Giphy
Giphy — free tier with API key
Giphy exposes a free-tier JSON API. Register for an API key if required; we verified a public or demo endpoint.
We probe without your API key. A 401/403 auth wall means the server is up — not a full health pass.
GET https://api.giphy.com/v1/stickers/search?api_key={YOUR
{
"data": [],
"meta": {
"status": 401,
"msg": "Unauthorized",
"response_id": ""
}
}curl "https://api.giphy.com/v1/stickers/search?api_key={YOUR"const res = await fetch("https://api.giphy.com/v1/stickers/search?api_key={YOUR");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);import requests
res = requests.get("https://api.giphy.com/v1/stickers/search?api_key={YOUR")
print(res.json())/v1/stickers/search?api_key={YOURPROBEDGiphy — free tier with API key
/v1V1 — documented GET route.
/v1/1V1 details by ID (example: 1).
/v1?limit=10V1 — documented GET route.
/v1/search?q=testSearch by query parameters.
/v1/V1 — documented GET route.
We probe without your API key. A 401/403 auth wall means the server is up — not a full health pass. Export includes every documented route below.
Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.
Giphy: common questions
Is Giphy free to use?
Yes — Giphy is a free media API. Free tier: Free tier — API key required. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.
Does Giphy need an API key?
Yes — Giphy needs a free API key, which you pass on each request. Rate limits: Retry-After: 0s.
Can I call Giphy from the browser?
Yes — Giphy 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 Giphy up right now?
As of our last scheduled check, Giphy is healthy with 100% uptime over 90 days and a 243 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.