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RandomDuck

A random duck picture URL on every request

🐕 AnimalsHEALTHYchecked 6h ago
AUTH NONECORS ✗AGENT ✓HTTPS ✓COMMERCIAL ?

random-d.uk returns a JSON pointer to a random duck photo or gif each time you hit it. The payload is tiny: a friendly message and the image URL. No API key, though this endpoint did not advertise CORS headers.

96HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
Docs ↗
Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 96 · healthy
Uptime history
100%90 days
100%30 days
459P50 · ms
836P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 66 ms, slowest 707 ms, most recent 211 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://random-d.uk/api/random

{
  "message": "Powered by random-d.uk",
  "url": "http://random-d.uk/api/545.jpg"
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://random-d.uk/api/random"
const res = await fetch("https://random-d.uk/api/random");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://random-d.uk/api/random")
print(res.json())

BROWSER CALLS BLOCKED (NO CORS/HTTPS) — USE THE CURL SNIPPET

Endpoints · 6HealthyFULL DOCS ↗
Monitored path responding — GET /random459 mschecked 6h ago
GET/randomPROBED

A random duck picture URL on every request

GET/list

Paginated list of resources.

GET/random?limit=5

Paginated variant with limit parameter.

GET/v2

V2 — documented GET route.

GET/images/51.jpg

Image assets or gallery.

GET/v1

V1 — 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.

RandomDuck: common questions

Is RandomDuck free to use?

Yes — RandomDuck 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 RandomDuck need an API key?

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 You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call RandomDuck from the browser?

Not directly — RandomDuck doesn't send browser-friendly CORS headers, so call it from a server or proxy instead. Copy the curl or Python snippet on this page to get started.

Is RandomDuck up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, RandomDuck is healthy with 100% uptime over 90 days and a 459 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.