DAILY

Emoji of the Day API

GET/daily/emoji

Get one emoji shared across the current UTC day.

No signup or API key required.

Parameters

No endpoint-specific parameters. Use format to choose the response representation.

formatenumoptional · query: Response format. Defaults to json.
jsontext

No request body. Unknown or repeated query parameters return HTTP 400.

Returns 200 OK

A JSON object with the following fields.

emojistring: One emoji. May contain multiple Unicode code points, including joined sequences or flags.
datestring: UTC selection date in YYYY-MM-DD format. Cached until midnight UTC; selections can repeat on later dates.

Plain text

With format=text: Only the emoji value, without the JSON wrapper. The date is omitted.

Errors

Validation and service errors always return JSON, including when format=text.

errorstring: A machine-readable error code, such as invalid_parameter or rate_limited.
messagestring: A description of the problem.

400 Invalid parameters.

414 Query string exceeds 2048 characters.

429 Rate limit reached. Wait the seconds in Retry-After before retrying.

Usage notes

Same full Unicode collection as /emoji, without skin-tone modifiers. One selection per UTC day; cached until midnight UTC. Text returns only the emoji.

Give a community page or daily status display a common emoji. Plain text returns only the emoji; JSON also includes the UTC selection date.

Responses are cached until midnight UTC. Selections can repeat on later dates and can change when the content collection is updated. Browser requests are supported through open CORS.

120 requests per minute per IP, with up to 30 per 10 seconds, shared across APIs. Limits are approximate per Cloudflare location. Full usage limits ↗