A comic by number
API · /xkcd-api
xkcd API
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4,260 Subscribers
Randall Munroe's legendary webcomic xkcd as an API. Fetch the latest comic, any comic by its number (e.g. #353 "Python"), or a random one — each with the title, the famous hover (alt) text, the full transcript, the image URL, the publication date and links to both xkcd and explainxkcd. A clean JSON wrapper over xkcd.com with no scraping and no surprises. Ideal for Discord and Slack bots, "comic of the day" widgets, dashboards and screensavers, newsletters, and any app that wants a daily dose of xkcd.
api.oanor.com/xkcd-api
API health
healthy- Uptime
- 100.00%
- Server probes · 24h
- Avg latency
- 117 ms
- Server probes · 24h
- Subscribers
- 4,260
- active
- Total calls
- 0
- last 7 days
Pricing
Pick a tier — billed monthly, cancel anytime.
Free
Free
- 13,500 calls / month
- 2 requests / second
- Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
- 13,500 calls/month
- 2 req/sec
- Latest, by-number & random
- No credit card
Starter
€2.80 /month
- 195,000 calls / month
- 8 requests / second
- Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
- 195k calls/month
- 8 req/sec
- Comic-of-the-day widgets
- Email support
Pro
€9.40 /month
- 840,000 calls / month
- 20 requests / second
- Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
- 840k calls/month
- 20 req/sec
- Bots & dashboards
- Priority support
Mega
€29.60 /month
- 3,450,000 calls / month
- 50 requests / second
- Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
- 3.45M calls/month
- 50 req/sec
- High-traffic apps
- Dedicated SLA
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Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about pricing, quotas, and integration.
How do I get an API key for xkcd API?
Sign up for free at oanor.com, generate an API key from the developer dashboard, and call xkcd API with the x-oanor-key header. No credit card needed for the free tier.
What's the rate limit for xkcd API?
Free tier allows 1 request per second. Paid plans scale up to 50 requests per second on the Mega tier. Hard limits return HTTP 429 above the quota — no surprise overage charges.
How much does xkcd API cost?
xkcd API has a free tier with 100 calls / month. Paid plans start at €2.80 / month with higher quotas and faster rate limits.
Can I cancel my subscription anytime?
Yes. Plans are billed monthly and you can cancel anytime from your billing dashboard. No long-term contracts and no cancellation fee.
Is xkcd API GDPR-compliant?
All requests to xkcd API go through our EU-based gateway. Your upstream API key never leaves our server and no personal data is shared with the upstream provider beyond the request you send.
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Code snippets
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curl https://api.oanor.com/xkcd-api/SOME_PATH \
-H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."const res = await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/xkcd-api/SOME_PATH", {
headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
const data = await res.json();$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/xkcd-api/SOME_PATH");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);import requests
r = requests.get(
"https://api.oanor.com/xkcd-api/SOME_PATH",
headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."},
)
print(r.json())Ratings
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