xkcd API

Overview

Retrieve xkcd comics as JSON

xkcd is a games & comics API from xkcd.com. It needs no API key. It is served over HTTPS and does not allow direct browser requests (no CORS). Its OpenAPI description documents 2 endpoints.

At a glance

Authentication

No auth

HTTPS

Yes

CORS

No

Category

Games & Comics

Base URL

http://xkcd.com/

Version

1.0.0

Endpoints

2

OpenAPI

Specification ↗

Spec updated

2021-04-07

Make a first request

Replace the placeholders; the documentation says exactly where credentials go.

curl -X GET "http://xkcd.com/info.0.json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"

const response = await fetch("http://xkcd.com/info.0.json", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "Accept": "application/json",
  },
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "http://xkcd.com/info.0.json",
    headers={
    "Accept": "application/json",
    },
    timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())

Endpoints

Questions