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Documentation: xkcd.com ยท Checked Sep 13, 2026

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XKCD's official JSON feed lets you pull any of Randall Munroe's stick-figure comics by number, or grab the latest one. Each response includes the title, image URL, and the famous hover-over alt text. Free, no key.

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Verified: 2026-09-13

Best for: comics humor widgets

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Setup

  1. Read the short doc at https://xkcd.com/json.html.
  2. Open https://xkcd.com/info.0.json for the latest comic.
  3. Swap in a number for a classic: https://xkcd.com/614/info.0.json.
  4. Use the 'img' URL to display the comic and 'alt' for the hover text.
  5. No key needed.
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