Quotes API

Fetch quotes from some of my favourite authors.

Object Structure

Quote{
  _id: String,         //autogenerated
  tags: String[]
  quoteText: String,
  author: String,
  source: String
}

Base address

https://tintin-quotes-api.herokuapp.com

Get all quotes

/quotes

Returns all the quotes in the database.

Search by author

/quotes/author/<nameOfAuthor>

Returns all quotes by specified author.

Example:

/quotes/author=Neil Gaiman

Returns all quotes by Neil Gaiman.

Search by source

quotes/source/<nameOfSource>

Returns all quotes from specified source.

Example:

/quotes/source/Coraline

Returns all quotes from Coraline.

Limit returned queries

/quotes?limit=<NUMBER OF QUOTES REQUIRED>

Returns required number of quotes from the database.

 /quotes/author/<nameOfAuthor>?limit=<NUMBER OF QUOTES REQUIRED>

Get required number of quotes returned by specifying a number after author or source.

Example:

/quotes/author/Neil Gaiman?limit=20

Returns 20 quotes by Neil Gaiman.

Random Quote

/quotes/random

Returns random quote from database.

/quotes/random?limit=10

Returns 10 random quotes.

List Authors

/authors

Returns an object containing an array of authors supported by the API and the number of authors supported.

Supported Authors

• Ursula K Le Guin

• Neil Gaiman

• Douglas Adams

• Arthur C Clarke

• Isaac Asimov

• Haruki Murakami

• Terry Pratchett

Try it out

https://tintin-quotes-api.herokuapp.com