How can I access JokeAPI?

JokeAPI is available as an API. You can access it at https://jokeapi.dev/

What can I build with JokeAPI?

Collect joke datasets filtered by category, language, and content flags. Practice API filtering and query parameter handling in Python. Build a humor detection classifier using safe vs. dark humor joke pairs. Use as training data for generative models learning comedic text structure

JokeAPI

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About This Dataset

Provides a collection of jokes categorised by type (programming, puns, dark, misc) with filtering by language, category, and content flags. Useful for learning REST API integration patterns in Python, practising data ingestion with filtering parameters, and building small test datasets for NLP experiments.

What You Can Build

1Collect joke datasets filtered by category, language, and content flags
2Practice API filtering and query parameter handling in Python
3Build a humor detection classifier using safe vs. dark humor joke pairs
4Use as training data for generative models learning comedic text structure

How Python Data Engineers Use JokeAPI

Engineers use `requests` with query parameters to filter jokes by category (Programming, Misc, Pun), type (single vs. two-part), and safe mode. The structured JSON response is ideal for building text classification datasets without web scraping.

JokeAPI: AI, LLM, and RAG Use Cases

JokeAPI joke collections are surprisingly useful for training AI humor classifiers and evaluating whether LLMs understand comedic structure. You can fine-tune a model on joke punchlines or build a RAG pipeline that retrieves contextually relevant jokes for AI-powered presentation tools.

Python Example

# pip install requests
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://v2.jokeapi.dev/joke/Programming",
    params={"type": "single", "safe-mode": True}
)
print(resp.json()["joke"])

Access Dataset

Official dataset source

Dataset Info

Category:Dataset APIs

Type:API Access

Tags:

#rest-api #json #entertainment #no-auth

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