Spec

Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/uselessfacts-api/v1/meta" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."

await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/uselessfacts-api/v1/meta", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});

$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/uselessfacts-api/v1/meta");
curl_setopt($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/uselessfacts-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": "uselessfacts-api",
        "endpoints": {
            "GET /v1/meta": "This document.",
            "GET /v1/today": "The fact of the day (language=en|de).",
            "GET /v1/random": "A random useless fact (language=en|de)."
        },
        "description": "Random and daily trivia facts via the open Useless Facts API: pull a random fact or the fact of the day, in English or German, each with its source attribution and permalink. Real facts, no key."
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-06-08T09:48:45.859Z",
        "request_id": "97f41e1d-454e-4c6c-a278-371bb328d647"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "Meta",
    "success": true
}