giphy-api-without-credentials

Simple to use Node.js module for the giphy.com API. All search parameters and endpoints can be found on the Giphy API documentation.

This version is a minor tweak of Austin Kelleher's giphy-api module that simply sets withCredentials to false in the HTTP request.

Are you seeing this error in your browser app?

A wildcard '*' cannot be used in the 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header when the credentials flag is true.

If so, this right here is the module you're looking for.

Installation

npm i giphy-api-without-credentials -S

Importing

Since the original module receives the API key by invocation which is not supported by ES6 import, you'll have to use require()

// If you have your own API key, use import the module like this
const giphy = require('giphy-api-without-credentials')('API KEY HERE');
// If you're using the public api key you can just invoke without an argument
const giphy = require('giphy-api-without-credentials')();

Phrase search

Search all Giphy GIFs for a word or phrase. Supported parameters:

• q - search query term or phrase
• limit - (optional) number of results to return, maximum 100. Default 25.
• offset - (optional) results offset, defaults to 0.
• rating - limit results to those rated (y,g, pg, pg-13 or r).
• fmt - (optional) return results in html or json format (useful for viewing responses as GIFs to debug/test)

// Search with a plain string
giphy.search('pokemon', function(err, res) {
    // Res contains gif data!
});

// Search with options
giphy.search({
    q: 'pokemon',
    rating: 'g'
}, function(err, res) {
    // Res contains gif data!
});

Giphy Id search

Search all Giphy gifs for a single Id or an array of Id's

//Search with a single Id
giphy.id('feqkVgjJpYtjy', function(err, res) {
 
});

// Search with an array of Id's
giphy.id([
    'feqkVgjJpYtjy',
    '7rzbxdu0ZEXLy'
], function(err, res) {
 
});

Translate search

Experimental search endpoint for gif dialects. Supported parameters:

• s - term or phrase to translate into a GIF
• rating - limit results to those rated (y,g, pg, pg-13 or r).
• fmt - (optional) return results in html or json format (useful for viewing responses as GIFs to debug/test)

// Translate search with a plain string
giphy.translate('superman', function(err, res) {
 
});

// Translate search with options
giphy.translate({
    s: 'superman',
    rating: 'g',
    fmt: 'html'
}, function(err, res) {
 
});

Random

Random gif(s) filtered by tag. Supported parameters:

• tag - the GIF tag to limit randomness by
• rating - limit results to those rated (y,g, pg, pg-13 or r).
• fmt - (optional) return results in html or json format (useful for viewing responses as GIFs to debug/test)

// Random gif by tag
giphy.random('superman', function(err, res) {
 
});

// Random gif with options
giphy.random({
    tag: 'superman',
    rating: 'g',
    fmt: 'json'
}, function(err, res) {
 
});

Trending

Trending gifs on The Hot 100 list

• limit (optional) limits the number of results returned. By default returns 25 results.
• rating - limit results to those rated (y,g, pg, pg-13 or r).
• fmt - (optional) return results in html or json format (useful for viewing responses as GIFs to debug/test)

// Trending Hot 100 gifs
giphy.trending(function(err, res) {
 
});

// Trending Hot 100 gifs with options
giphy.trending({
    limit: 2,
    rating: 'g',
    fmt: 'json'
}, function(err, res) {
 
});

Stickers

Animated stickers are gifs with transparent backgrounds. All giphy-api functions support stickers except id, which is not a supported Giphy sticker endpoint. In order to use the sticker API instead of the gif API, simply pass the api property to a giphy-api function.

giphy.search({
    api: 'stickers',
    q: 'funny'
}, function(err, res) {
 
});