ZenQuotes API

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Inspirational and motivational quotes API. Returns single or multiple quotes in JSON. No API key required for basic use.

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

GET Get random quote

Get a single random inspirational quote.

https://zenquotes.io/api/random

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

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

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

GET Get quote of the day

Get today's quote of the day.

https://zenquotes.io/api/today

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curl -X GET "https://zenquotes.io/api/today"

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

const url = 'https://zenquotes.io/api/today';

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

package main

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

func main() {
	targetURL := "https://zenquotes.io/api/today"
	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://zenquotes.io/api/today")

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://zenquotes.io/api/today";
$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

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No API key needed
Random: GET https://zenquotes.io/api/random
Today: GET https://zenquotes.io/api/today
10 quotes: GET https://zenquotes.io/api/quotes

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