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Giphy

Giphy Emoji API

GIPHY's animated emoji library and per-emoji variations.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Giphy Emoji API is one of 11 APIs that Giphy publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 13 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Emoji. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, a getting-started guide, authentication docs, rate-limit docs, and 13 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 7 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.giphy.com, https://upload.giphy.com.

2 operations 2 paths 7 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.giphy.com
Authentication
API Key
Contact
GIPHY Developers
License
GIPHY API Terms of Service
Terms of Service
View terms
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Giphy Emoji API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as api_key (ApiKeyAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • ApiKeyAuth — API key issued via the GIPHY developer dashboard.

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Emoji 2

GIPHY's animated emoji library and per-emoji variations.

GET
/v2/emoji
List Animated Emoji
listEmoji 3 params → 200
GET
/v2/emoji/{gif_id}/variations
Get Emoji Variations
getEmojiVariations 2 params → 200

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Gif (24 properties), User (10 properties), Rendition (10 properties), Analytics (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Images
object
Map of rendition keys to rendition metadata. Available renditions include fixedheight, fixedheightstill, fixedheightdownsampled, fixedheightsmall, fixedheights…
Rendition
object
10 properties
Meta
object
3 properties
Gif
object
Standard GIPHY GIF object returned by most endpoints.
24 properties
Pagination
object
3 properties
Analytics
object
Pingback URLs returned alongside each GIF for measuring user engagement.
3 properties
User
object
GIPHY user / channel associated with content.
10 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

giphy-emoji-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Giphy publishes across the network.

Giphy Analytics API
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Giphy Animate API
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Giphy Categories API
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Giphy Channels API
AE Profile APIs.io
Giphy Clips API
AE Profile APIs.io
Giphy GIFs API
AE Profile APIs.io
Giphy Search Discovery API
AE Profile APIs.io
Giphy Stickers API
AE Profile APIs.io
Giphy Upload API
AE Profile APIs.io
Giphy Utilities API
AE Profile APIs.io
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API Details
ID
giphy:giphy-emoji-api
Base URL
https://api.giphy.com
Docs
https://developers.giphy.com/docs/api
Provider
Giphy
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