Giphy API Integrations
Build and run workflows using the Giphy API. Use 1000s of source-available triggers and actions across 2,000+ apps. Or write custom code to integrate any app or API in seconds.
Overview#
The Giphy API provides programmatic access to Giphy's vast library of animated GIFs, allowing you to search, share, and explore this rich visual content. Leveraging Pipedream, you can harness the power of Giphy to add engaging visuals to your applications, automate the delivery of GIFs in response to events, or enrich your social media interactions with dynamic imagery. It opens up fun and expressive ways to inject personality into chatbots, forums, or any platform that could use a splash of animated flair.
import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
props: {
giphy: {
type: "app",
app: "giphy",
}
},
async run({steps, $}) {
return await axios($, {
url: `api.giphy.com/v1/gifs/random`,
params: {
api_key: `${this.giphy.$auth.api_key}`,
},
})
},
})
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Example Use Cases#
Automated Social Media Responses: Set up a workflow on Pipedream that listens for specific keywords on Twitter using the Twitter app. When a tweet with a certain hashtag appears, trigger the Giphy API to find a related GIF and post it as a response, adding a visual punch to your social media engagement.
Dynamic Email Marketing Content: Integrate Giphy with an email platform like SendGrid on Pipedream. Automate the inclusion of trending GIFs in your marketing emails by pulling the latest popular GIFs from Giphy and embedding them in your email campaigns, ensuring your content is fresh and eye-catching.
Enhanced Chatbot Interactions: Use Pipedream to connect the Giphy API with a chat application like Slack. Create a bot that serves up a relevant GIF when certain phrases or commands are entered in the chat. This adds an element of surprise and delight, making interactions with the chatbot more engaging and entertaining.
Popular Giphy Actions#
Searches all GIPHY gifs or stickers for a word or phrase. See the docs here.
Translates or convert a word or phrase to the perfect Gif or Sticker using GIPHY's special sauce algorithm. See the docs here.
Uploads a Gif or video file up to 100MB programmatically on GIPHY.com See the docs here.
Authentication#
Giphy uses API keys for authentication. When you connect your Giphy account, Pipedream securely stores the keys so you can easily authenticate to Giphy APIs in both code and no-code steps.
Get an API Key via the developers dashboard.