Random Quotes

Get random inspirational quotes from famous people, thinkers, and leaders. Perfect for daily motivation, content generation, or adding wisdom to your applications.

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Overview

Use Cases

Daily motivation apps and widgets
Social media content generation
Quote of the day features
Inspirational dashboards
Content placeholders for design

Features

Curated collection of inspirational quotes

Includes author attribution

Fast response times

No parameters required

API Endpoints

Get Random Quote

Returns a random inspirational quote with author attribution

GET

https://api.requiems.xyz/v1/text/quotes/random

Try it out

Live Demo

Request

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
id	`integer`	Unique identifier for the quote
text	`string`	The quote text
author	`string`	Name of the person who said or wrote the quote

Code Examples

curl https://api.requiems.xyz/v1/text/quotes/random \
  -H "requiems-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

url = "https://api.requiems.xyz/v1/text/quotes/random"
headers = {"requiems-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
quote = response.json()['data']
print(f"{quote['text']} - {quote['author']}")

const response = await fetch('https://api.requiems.xyz/v1/text/quotes/random', {
  headers: {
    'requiems-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'
  }
});

const { data } = await response.json();
console.log(`${data.text} - ${data.author}`);

require 'net/http'
require 'json'

uri = URI('https://api.requiems.xyz/v1/text/quotes/random')
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
request['requiems-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY'

response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true) do |http|
  http.request(request)
end

data = JSON.parse(response.body)['data']
puts "#{data['text']} - #{data['author']}"

Error Responses

503

service_unavailable

No quotes available in the database

No results found