ballerinax/giphy Ballerina library

Overview

This is a generated connector for Giphy API v1 OpenAPI Specification.

Giphy API provides the capability to access GIFs and stickers.

Prerequisites

Before using this connector in your Ballerina application, complete the following:

• Create a Giphy account
• Obtain tokens - Follow this guide

Quickstart

To use the Giphy connector in your Ballerina application, update the .bal file as follows:

Step 1: Import connector

First, import the ballerinax/giphy module into the Ballerina project.

import ballerinax/giphy;

Step 2: Create a new connector instance

Create a giphy:ApiKeysConfig with the tokens obtained, and initialize the connector with it.

giphy:ApiKeysConfig configuration = <API_KEY_PAIR>

giphy:Client giphyClient = check new(configuration);

Step 3: Invoke connector operation

1. Now you can use the operations available within the connector. Note that they are in the form of remote operations.
   Following is an example on how to get a random GIF using the connector.

   public function main() returns error? {
       giphy:Response entity = check giphyClient->randomGif();
   }

2. Use bal run command to compile and run the Ballerina program.