kanye.rest Quotes API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Kanye REST Quotes API
  description: 'A free, single-purpose REST API that returns random Kanye West quotes ("Kanye as a Service"). The service is hosted on Cloudflare Workers and exposes three endpoints: a JSON quote endpoint at the root, a plain-text quote endpoint at /text, and a full-quote-collection endpoint at /quotes. All endpoints are unauthenticated GETs with permissive CORS. Source code is MIT-licensed at https://github.com/ajzbc/kanye.rest.'
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: kanye.rest
    url: https://kanye.rest
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://github.com/ajzbc/kanye.rest/blob/master/LICENSE
  x-generated-from: documentation
  x-last-validated: '2026-05-29'
servers:
- url: https://api.kanye.rest
  description: Production edge endpoint hosted on Cloudflare Workers
tags:
- name: Quotes
  description: Endpoints that return random or bulk Kanye West quotes.
paths:
  /:
    get:
      operationId: getRandomQuote
      summary: Kanye REST Get Random Quote
      description: Returns a single random Kanye West quote wrapped in a JSON object. This is the canonical "Kanye as a Service" endpoint.
      tags:
      - Quotes
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A random Kanye West quote as JSON.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Quote'
              examples:
                GetRandomQuote200Example:
                  summary: Default getRandomQuote 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    quote: Everything you do in life stems from either fear or love
        '500':
          description: Server error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              examples:
                GetRandomQuote500Example:
                  summary: Default getRandomQuote 500 response
                  value:
                    message: Internal server error
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /text:
    get:
      operationId: getRandomQuoteText
      summary: Kanye REST Get Random Quote as Plain Text
      description: Returns a single random Kanye West quote as a plain-text response body with content-type text/plain. Useful for shell pipelines and bots that want the quote without JSON wrapping.
      tags:
      - Quotes
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A random Kanye West quote as plain text.
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
                description: The raw quote text, with no surrounding JSON.
                example: Everything you do in life stems from either fear or love
              examples:
                GetRandomQuoteText200Example:
                  summary: Default getRandomQuoteText 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value: Everything you do in life stems from either fear or love
        '500':
          description: Server error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              examples:
                GetRandomQuoteText500Example:
                  summary: Default getRandomQuoteText 500 response
                  value:
                    message: Internal server error
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /quotes:
    get:
      operationId: listAllQuotes
      summary: Kanye REST List All Quotes
      description: Returns the complete collection of Kanye West quotes available to the service as a JSON array of strings. Note that upstream documentation flags that the response shape of this endpoint may change in the future.
      tags:
      - Quotes
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Array of all available Kanye West quotes.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/QuoteList'
              examples:
                ListAllQuotes200Example:
                  summary: Default listAllQuotes 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                  - All you have to be is yourself
                  - Believe in your flyness...conquer your shyness.
                  - Distraction is the enemy of vision
                  - Everything you do in life stems from either fear or love
                  - For me giving up is way harder than trying.
        '500':
          description: Server error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              examples:
                ListAllQuotes500Example:
                  summary: Default listAllQuotes 500 response
                  value:
                    message: Internal server error
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      title: Error
      description: Error envelope returned by the global error handler when an unexpected exception occurs.
      required:
      - message
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message describing what went wrong.
          example: Internal server error
    Quote:
      type: object
      title: Quote
      description: A single random Kanye West quote wrapped in a JSON envelope.
      required:
      - quote
      properties:
        quote:
          type: string
          description: The Kanye West quote text returned by the API.
          example: Everything you do in life stems from either fear or love
    QuoteList:
      type: array
      title: QuoteList
      description: The complete collection of available Kanye West quotes as plain strings.
      items:
        type: string
        description: A single Kanye West quote text.
        example: Believe in your flyness...conquer your shyness.