GET /random

poetrydb.org:poetrydb-api

Summary: Get a random poem
Operation ID: getRandomPoem
Auth: unknown
Description

Returns a random poem from the database.

Examples (4)

TitleTypeURLAction
Get a random poem doc_extracted https://poetrydb.org/random
Get a single random poem curl https://poetrydb.org/random
Get 3 random poems curl https://poetrydb.org/random/3
Get random poem as text curl https://poetrydb.org/random.text

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 10:26:10.582721 200 1334ms
2026-03-23 10:19:43.207371 200 3578ms
2026-03-23 09:22:54.580934 200 571ms
2026-03-23 09:13:25.198397 200 476ms

Response Changes

WhenOldNew
2026-03-23 09:22:54.580934 be3e895deaeb 677b4f208376
2026-03-23 10:19:43.207371 677b4f208376 6cc0b8f5c5ea
2026-03-23 10:26:10.582721 6cc0b8f5c5ea 69ebd83b8386