XKCD

Webcomic API

xkcd.com/json.html ↗

Version

1.0.0

OpenAPI

3.0.0

Endpoints

Schemas

Updated

3 days ago

Entertainment entertainment comics

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Query structured spec data via REST or MCP. Get exactly what your agent needs.

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Server URLs

http://xkcd.com

Endpoints

GET POST PUT PATCH DELETE

Info 2 endpoints

GET /info.0.json

Fetch current comic and metadata.

operationId: Info_getComicMetadata

Responses

200 OK

GET /info.0.json

GET /{comicId}/info.0.json

Fetch comics and metadata by comic id.

operationId: Info_getById

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
comicId	path	required	number

Responses

200 OK

GET /{comicId}/info.0.json

Schemas

object comic

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "alt": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "day": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "img": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "num": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "link": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "news": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "year": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "month": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "title": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "safe_title": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "transcript": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}