quote2img

Open REST API to generate images of quotes

Using the API

To generate an image using the API, Make a HTTP POST request to https://quote2img.vercel.app/api/imagequote with the follwing JSON in the request body. The styleName property can either be set to light or dark.

The generated images will be 1080x1080

{
    "quoteText": "If you are depressed you are living in the past, if you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present.",
    "authorName": "Lao Tzu",
    "styleName": "light"
}

Sample API request using cURL

Note: The generated image will be saved to the file image.png in your current working directory.

curl --location --request POST 'quote2img.vercel.app/api/imagequote' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "quoteText": "If you are depressed you are living in the past, if you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present.",
    "authorName": "Lao Tzu",
    "styleName": "light"
}' \
-o image.png

Sample Images generated using quote2img API

Light style

Dark style

Running the API locally

1. Since this project uses Vercel Serverless functions, vercel has to be installed. npm i -g vercel
2. Navigate to the project root folder and run vercel dev to start the local development server on localhost port 3000.