A random dinosaur (optionally by period)

Code-Snippets

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

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

$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/dinosaurs-api/v1/random");
curl_setopt($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/dinosaurs-api/v1/random",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Beispiel-Response

Echte Antwort dieses Endpoints, erfasst beim letzten Health-Check.

{
    "data": {
        "id": 437,
        "name": "Boreonykus",
        "lived": {
            "max_ma": 83.6,
            "min_ma": 72.2,
            "late_interval": null,
            "early_interval": "Campanian"
        },
        "period": "Cretaceous",
        "named_by": "Bell and Currie 2016"
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-05-31T02:02:07.254Z",
        "request_id": "6f838ec3-9a29-4dc9-ae29-c23c7c3ddbfa"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "Random dinosaur",
    "success": true
}