Overview
EmojiHub returns random or category-filtered emojis with their Unicode name, character, and HTML entity. No auth needed, making it ideal as a first REST API project.
Beginner Tip
The simplest call is GET /api/random—no parameters needed. Browse categories in the GitHub README to build filtered requests.
Measurement Record
What actually happened when we called this API from our own infrastructure. Every value below was recorded by the request, not copied from the provider's documentation.
- Request
- GET https://emojihub.yurace.pro/api/random
- Result
- HTTP 200 · application/json · 130 bytes
- Response time
- 266 ms (median of 3) · fastest 262 ms
- Transport
- TLSv1.3 · TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 · certificate issued by Let's Encrypt
- Browser CORS
- Allowed — Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
- Recorded
- 2026-08-10
Fields Returned
Top-level fields present in the response we captured, with the type and value we actually received.
| Field | Type | Value received |
|---|---|---|
| name | string | aruba |
| category | string | flags |
| group | string | flags |
| htmlCode | array | [1 item] |
| unicode | array | [1 item] |
Captured Response
Captured from a real request to https://emojihub.yurace.pro/api/random on 2026-08-10. Long arrays and nested objects are truncated to keep the shape readable.
{
"name": "aruba",
"category": "flags",
"group": "flags",
"htmlCode": [
"🇦"
],
"unicode": [
"U+1F1E6"
]
} Field Reference
name Official Unicode name of the emoji in lowercase category Broad category such as food-and-drink or travel-and-places group Sub-group within the category, e.g., food-fruit htmlCode HTML entity code(s) to render the emoji directly in HTML unicode Raw Unicode codepoint string(s) such as U+1F600 Implementation Example
Calls a real endpoint of this API. Replace any placeholder credentials with your own key.
const url = "https://emojihub.yurace.pro/api/random";
const response = await fetch(url);
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data); What Can You Build?
Note: These code examples are AI-generated and unverified. Always refer to the official API documentation for accurate usage.
How This API Fails
We deliberately sent this API a broken request and recorded exactly what came back on 2026-08-10. Knowing the shape of an error before you hit it makes error handling much easier to write.
404 page not found
Common Errors & Troubleshooting
Generated guidance based on this API's documentation, not observed by us. Treat it as a starting point and check against the provider's own error reference.
Measured Score Breakdown
Live HTTP request to the API endpoint
Fully tested on Aug 10, 2026
Technical Specifications
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