icanhazdadjoke vs Medium

icanhazdadjoke serves a large library of dad jokes as JSON (or plain text/Slack markup via content negotiation), fully keyless. A live GET against the real host, icanhazdadjoke.com, with an Accept: application/json header returned a genuine random joke while carrying Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *, resolving cors unknown -> yes; no key was required, reconfirming auth None. A fully free, keyless joke API — pricingModel free.

Medium's REST API lets a registered integration read a user's profile and publish posts on their behalf, gated behind an OAuth-issued integration token (Medium stopped issuing new integration tokens in 2023, but existing tokens still authenticate). A live GET against the real gateway, api.medium.com/v1/me, returned a genuine 401 "An access token is required" JSON error while carrying Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *, resolving cors unknown -> yes and reconfirming OAuth auth in the same probe. No paid tier ever existed for the API itself — pricingModel free.