Charades Generator API

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Supply curated charades prompts across movies, books, and actions.

Charades Generator provides random words from curated categories perfect for playing the classic charades acting game.

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Request

GETapi.apiverve.com/v1/charades

Verification

Format

No key required to try it. Get a key to use it in your app.

Example

{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "word": "Selena",
    "category": "movies"
  }
}

About the Charades Generator API

Supports category-specific word generation or random selection across all categories for dynamic party game entertainment.

What people use it for

Party Games: Generate charades words for party game applications and entertainment
Game Apps: Power mobile and web-based charades gaming experiences
Team Building: Create team-building activities with random charades prompts
Educational Games: Generate acting prompts for drama classes and educational activities

Ways to call it

One endpoint, many ways in — REST with JSON, XML, YAML and CSV, plus GraphQL and an MCP interface for AI agents.

JSON: Default REST response
XML: Markup format
YAML: Human-readable
CSV: Tabular export
GraphQL: Query language
MCP: For AI agents

View all integrations →

Other ways to use Charades Generator

Same data, same APIVerve account, same credit balance — one key works on all of them.

Give it to an AI agentConnect over MCP and your agent calls it as a native tool — Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT.on VerveKit

Questions.

Common questions about the Charades Generator API.

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Which categories can I draw charades prompts from?

On paid plans, you can request words from movies, books, songs, actions, animals, or objects. You can also pass all to draw words at random across every available category.

Can I filter prompts by category on the Free plan?

Selecting a specific category requires a paid plan like Starter. On the Free plan, calls return words chosen randomly across all categories without category filtering.

Does the response include the category name alongside the prompt?

Yes, every response returns both the prompt word and its category label. This lets you show players the topic or theme even when words are pulled at random across all categories.

Does each call generate one word or a list of prompts?

Each call returns a single prompt. If your game displays multiple choices for a player or needs a batch of cards for a round, make a separate call for each word.

How far does the Starter plan go for charades prompts?

At 1 credit per call, the Starter plan covers 200,000 charades prompts each month. That works out to about $0.15 per 1,000 prompts. If you only need a few words during development, the Free plan includes 200 prompts every month.

Request parameters — GET /v1/charades

Sent in the query string. Premium parameters are accepted on every plan but only take effect on plans that include them. Anything not listed here is dropped rather than passed through.

Optional

Parameter	Type	Example	Description
`category`OptionalPremium	string	`movies`	Category: all, movies, books, songs, actions, animals, objects `allmoviesbookssongsactionsanimalsobjects` default all

Example request

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curl "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/charades?category=movies" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Authentication

Send your key in the x-api-key header. That is the only auth step — no token exchange, and no per-endpoint scope to configure.

Header	When	Value
`x-api-key`Required	Every request	Your API key. Header names are case-insensitive, so `X-API-Key` is the same header.
`Authorization`Alternate	Instead of the above	`Bearer <key>` — for clients that only expose bearer auth. Resolves to the same account and the same billing.

401 is the only auth verdict

A 401 means the key is missing, invalid or expired. A 403 means the key is valid but not permitted here — blocked by a key restriction or an IP allow-list. Running out of credits is a 429.

Response — GET /v1/charades

Every APIVerve endpoint returns the same three top-level keys, so one response handler covers your whole integration: status, error and data. Only data changes shape.

Sample response

{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "word": "Selena",
    "category": "movies"
  }
}

Response fields

Paths are relative to data. Premium fields are absent rather than zeroed on plans that do not include them, so check for presence instead of comparing to 0.

Field	Type	Example	Description
`word`	string	`"Selena"`	Random charades word selected from the specified category
`category`	string	`"movies"`	Category classification of the generated charades word

Response headers

Every response carries your balance, so your own code always knows where it stands without polling anything. All four are exposed to browsers through CORS.

Header	What it carries
`x-api-remaining-credits`	Credits left in the current cycle
`x-api-credits-used`	Credits spent in the current cycle
`x-api-max-credits`	The allowance for the cycle
`x-api-version`	Version of the endpoint that answered

Errors

Read the HTTP status first, then error for the specific reason. The body names the parameter that has to change.

Status	Meaning	What to do
`400`	Input was rejected	Read `error`; it names the parameter that has to change.
`401`	Key missing or invalid	Check the header name and the key value.
`403`	Key valid, but not permitted here	A key restriction or an IP allow-list — never a bad key.
`429`	Rate limited, or out of credits	Read `error` to tell them apart, then back off or top up.

What a call costs — 1 credits per call

Credits are shared across every APIVerve API — one balance, one key, one bill. Failed requests never count against it, so a rejected input costs nothing.

Plan	Per month	Credits	Charades Generator calls	Per 1,000 calls
Free	Free	200	200	Free
Starter	$29.99	200,000	200,000	$0.15
Pro	$99.99	1,000,000	1,000,000	$0.10
Mega	$299.99	4,000,000	4,000,000	$0.07

Calls are what the credits buy at this API's rate — spend them here, on any of the other APIs, or across both. Nothing is reserved per endpoint.

Compare all pricing tiers →

Call it from cURL — GET /v1/charades

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/charades with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.

cURL

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curl "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/charades" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Resources

GitHubapiverve/charades-apiSource, issues and the examples this page is built from.ReferenceCharades Generator API docsEvery parameter, every response field, and the errors.ParametersWhat this call acceptsRequired and optional inputs, with example values.

Also published for

@apiverve/charadesnpm APIVerve.API.CharadesGeneratorNuGet

Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.

Call it from Node.js — GET /v1/charades

Install the Node.js SDK, then call the Charades Generator API with your key. The client wraps the same HTTPS request, so anything it returns is what the endpoint returns.

Install — npm

npm install @apiverve/charades

Node.js

const res = await fetch("https://api.apiverve.com/v1/charades", {
  headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
});
const { data } = await res.json();
console.log(data);

Resources

npm@apiverve/charadesThe published Node.js client, versioned and signed.GitHubapiverve/charades-apiSource, issues and the examples this page is built from.ReferenceCharades Generator API docsEvery parameter, every response field, and the errors.ParametersWhat this call acceptsRequired and optional inputs, with example values.

Also published for

APIVerve.API.CharadesGeneratorNuGet

Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.

Call it from Python — GET /v1/charades

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/charades with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.

Python

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/charades",
    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
print(res.json()["data"])

Resources

Also published for

@apiverve/charadesnpm APIVerve.API.CharadesGeneratorNuGet

Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.

Call it from C# / .NET — GET /v1/charades

Install the C# / .NET SDK, then call the Charades Generator API with your key. The client wraps the same HTTPS request, so anything it returns is what the endpoint returns.

Install — NuGet

dotnet add package APIVerve.API.CharadesGenerator

C# / .NET

using var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY");

var json = await client.GetStringAsync("https://api.apiverve.com/v1/charades");
Console.WriteLine(json);

Resources

NuGetAPIVerve.API.CharadesGeneratorThe published C# / .NET client, versioned and signed.GitHubapiverve/charades-apiSource, issues and the examples this page is built from.ReferenceCharades Generator API docsEvery parameter, every response field, and the errors.ParametersWhat this call acceptsRequired and optional inputs, with example values.

Also published for

@apiverve/charadesnpm

Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.

Call it from Go — GET /v1/charades

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/charades with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.

req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/charades", nil)
req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))

Resources

Also published for

@apiverve/charadesnpm APIVerve.API.CharadesGeneratorNuGet

Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.

Call it from PHP — GET /v1/charades

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/charades with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.

PHP

$ch = curl_init("https://api.apiverve.com/v1/charades");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
echo $response;

Resources

Also published for

@apiverve/charadesnpm APIVerve.API.CharadesGeneratorNuGet

Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.

Call it from Ruby — GET /v1/charades

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/charades with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.

Ruby

require "net/http"

uri = URI("https://api.apiverve.com/v1/charades")
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
req["x-api-key"] = "YOUR_API_KEY"

res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |h| h.request(req) }
puts res.body

Resources

Also published for

@apiverve/charadesnpm APIVerve.API.CharadesGeneratorNuGet

Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.

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Charades Generator API

Try it — live request, no key required

About the Charades Generator API

What people use it for

Ways to call it

Other ways to use Charades Generator

Questions.

Request parameters — GET /v1/charades

Optional

Authentication

Response — GET /v1/charades

Response fields

Response headers

Errors

What a call costs — 1 credits per call

Call it from cURL — GET /v1/charades

Resources

Also published for

Call it from Node.js — GET /v1/charades

Resources

Also published for

Call it from Python — GET /v1/charades

Resources

Also published for

Call it from C# / .NET — GET /v1/charades

Resources

Also published for

Call it from Go — GET /v1/charades

Resources

Also published for

Call it from PHP — GET /v1/charades

Resources

Also published for

Call it from Ruby — GET /v1/charades

Resources

Also published for

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