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Cat Fact

Random cat facts and breed information from catfact.ninja (free, no API key)

Cat Fact

Random cat facts from catfact.ninja (no API key required).

Usage

# Get a random cat fact
curl -s "https://catfact.ninja/fact"

# Get a random fact (short)
curl -s "https://catfact.ninja/fact?max_length=100"

# Get cat breeds
curl -s "https://catfact.ninja/breeds?limit=5"

Programmatic (JSON)

curl -s "https://catfact.ninja/fact" | jq '.fact'

One-liner examples

# Random fact
curl -s "https://catfact.ninja/fact" --header "Accept: application/json" | jq -r '.fact'

# Multiple facts
for i in {1..3}; do curl -s "https://catfact.ninja/fact" --header "Accept: application/json" | jq -r '.fact'; done

API Endpoints

Endpoint Description
GET /fact Random cat fact
GET /breeds List of cat breeds

Docs: https://catfact.ninja