Recite is a FREE and open source API that contains amazing quotes from books (fiction/non-fiction).
I wanted to use quotes from books in my Next.js project just like how Goodreads has so many quotes. But I couldn't find a good API for this. There are various APIs that give famous quotes said by authors or important people but that wasn't satisfying my use case. Hence, I created an API of my own.
https://recite.onrender.com/api/v1
There is a rate limit of 250 requests per minute. If you exceed the rate limit, the API will respond with a 429 error.
{
"_id": "65cd071ec2f3eed99da6a22c",
"quote": "She burned too bright for this world.",
"book": "Wuthering Heights",
"author": "Emily Bronte",
"length": 37,
"words": 7,
"createdAt": "2024-02-14T18:31:58.112Z",
"updatedAt": "2024-02-14T18:31:58.112Z",
"__v": 0
}GET /random
Returns a single random quote. Try in your browser
{
_id: string,
// the actual quote from the book
quote: string,
// name of the book
book: string,
// name of the author
author: string,
// length of the quote
length: number,
// total words in the quote
words: number,
// date and time of first published
createdAt: string,
// date and time of update (if any)
updatedAt: string
}GET /quotes
Returns all the quotes. Try in your browser
{
success: true
// total number of quotes
total: number,
// The array of quotes
quotes: [
{
_id: string,
// the actual quote from the book
quote: string,
// name of the book
book: string,
// name of the author
author: string,
// length of the quote
length: number,
// total words in the quote
words: number,
// date and time of first published
createdAt: string,
// date and time of update (if any)
updatedAt: string
}
]
}GET /quotes/search?query=
Returns all the relevant quotes that match the search query. Try in your browser
{
success: true
// total number of quotes
total: number,
// The array of quotes
quotes: [
{
_id: string,
// the actual quote from the book
quote: string,
// name of the book
book: string,
// name of the author
author: string,
// length of the quote
length: number,
// total words in the quote
words: number,
// date and time of first published
createdAt: string,
// date and time of update (if any)
updatedAt: string
}
]
}More info: Medium article
- Feel free to post any quote by creating an issue for it.
- Want to improve this REST API? Create an issue and contribute!