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GET /v1/dog/image

Random dog photo(s), optionally by breed

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Custom headers (optional)
api.oanor.com/animals-api

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/animals-api/v1/dog/image" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/animals-api/v1/dog/image", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/animals-api/v1/dog/image");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/animals-api/v1/dog/image",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "breed": "hound",
        "count": 3,
        "images": [
            "https://images.dog.ceo/breeds/hound-afghan/n02088094_4230.jpg",
            "https://images.dog.ceo/breeds/hound-afghan/n02088094_7683.jpg",
            "https://images.dog.ceo/breeds/hound-walker/n02089867_1599.jpg"
        ]
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-06-01T00:04:41.192Z",
        "request_id": "0dc92b69-4b46-43cd-b39d-149bdee3e642"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "Dog image retrieved",
    "success": true
}