kanye.rest

aid: kanye-rest
deliveryModel:
  model: self-hosted
  license: MIT
  license_evidence:
    repo: ajzbc/kanye.rest
    spdx: MIT
    stars: 957
  open_source: true
  commercial: false
  callable_host: true
  label: Self-hosted open source · you run it yourself
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - openapi
  - repository-license
  generated: '2026-09-25'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/kanye-rest.png
name: kanye.rest
description: Free single-purpose REST API that returns random Kanye West quotes, dubbed "Kanye as a Service." Hosted on Cloudflare
  Workers, the API exposes a JSON endpoint, a plain-text endpoint, and a full-quotes-array endpoint. The underlying project
  is open source (MIT) under github.com/ajzbc/kanye.rest and is a popular example of a minimal "fun" public API.
url: https://kanye.rest
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-05-28'
modified: '2026-10-06'
x-source: public-apis/public-apis
x-type: opensource
x-category: Personality
x-tier: 3
x-tier-reason: bulk-registered-from-public-apis
tags:
- Personality
- Quotes
- Open Source
- Cloudflare Workers
- Public APIs
tags_raw:
- Personality
- Quotes
- Open Source
- Cloudflare Workers
- Public APIs
- Open-Source
apis:
- aid: kanye-rest:kanye-rest-quotes-api
  name: kanye.rest Quotes API
  description: Endpoints that return random or bulk Kanye West quotes.
  humanURL: https://kanye.rest
  baseURL: https://api.kanye.rest
  tags:
  - Quotes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/kanye-rest-quotes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://kanye.rest
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/ajzbc/kanye.rest
common:
- url: https://kanye.rest/blog/
  type: Blog
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/ajzbc/kanye.rest/issues
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/kanye-rest-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/kanye-rest-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://kanye.rest
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/ajzbc/kanye.rest
- type: License
  url: https://github.com/ajzbc/kanye.rest/blob/master/LICENSE
  title: MIT License
- type: CLI
  url: https://github.com/ajzbc/kanye.rest-cli
  title: kanye.rest-cli (archived)
- type: PublicAPIsListing
  url: https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/kanye-rest-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/kanye-rest-vocabulary.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/kanye-rest-context.jsonld
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/kanye-rest-quote-schema.json
  title: Quote
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/kanye-rest-quote-list-schema.json
  title: QuoteList
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/kanye-rest-quote-structure.json
  title: Quote
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/kanye-rest-quote-list-structure.json
  title: QuoteList
- type: Examples
  url: examples/kanye-rest-quote-example.json
  title: Quote Example
- type: Examples
  url: examples/kanye-rest-quote-list-example.json
  title: QuoteList Example
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/kanye-rest-rate-limits.yml
features:
- name: Random Quote (JSON)
  description: Returns a single random Kanye West quote wrapped in a JSON object.
- name: Random Quote (Plain Text)
  description: Returns a single random Kanye West quote as plain text, useful for shell pipelines.
- name: Full Quote Collection
  description: Returns the complete array of available Kanye West quotes as JSON.
- name: No Authentication
  description: All endpoints are publicly accessible with no API key or token required.
- name: CORS-Enabled
  description: Responses include Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*" so the API is callable from any browser.
- name: Edge-Hosted
  description: Deployed on Cloudflare Workers, delivering responses from the global edge network.
useCases:
- name: Hello-World API Demo
  description: Used widely in tutorials and bootcamp curricula as a zero-friction example of consuming a REST API.
- name: Frontend Component Testing
  description: Lightweight fixture for testing fetch / loading / error states in UI frameworks without bringing up a backend.
- name: Shell One-Liners
  description: The /text endpoint produces shell-friendly output for cron jobs, daily-quote scripts, and motd files.
- name: Bot and Chatbot Integrations
  description: Plain-text quotes are easily injected into Slack, Discord, and Twitter bots.
integrations:
- name: Cloudflare Workers
  description: API runtime — every request is served from a Cloudflare Worker at the edge.
- name: GitHub
  description: Source of truth for the open source implementation and release history.
solutions:
- name: Public-APIs Catalog Entry
  description: Registered in the community-maintained public-apis directory under the Personality category.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com