justmeme.wtf API

Base URL

https://justmeme.wtf/api/v1

Authentication

No key and no account for any read endpoint. The AI generation endpoint is separate and is not covered here.

Rate limit

60 requests per minute per IP, reported in `X-RateLimit-Limit` and `X-RateLimit-Remaining` on every response.

Pricing

Free.

CORS

Enabled — callable directly from browser JavaScript

Official docs

Read the docs

Every request below was executed against the live API on 2026-08-21, and the response shown is the real body it returned — not an illustration.

curl 'https://justmeme.wtf/api/v1/templates?page=1&limit=3'

const res = await fetch("https://justmeme.wtf/api/v1/templates?page=1&limit=3");
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${res.status}`);
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

res = requests.get("https://justmeme.wtf/api/v1/templates?page=1&limit=3", timeout=20)
res.raise_for_status()
print(res.json())

{
  "success": true,
  "templates": [
    {
      "id": "drake-hotline-bling",
      "name": "Drake Hotline Bling",
      "slug": "drake-hotline-bling",
      "url": "https://i.imgflip.com/30b1gx.jpg",
      "categories": [
        "comparison",
        "approval",
        "drake-format",
        "classic",
        "trending"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "distracted-boyfriend",
      "name": "Distracted Boyfriend",
      "slug": "distracted-boyfriend",
      "url": "https://i.imgflip.com/1ur9b0.jpg",
      "categories": [
        "reaction",
        "relationship",
        "classic",
        "trending",
        "label"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "two-buttons",
      "name": "Two Buttons",
      "slug": "two-buttons",
      "url": "https://i.imgflip.com/1g8my4.jpg",
      "categories": [
        "reaction",
        "comparison",
        "label",
        "trending"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "total": 2303,
  "page": 1,
  "limit": 3
}

successboolean

Request-level status flag, mirroring the HTTP status.

templates[].id / slugstring

Slug identifier, the same value in both fields. Use it for `/templates/{id}`.

templates[].namestring

Display name of the template.

templates[].urlstring

Image URL. Frequently an i.imgflip.com address rather than a self-hosted one.

templates[].categoriesarray of strings

Tags such as `reaction`, `comparison`, `classic` or `trending`. This is the field that makes browsing by mood possible.

X-RateLimit-Remaining (header)header

How many of your 60 requests this minute are left. Read it and back off.

• Add a searchable template picker to a meme editor
• Show a trending row that refreshes without you curating it by hand
• Filter templates by category to match a post's tone
• Build a bot that resolves a template by name from a chat command
• Prototype a meme feature before committing to a paid image API