watch this API — a quiet feed that only speaks the week its status changes (down, recovered, reclassified). How it works