Magic 8-Ball API

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Request

GETapi.apiverve.com/v1/magic8ball

Verification

Format

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

Example

{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "question": "Will it rain today?",
    "answer": "Signs point to yes",
    "type": "affirmative",
    "certainty": "medium",
    "shake_count": 3,
    "timestamp": "2025-12-16T22:25:52.008Z"
  }
}

About the Magic 8-Ball API

Magic 8-Ball works by randomly selecting from the 20 classic Magic 8-Ball responses, providing both the answer and metadata about its type and certainty level. Perfect for fun decision-making and entertainment applications.

What people use it for

Entertainment Apps: Add fun decision-making features to apps and games with classic Magic 8-Ball responses
Chatbots: Integrate playful response generation in chatbots and conversational interfaces
Party Games: Create interactive party games and decision-making tools for social gatherings
Random Choice: Provide lighthearted random answers for trivial decisions and entertainment

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 Magic 8-Ball

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 Magic 8-Ball API.

Read the docs →

Does it include all 20 classic Magic 8-Ball responses?

Yes. Every request randomly selects from the standard 20 responses, spanning the classic affirmative, negative, and non-committal fortunes from the original toy.

Do users have to submit a question to get a response?

No, the question parameter is completely optional. If you send a request without a question, the endpoint still generates a random prediction alongside a shake count and timestamp.

Are the response category and certainty level included on the Free plan?

No. The response category and certainty level are premium fields available only on paid plans. Starter and higher unlock these classifications, while the Free plan delivers the answer text, shake count, and timestamp.

Is it cheap enough to shake the ball for every user message?

Yes. Each call consumes 2 credits, which works out to about $0.0003 per call or $0.30 per 1,000 calls on the Starter plan. Starter covers 100,000 calls every month, and the Free plan includes 100 calls for testing.

What metadata comes back with each answer?

Beyond the prediction text, each call returns an ISO 8601 timestamp and a shake count. On paid plans, you also receive the response type categorized as affirmative, negative, or non-committal along with a certainty rating.

Request parameters — GET /v1/magic8ball

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
`question`Optional	string	`Will it rain today?`	Your question for the Magic 8-Ball (optional) length 0-500

Example request

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curl "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/magic8ball?question=Will%20it%20rain%20today%3F" \
  -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/magic8ball

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": {
    "question": "Will it rain today?",
    "answer": "Signs point to yes",
    "type": "affirmative",
    "certainty": "medium",
    "shake_count": 3,
    "timestamp": "2025-12-16T22:25:52.008Z"
  }
}

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
`question`	string	`"Will it rain today?"`	The question asked to the Magic 8-Ball
`answer`	string	`"Signs point to yes"`	The Magic 8-Ball response prediction
`type`Premium	string	`"affirmative"`	Category of response: affirmative, negative, or non-committal
`certainty`Premium	string	`"medium"`	Certainty level of the prediction response
`shake_count`	number	`3`	Number of times the Magic 8-Ball was shaken
`timestamp`	string	`"2025-12-16T22:25:52.008Z"`	ISO 8601 timestamp when prediction was generated

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 — 2 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	Magic 8-Ball calls	Per 1,000 calls
Free	Free	200	100	Free
Starter	$29.99	200,000	100,000	$0.30
Pro	$99.99	1,000,000	500,000	$0.20
Mega	$299.99	4,000,000	2,000,000	$0.15

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/magic8ball

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/magic8ball 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/magic8ball" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Resources

GitHubapiverve/magic8ball-apiSource, issues and the examples this page is built from.ReferenceMagic 8-Ball API docsEvery parameter, every response field, and the errors.ParametersWhat this call acceptsRequired and optional inputs, with example values.

Also published for

@apiverve/magic8ballnpm

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/magic8ball

Install the Node.js SDK, then call the Magic 8-Ball 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/magic8ball

Node.js

const res = await fetch("https://api.apiverve.com/v1/magic8ball", {
  headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
});
const { data } = await res.json();
console.log(data);

Resources

npm@apiverve/magic8ballThe published Node.js client, versioned and signed.GitHubapiverve/magic8ball-apiSource, issues and the examples this page is built from.ReferenceMagic 8-Ball API docsEvery parameter, every response field, and the errors.ParametersWhat this call acceptsRequired and optional inputs, with example values.

Call it from Python — GET /v1/magic8ball

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/magic8ball 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/magic8ball",
    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
print(res.json()["data"])

Resources

GitHubapiverve/magic8ball-apiSource, issues and the examples this page is built from.ReferenceMagic 8-Ball API docsEvery parameter, every response field, and the errors.ParametersWhat this call acceptsRequired and optional inputs, with example values.

Also published for

@apiverve/magic8ballnpm

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/magic8ball

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/magic8ball with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.

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/magic8ball");
Console.WriteLine(json);

Resources

GitHubapiverve/magic8ball-apiSource, issues and the examples this page is built from.ReferenceMagic 8-Ball API docsEvery parameter, every response field, and the errors.ParametersWhat this call acceptsRequired and optional inputs, with example values.

Also published for

@apiverve/magic8ballnpm

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

Call it from Go — GET /v1/magic8ball

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/magic8ball with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.

Go

req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/magic8ball", 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

GitHubapiverve/magic8ball-apiSource, issues and the examples this page is built from.ReferenceMagic 8-Ball API docsEvery parameter, every response field, and the errors.ParametersWhat this call acceptsRequired and optional inputs, with example values.

Also published for

@apiverve/magic8ballnpm

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

Call it from PHP — GET /v1/magic8ball

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/magic8ball with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.

PHP

$ch = curl_init("https://api.apiverve.com/v1/magic8ball");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"]);

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

Resources

GitHubapiverve/magic8ball-apiSource, issues and the examples this page is built from.ReferenceMagic 8-Ball API docsEvery parameter, every response field, and the errors.ParametersWhat this call acceptsRequired and optional inputs, with example values.

Also published for

@apiverve/magic8ballnpm

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

Call it from Ruby — GET /v1/magic8ball

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/magic8ball 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/magic8ball")
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

GitHubapiverve/magic8ball-apiSource, issues and the examples this page is built from.ReferenceMagic 8-Ball API docsEvery parameter, every response field, and the errors.ParametersWhat this call acceptsRequired and optional inputs, with example values.

Also published for

@apiverve/magic8ballnpm

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

Zero-code embed — one snippet, no backend

Drop an interactive Magic 8-Ball form onto any page. The widget calls the API for you, so no key ever appears in your markup and there is nothing to deploy.

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Changelog — Magic 8-Ball API

Every change to this endpoint, newest first. Breaking changes ship as a new version and the previous one keeps serving — response fields are added, never removed or retyped in place, so an integration written against v1 keeps working.

Currently v1

Nothing recorded yet

Entries are picked up from dated catalog snapshots, so the first one appears after the next snapshot that moves something. A period where nothing changed produces no entry — silence is a valid changelog for the Magic 8-Ball API.

Platform changelog →

Try it — live request, no key required

About the Magic 8-Ball API

What people use it for

Ways to call it

Other ways to use Magic 8-Ball

Questions.

Request parameters — GET /v1/magic8ball

Optional

Authentication

Response — GET /v1/magic8ball

Response fields

Response headers

Errors

What a call costs — 2 credits per call

Call it from cURL — GET /v1/magic8ball

Resources

Also published for

Call it from Node.js — GET /v1/magic8ball

Resources

Call it from Python — GET /v1/magic8ball

Resources

Also published for

Call it from C# / .NET — GET /v1/magic8ball

Resources

Also published for

Call it from Go — GET /v1/magic8ball

Resources

Also published for

Call it from PHP — GET /v1/magic8ball

Resources

Also published for

Call it from Ruby — GET /v1/magic8ball

Resources

Also published for

Zero-code embed — one snippet, no backend

Changelog — Magic 8-Ball API

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