categories: Get available joke categories

API: jokeapi.dev:joke-api
Endpoint: /categories
Response format: text/plain
Auth: unknown
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 151ms

Description

Returns a list of all available joke categories and their aliases.

Examples (1)

Get available joke categories probe-gate
curl 'https://v2.jokeapi.dev/categories'
import requests

resp = requests.get("https://v2.jokeapi.dev/categories")
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("jokeapi")
result = api.fetch("categories")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://v2.jokeapi.dev/categories");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 02:22:30.909475 200 151ms
2026-04-15 03:42:08.312286 200 111ms
2026-04-14 03:51:44.858161 200 154ms
2026-04-12 15:41:24.109980 200 117ms
2026-04-10 04:17:10.912358 200 141ms
2026-04-09 01:33:25.731963 200 144ms
2026-03-27T14:03:31.565297 200 2423ms