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RandomDog

A random dog media URL wrapped in JSON

🐕 AnimalsHEALTHYchecked 5 min ago
AUTH NONECORS ✓AGENT ✓HTTPS ✓COMMERCIAL ?

One GET returns the file size and a direct URL to a random dog photo or video. No key, no pagination, just woof. The media can be jpg, png, gif, or mp4, so check the extension before embedding.

97HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
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Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 97 · healthy
Uptime history
100%90 days
100%30 days
242P50 · ms
1120P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 126 ms, slowest 675 ms, most recent 130 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://random.dog/woof.json

{
  "fileSizeBytes": 3531445,
  "url": "https://random.dog/870afc34-fce8-4e60-8ac9-be529738fa8e.JPG"
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://random.dog/woof.json"
const res = await fetch("https://random.dog/woof.json");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://random.dog/woof.json")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 2HealthyFULL DOCS ↗
Monitored path responding — GET /woof.json242 mschecked 5 min ago
GET/woof.jsonPROBED

A random dog media URL wrapped in JSON

GET/woof.json?limit=5

Paginated variant with limit parameter.

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.

RandomDog: common questions

Is RandomDog free to use?

Yes — RandomDog 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 RandomDog need an API key?

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 You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call RandomDog from the browser?

Yes — RandomDog 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 RandomDog up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, RandomDog is healthy with 100% uptime over 90 days and a 242 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.