The Cat API

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💻 Copy-paste code

Three ways to call The Cat API — pick your weapon.

// The Cat API — no build step, no library. Just fetch.
const res = await fetch("https://thecatapi.com/");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

# The Cat API with Python requests
import requests

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

# The Cat API from your terminal
curl "https://thecatapi.com/"

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