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GET /v1/meta

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/catfact-api/v1/meta" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/catfact-api/v1/meta", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/catfact-api/v1/meta");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/catfact-api/v1/meta",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "service": "catfact-api",
        "endpoints": {
            "GET /v1/fact": "A single random cat fact (max_length=optional).",
            "GET /v1/meta": "This document.",
            "GET /v1/facts": "Page through the fact collection (limit=, page=, max_length=).",
            "GET /v1/breeds": "Cat breeds with country, origin, coat & pattern (q=search, limit=)."
        },
        "description": "Cat trivia and breed data via the open Cat Fact API (catfact.ninja): pull a single random cat fact (optionally length-bounded), page through the full fact collection, or list and search cat breeds with their country, origin, coat and pattern. Real data, no key."
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-06-08T09:48:47.503Z",
        "request_id": "eb18e02c-5ce4-43c1-aa6c-6de5854f6f13"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "Meta",
    "success": true
}