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Anycrap vs JokeAPI

Anycrap

Anycrap serves a database of 35,000+ AI-generated absurdist product concepts — invented gadgets like "Thought-Cancelling Headphones" with a name, satirical description, category tags, and image. Registering an email gets you a free API key instantly (no card), and reads are capped at 60 requests/minute against endpoints for random products, listing/filtering, single lookups by slug, and category counts. There's also a companion npm CLI and an offline faker.js plugin for generating the same style of fake product copy without any network calls.

JokeAPI

JokeAPI (Sv443) serves programmable jokes across 7 categories — Misc, Programming, Dark, Pun, Spooky, Christmas, and a catch-all Any — with content filtering by flag (nsfw, religious, political, racist, sexist, explicit) so integrators can enforce a safe-mode. A single GET can return the response as JSON, XML, YAML, or plain text via a `format` query parameter, and jokes come as either single one-liners or two-part setup/delivery pairs. It's free, keyless, open source, and self-hosted by its maintainer with no paid tier.

AnycrapJokeAPI
AuthenticationAPI KeyNone
Pricingfreefree
FormatsJSONJSON, XML, YAML, Text
CORSyesyes
HTTPSYesYes

JokeAPI needs no API key, while Anycrap requires API Key — pick JokeAPI to start without signup.

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