The Quotes API provides a nearly endless amount of quotes from famous people throughout history.
HTTP GETReturns one (or more) random quotes.
category (optional) - category to limit results to. Possible values are:
agealoneamazingangerarchitectureartattitudebeautybestbirthdaybusinesscarchangecommunicationscomputerscoolcouragedaddatingdeathdesigndreamseducationenvironmentalequalityexperiencefailurefaithfamilyfamousfearfitnessfoodforgivenessfreedomfriendshipfunnyfuturegodgoodgovernmentgraduationgreathappinesshealthhistoryhomehopehumorimaginationinspirationalintelligencejealousyknowledgeleadershiplearninglegallifelovemarriagemedicalmenmommoneymorningmoviessuccesslimit (optional) - How many results to return. Must be between 1 and 10. Default is 1.
X-Api-Key (required) - API Key associated with your account.
Live Demo!
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/quotes?category=[
{
"quote": "The will of man is his happiness.",
"author": "Friedrich Schiller",
"category": "happiness"
}
]import requests
category = 'happiness'
api_url = 'https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/quotes?category={}'.format(category)
response = requests.get(api_url, headers={'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'})
if response.status_code == requests.codes.ok:
print(response.text)
else:
print("Error:", response.status_code, response.text)var category = 'happiness'
$.ajax({
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/quotes?category=' + category,
headers: { 'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'},
contentType: 'application/json',
success: function(result) {
console.log(result);
},
error: function ajaxError(jqXHR) {
console.error('Error: ', jqXHR.responseText);
}
});const request = require('request');
var category = 'happiness';
request.get({
url: 'https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/quotes?category=' + category,
headers: {
'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'
},
}, function(error, response, body) {
if(error) return console.error('Request failed:', error);
else if(response.statusCode != 200) return console.error('Error:', response.statusCode, body.toString('utf8'));
else console.log(body)
});import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
URL url = new URL("https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/quotes?category=happiness");
HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
connection.setRequestProperty("accept", "application/json");
InputStream responseStream = connection.getInputStream();
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
JsonNode root = mapper.readTree(responseStream);
System.out.println(root.path("fact").asText());let category = "happiness".addingPercentEncoding(withAllowedCharacters: .urlQueryAllowed)
let url = URL(string: "https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/quotes?category="+category!)!
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.setValue("YOUR_API_KEY", forHTTPHeaderField: "X-Api-Key")
let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) {(data, response, error) in
guard let data = data else { return }
print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!)
}
task.resume()