Is the free random cat API still working?

[thecodester]

I can make a call:

https://cat-fact.herokuapp.com/facts/random?animal_type=cat

But I only get header info:

{"status":{"verified":null,"sentCount":0},"_id":"626c1aa341f4aa428ac1a63d","user":"6262fc13f782346dbf6643ac","text":"^^^^.","type":"cat","deleted":false,"createdAt":"2022-04-29T17:04:35.486Z","updatedAt":"2022-04-29T17:04:35.486Z","__v":0}

[alexwohlbruck]

Funny thing, I didn't know how much this service was going to blow up at the time. There are not restrictions on the facts that can be submitted, so I end up with a lot of garbage ones. The fact there is actually in the "text" field in the json response.

I will clear out the bad facts in the db and close the route for posting new ones until I one day figure out how to do better quality control.

[thecodester]

Yes, it is a beautiful simple and fun free API. I didn't realize the API was working and I was getting back a fact ... anyway, thanks for all your hard work :-)

[Latte-X-sh]

I don't know if this should be here but the service is down! @alexwohlbruck my app crashed.

[alexwohlbruck]

Something had caused a server crash. Restarted it, but the log history won't go far enough to see what happened. Sorry about that!

[Artsia]

Server is still down.