Trivia API

Name: Trivia API API
Brand: Trivia API
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For Agents

Retrieve random trivia, search the trivia catalogue by keyword, list categories, and manage individual trivia records.

Connect the Trivia API to your agent

Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the Trivia API, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.

Install Jentic One Beta (Self-Hosted)

Jentic One Host machine

# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh

Agent machine

# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh
jentic register       # connects your agent to your Jentic One instance

Jentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.

Capabilities

What an agent can do with Trivia API API.

Retrieve a random trivia item for daily widgets and quiz apps

Search the trivia catalogue by keyword for topical content

List all supported trivia categories for selection menus

Fetch a specific trivia record by its identifier

GET STARTED

Start building with Trivia API API

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View OpenAPI Document

The Trivia API serves random trivia drawn from thousands of categories, with endpoints for random retrieval, keyword search, and category listing alongside record-level GET, PUT, and DELETE operations. The API powers quiz apps, daily content widgets, classroom warmups, voice assistant briefings, and chatbot small talk. Responses are short JSON objects with the trivia text and category metadata, suitable for direct rendering in a UI or for inclusion in agent tool outputs.

Use Cases

Patterns agents use Trivia API API for, with concrete tasks.

★ Quiz Apps and Daily Trivia Widgets

Quiz applications and content sites use the Trivia API as their content backend. The random endpoint supplies a fresh item per call, the categories endpoint populates topic selectors, and the search endpoint finds trivia about a specific subject. Caching the categories list keeps overhead low while runtime calls stay focused on retrieval.

On widget load, call GET /trivia/random and render the returned item; cache categories from GET /trivia/categories on app startup.

Classroom Warmups and Educational Tools

Teachers use trivia to warm up classes or fill transition time. The keyword search endpoint lets a teacher pick trivia that matches the lesson topic, and the random endpoint supplies an open-ended item when speed matters. The category list helps build subject-aligned lessons.

Call GET /trivia/search with q=biology to fetch three on-topic items for the start of a class.

Voice Assistants and Chatbot Small Talk

Voice assistants and chatbots fill conversational gaps with trivia. The random and search endpoints let the bot answer 'tell me something interesting' or 'tell me a fact about X' without writing custom content. The category list lets the bot offer the user a choice before retrieving.

On the 'tell me trivia about space' intent, call GET /trivia/search with q=space and read the first result aloud.

AI Agent Trivia Tool

Wire the Trivia API into Jentic so any agent can fetch trivia on demand or search for items on a chosen topic. Through Jentic the agent searches by intent, the API key stays vaulted, and the agent receives the trivia JSON to use in its reply or downstream content workflow.

Use Jentic to search 'get a random trivia item', load GET /trivia/random, and execute it to surface the item in chat.

Key Endpoints

6 endpoints — the trivia api serves random trivia drawn from thousands of categories, with endpoints for random retrieval, keyword search, and category listing alongside record-level get, put, and delete operations.

METHOD

PATH

DESCRIPTION

GET

/trivia/random

Retrieve a random trivia item

GET

/trivia/search

Search trivia by keyword

GET

/trivia/categories

List trivia categories

GET

/trivia

Get a trivia item by id

PUT

/trivia

Update a trivia item

DELETE

/trivia

Delete a trivia item

GET

/trivia/random

Retrieve a random trivia item

GET

/trivia/search

Search trivia by keyword

GET

/trivia/categories

List trivia categories

GET

/trivia

Get a trivia item by id

PUT

/trivia

Update a trivia item

DELETE

Why though Jentic?

Three things that make agents converge on Jentic-routed access.

Credential isolation

The X-Fungenerators-Api-Secret API key is held encrypted in the Jentic vault. Agents trigger trivia operations through Jentic and the key is added to the request server-side, never in the agent's prompt.

Intent-based discovery

Agents search Jentic for intents like 'get a random trivia item' or 'search trivia by keyword' and receive the matching operation along with its parameter schema, ready to execute.

Time to first call

Direct Fungenerators integration: a couple of hours for header auth, parameter handling, and category caching. Through Jentic: under 15 minutes to first successful call.

Related APIs

Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.

Alternative

Random Riddles API

Same vendor; riddle-style puzzles instead of factual trivia

Choose Riddles when the use case wants wordplay puzzles rather than factual quiz items.

Alternative

Facts API

Same vendor; declarative facts and on-this-day events instead of quiz items

Pick Facts when the use case prefers standalone declarative facts over quiz-style trivia.

Complementary

Name Generation API

Same vendor; supplies themed names alongside trivia for richer content surfaces

Use Namegen alongside Trivia when building character profiles that need both a themed name and a context fact.

FAQs

Specific to using Trivia API API through Jentic.

What authentication does the Trivia API use?

It uses an API key supplied in the X-Fungenerators-Api-Secret request header. Through Jentic the key is stored encrypted in the vault and attached to outbound calls, never in the agent's prompt.

Can I search trivia by topic with this API?

Yes. Call GET /trivia/search with the q query parameter set to the keyword. The response is a list of trivia items whose text matches the keyword.

What are the rate limits for the Trivia API?

The OpenAPI spec does not declare explicit rate limits. Fungenerators applies plan-based quotas listed on the subscription page at fungenerators.com, so consult the plan you signed up for.

How do I get a random trivia item through Jentic?

Search 'get a random trivia item' via the Jentic SDK or MCP server, load GET /trivia/random, and execute it. Install with pip install jentic and authenticate using your ak_* key.

Can I update or delete trivia records via the API?

Yes. The spec exposes PUT /trivia for updates and DELETE /trivia for removal. Write access depends on your subscription tier; check the Fungenerators dashboard to confirm your key has write permissions.

How do I list all supported trivia categories?

Call GET /trivia/categories. The response is the full list of category keys, which you can cache and present in a topic selector.