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RandomFox

One random fox photo URL per call

🐕 AnimalsHEALTHYchecked 54 min ago
AUTH NONECORS ✓AGENT ✓HTTPS ✓COMMERCIAL ?

randomfox.ca answers each GET with a JSON object holding a random fox image URL and a matching web link. It's about as minimal as an API gets — handy for a quick placeholder image. Keyless with open CORS.

89HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
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Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 89 · healthy
Uptime history
97.1%90 days
96.7%30 days
672P50 · ms
2224P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 168 ms, slowest 1266 ms, most recent 641 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://randomfox.ca/floof/

{
  "image": "https://randomfox.ca/images/63.jpg",
  "link": "https://randomfox.ca/?i=63"
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://randomfox.ca/floof/"
const res = await fetch("https://randomfox.ca/floof/");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://randomfox.ca/floof/")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 2HealthyFULL DOCS ↗
Monitored path responding — GET /floof/672 mschecked 54 min ago
GET/floof/PROBED

One random fox photo URL per call

GET/floof/?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.

RandomFox: common questions

Is RandomFox free to use?

Yes — RandomFox 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 RandomFox need an API key?

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 You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call RandomFox from the browser?

Yes — RandomFox 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 RandomFox up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, RandomFox is healthy with 97.1% uptime over 90 days and a 672 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.