Nova Joke API

A new REST API to consume the content of official_joke_api, with new content, new categories and HTML page to show what you can do !

Start Here: https://nova-joke-api.netlify.app/.netlify/functions/index/api/random

Or access the homepage at https://nova-joke-api.netlify.app/.netlify/functions/index/api/ to learn more about how to use the content.

Base url: https://nova-joke-api.netlify.app/.netlify/functions/index/

We have legacy !

You can access the standard endpoints of Original Joke api. They are:

• / - root.
• /ping - returns the word pong.
• /random_joke - returns one random joke.
• /random_ten - returns an array of 10 random jokes.
• /jokes/random - returns one random joke.
• /jokes/ten - returns an array of 10 random jokes.
• /jokes/[type]/random - returns one random joke of that type.
• /jokes/[type]/ten - returns ten random jokes of that type.

We have news !

You can use new endpoints With three new resources:

• /api - root (HTML file). - NEW
• /api/random - returns one random joke.
• /api/ten - returns an array of 10 random jokes.
• /api/[category name]/random - returns one random joke of that type.
• /api/[category name]/ten - returns ten random jokes of that type.
• /api/joke/[joke number] - returns one joke by your id number. - NEW
• /status - Show how many jokes and categories you have dynamically. - NEW

We are serverless and hosted on Netlify

If the original source is not working, you can use this repo for free to consume the same data. Ah... Original repo: https://github.com/15Dkatz/official_joke_api

How to download and deploy

You can clone or download this repo and install the dependencies with your command line tool, then just start the netlify-lambda server or nodemom dev dependency:

# Install dependencies
  npm i
# Run at localhost:9000
  npm start
# run at localhost:3005
  npm run dev