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Cataas

Cat as a service: random cat pics, gifs and metadata

🐕 AnimalsUNMONITOREDchecked 58 min ago
AUTH NONECORS ✓AGENT ✓HTTPS ✓COMMERCIAL ?

Cataas serves endless cat images and gifs, and with ?json=true it hands back a small JSON object describing the cat instead of the raw picture. Each record carries an id, tags, mimetype and a direct URL. No key, open CORS.

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Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://cataas.com/cat?json=true

{
  "id": "Fy1ZRM362ukJIXkD",
  "tags": [
    "worker"
  ],
  "created_at": "2016-11-22T15:20:31.711Z",
  "url": "https://cataas.com/cat/Fy1ZRM362ukJIXkD?position=center",
  "mimetype": "image/jpeg"
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://cataas.com/cat?json=true"
const res = await fetch("https://cataas.com/cat?json=true");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://cataas.com/cat?json=true")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 5On scheduleFULL DOCS ↗
First rollup pending — GET /cat?json=true has been probed
GET/cat?json=truePROBED

Cat as a service: random cat pics, gifs and metadata

GET/cat?limit=5

Cat — documented GET route.

GET/cat?page=1

Cat — documented GET route.

GET/api/cats?tags=cute

Cats — documented GET route.

GET/api/tags

Tags — documented GET route.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

Cataas: common questions

Is Cataas free to use?

Yes — Cataas is a free animals API. Free tier: Free — limits not published. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Cataas need an API key?

No — Cataas needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call Cataas from the browser?

Yes — Cataas returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is Cataas up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, Cataas is unmonitored. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.