Nekos.best API

Base URL

https://nekos.best/api/v2

Authentication

No API key required.

Rate limit

No published hard limit; fair use expected.

Pricing

Free.

CORS

Not enabled — call it from your server

Official docs

Read the docs

Every request below was executed against the live API on 20 Aug 2026, and the response shown is the real body it returned — not an illustration.

curl 'https://nekos.best/api/v2/neko'

const res = await fetch("https://nekos.best/api/v2/neko");
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${res.status}`);
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

res = requests.get("https://nekos.best/api/v2/neko", timeout=20)
res.raise_for_status()
print(res.json())

{
  "results": [
    {
      "artist_name": "Nyam",
      "artist_href": "https://twitter.com/adelie_cat",
      "source_url": "https://twitter.com/adelie_cat/status/1881649330370793775",
      "url": "https://nekos.best/api/v2/neko/01566889-ab90-4805-a6a5-041b6f68714f.png",
      "dimensions": {
        "width": 1100,
        "height": 1500
      }
    }
  ]
}

resultsarray

The returned images or GIFs.

results[].urlstring

Direct image or GIF URL.

results[].artist_namestring

Artist name — display it.

results[].artist_hrefstring

Link to the artist's page.

results[].source_urlstring

Original source of the artwork.

results[].anime_namestring

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