Giphy API

{
  "service_type": "platform",
  "base_url": "https://api.giphy.com",
  "auth_method": "api_key",
  "auth_config": {
    "api_key_query_param": "api_key",
    "api_key_header": "x-api-key",
    "signup_url": "https://developers.giphy.com/dashboard/"
  },
  "endpoints": [
    {
      "name": "Search",
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/v1/gifs/search",
      "description": "Search all GIPHY GIFs for a word or phrase"
    },
    {
      "name": "Trending",
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/v1/gifs/trending",
      "description": "Fetch currently trending GIFs"
    },
    {
      "name": "Translate",
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/v1/gifs/translate",
      "description": "Convert a word or phrase into the most relevant GIF"
    },
    {
      "name": "Random",
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/v1/gifs/random",
      "description": "Return a random GIF"
    },
    {
      "name": "Get GIF by ID",
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/v1/gifs/{gif_id}",
      "description": "Fetch a single GIF by its GIPHY ID"
    },
    {
      "name": "Get GIFs by IDs",
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/v1/gifs",
      "description": "Fetch multiple GIFs by comma-separated IDs"
    },
    {
      "name": "Stickers Search",
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/v1/stickers/search",
      "description": "Search GIPHY stickers"
    },
    {
      "name": "Stickers Trending",
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/v1/stickers/trending",
      "description": "Fetch trending stickers"
    },
    {
      "name": "Stickers Translate",
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/v1/stickers/translate",
      "description": "Translate text into a sticker"
    },
    {
      "name": "Emoji",
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/v1/emoji",
      "description": "Fetch GIPHY emoji content"
    },
    {
      "name": "Autocomplete",
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/v1/gifs/search/tags",
      "description": "Autocomplete search terms"
    },
    {
      "name": "Categories",
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/v1/gifs/categories",
      "description": "List GIF categories"
    },
    {
      "name": "Upload",
      "method": "POST",
      "path": "/v1/gifs",
      "description": "Upload a GIF or video to GIPHY"
    }
  ],
  "pricing_model": {
    "type": "freemium",
    "details": {
      "free_tier": "Public beta API keys with rate limits, suitable for development and low-volume production",
      "paid_tier": "Production API keys for higher rate limits, commercial use, and SLA — contact GIPHY for pricing",
      "attribution_required": true,
      "notes": "Free keys include GIPHY branding requirement and may have lower rate limits. Production keys are required for large-scale commercial apps."
    }
  },
  "rate_limits": {
    "default": "Rate limits vary by API key type. Free/beta keys and production keys have different quotas; exact limits are not publicly published and are enforced per key.",
    "recommendation": "Cache responses and implement exponential backoff on 429 responses."
  },
  "capabilities": [
    "GIF search by keyword",
    "Trending GIFs and stickers discovery",
    "Text-to-GIF translation (phrase to best-match GIF)",
    "Random GIF retrieval",
    "Sticker and emoji content",
    "Autocomplete and tag suggestions",
    "Content upload and hosting",
    "Category browsing",
    "Multiple SDKs and integrations (web, iOS, Android, Slack, etc.)",
    "Rendering via embeddable URLs and iframe embeds",
    "Analytics and content moderation tooling for partners"
  ],
  "raw_analysis": "Giphy is a platform for searching, sharing, and creating GIFs, stickers, and short looping videos, primarily used to add animated visual expression to messaging, social media, and apps. The Giphy API (base: https://api.giphy.com) is a mature, well-documented REST interface using a simple API key passed as the api_key query parameter or x-api-key header, obtained from the Giphy developer dashboard. Endpoints cover search, trending, translate, random, by-ID retrieval, stickers, emoji, autocomplete, categories, and an upload endpoint to publish content to Giphy. Responses are JSON with rich media metadata (original and variously sized renditions, MP4/WebP formats, dimensions, ratings, source, etc.). The platform is mature and widely integrated: official SDKs and plugins exist for web (React, JS), iOS, Android, Unity, Slack, Discord, Twitch, and many social and productivity apps, along with embeddable iframe/GIF URLs and attribution requirements. Pricing is freemium: free/beta API keys enable development and limited production use, while production keys (higher rate limits, commercial usage, SLA, moderation tooling) require an application/contact with Giphy. Rate limits are not publicly quantified and differ by key tier; 429 responses should be expected and handled with backoff and caching. Primary audiences are developers building chat, social, marketing, and content apps that want animated media search, as w

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{
  "overall": 72,
  "dimensions": {
    "token_efficiency": 9.0,
    "first_try_success": 7.5,
    "response_parseability": 8.5,
    "error_clarity": 7.0,
    "doc_quality": 8.5,
    "auth_simplicity": 6.0,
    "latency": 9.5,
    "consistency": 8.0
  },
  "pricing_normalized": {
    "free_tier": "public beta API keys with rate limits, attribution required",
    "paid_tier": "production keys for higher rate limits, commercial use, SLA — contact sales",
    "model": "freemium"
  },
  "issues": [
    "No llms.txt or robots.txt (both 404) — agents have no machine-readable guidance for crawling or LLM-agent discovery",
    "API returns 401 on root without helpful onboarding redirect or discovery doc",
    "Production pricing is opaque ('contact GIPHY'), hindering cost planning for agent-recommended deployments",
    "Attribution and branding requirements add implementation overhead for small projects"
  ],
  "recommendations": [
    "Publish llms.txt describing API endpoints, auth model, and rate limits for agent discoverability",
    "Expose a machine-readable pricing page or tier table so agents can present concrete costs",
    "Return richer error payloads (docs links, signup links) on 401 instead of bare 'Unauthorized'",
    "Provide magic-link or dashboardless key issuance to reduce onboarding friction",
    "Maintain a public status page/uptime feed to strengthen consistency signals"
  ]
}