xkcd-api

An API wrapper and CLI tool to fetch xkcd comics.

$ npx xkcd-api

$ npm install xkcd-api

$ var xkcd = require('xkcd-api');

APIs available

• Get the latest comic
• Get a particular comic
• Get a random comic

CLI equivalent

• Get the latest comic
• Get a particular comic
• Get a random comic

Get the latest comic

xkcd.latest(function(error, response) {
  if (error) {
    console.error(error);
  } else {
    console.log(response);
  }
});

Get a particular comic

xkcd.get('comic-id', function(error, response) {
  if (error) {
    console.error(error);
  } else {
    console.log(response);
  }
});

Get a random comic

xkcd.random(function(error, response) {
  if (error) {
    console.error(error);
  } else {
    console.log(response);
  }
});

CLI Features

Please make sure you've installed the package globally or are running it with npx.

Get the latest comic (CLI)

xkcd-api
xkcd-api -l
xkcd-api --latest

Get a particular comic (CLI)

xkcd-api -n 1714
xkcd-api --number 1714

Get a random comic (CLI)

xkcd-api -r
xkcd-api --random

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Contributors

Štefan Jarina

justchen1369

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Submit issues

You can raise an issue in this repo or mail me at sidhant@hashexclude.com