Quotable API

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Random inspirational and historical quotes. 5,000+ quotes with author, tags, and attribution. No API key required.

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

GET Get random quote

Get a random quote.

https://api.quotable.io/random

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curl -X GET "https://api.quotable.io/random"

import requests
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.quotable.io/random",
)
print(response.json())

const url = 'https://api.quotable.io/random';

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	targetURL := "https://api.quotable.io/random"
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.quotable.io/random")

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.quotable.io/random";
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET Filter by tag

Get a random technology quote of at least 50 characters.

https://api.quotable.io/random?tags=technology&minLength=50

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curl -X GET "https://api.quotable.io/random?tags=technology&minLength=50"

import requests
params = {
    "tags": "technology",
    "minLength": "50"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.quotable.io/random",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.quotable.io/random');
url.searchParams.set('tags', 'technology');
url.searchParams.set('minLength', '50');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.quotable.io/random")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("tags", "technology")
	q.Set("minLength", "50")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.quotable.io/random")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "tags" => "technology",
  "minLength" => "50"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.quotable.io/random?" . http_build_query([
    "tags" => "technology",
    "minLength" => "50"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

Postman Setup Guide

Get Postman ↗

No API key needed
GET https://api.quotable.io/random
Filter by tag: ?tags=wisdom,inspirational
Search quotes: GET /search/quotes?query=success
List authors: GET /authors?sortBy=quoteCount&order=desc

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