Welcome to the icanhazdadjoke gem! This Ruby gem provides a simple interface to fetch jokes from the icanhazdadjoke API, which is a service for getting random dad jokes.

$ icanhazdadjoke | cowsay
 ________________________________________
/ I remember when I was a kid, I opened  \
| my fridge and noticed one of my        |
| vegetables were crying. I guess I have |
\ some emotional cabbage.                /
 ----------------------------------------
        \   ^__^
         \  (oo)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
                ||----w |
                ||     ||

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'icanhazdadjoke'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install icanhazdadjoke

Using the icanhazdadjoke gem is quite straightforward. Here's a quick example:

require 'icanhazdadjoke'

# Fetch a random dad joke
joke = ICanHazDadJoke.fetch_joke
puts joke

You can also use the command line tool to fetch a random dad joke. Here's how:

$ icanhazdadjoke

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run bundle exec rake test to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/webmatze/icanhazdadjoke. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the code of conduct.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Everyone interacting in the ICanHazDadJoke project's codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms, and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.