Programming Quotes

Free, open-source REST API serving a curated collection of programming-related quotes. Public endpoints return random quotes, paginated lists, author filters, and single quote lookups; authenticated endpoints support voting, favoriting, and quote authorship (CRUD). Originally seeded from the skolakoda community project on GitHub, the API is widely used as a demo data source and a free data feed for developer portfolio sites, tutorials, CLIs, and IDE extensions.

Programming Quotes publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Authentication API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Personality, Public APIs, Open Source, Quotes, and Programming.

The Programming Quotes catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

📡 Source on GitHub

23.9/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 23/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-25 · rubric v0.23.0

2 APIs

Personality Public APIs Open Source Quotes Programming Developer Tools

Kin Score

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scored 2026-09-25 · rubric v0.23.0

Composite quality — 23.9/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 6.4 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 1.4 / 15

Access Clarity 2.0 / 15

Operational Transparency 1.8 / 10

Contract Governance 2.5 / 9

Discoverability 5.0 / 8

Regulatory Posture 1.6 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 23/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Programming Quotes Authentication API

Programming Quotes — JWT login / register exchange.

Programming Quotes API

Programming Quotes — Public read and authenticated write endpoints for quotes.

Open Collections 3

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Programming Quotes Authentication API

OPEN COLLECTION

Programming Quotes API

OPEN COLLECTION

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Programming Quotes Context

6 classes · 12 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Programming Quotes API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Programming Quotes API Rules

42 rules · 15 errors 24 warnings 3 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 6

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

AuthRequest

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AuthResponse

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

QuoteInput

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Quote

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

QuoteUpdate

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

VoteInput

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 6

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Programming Quotes Auth Request Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Programming Quotes Auth Response Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Programming Quotes Quote Input Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Programming Quotes Quote Structure

8 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Programming Quotes Quote Update Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Programming Quotes Vote Input Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 6

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Programming Quotes Auth Request Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Programming Quotes Auth Response Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Programming Quotes Quote Example

8 fields

EXAMPLE

Programming Quotes Quote Input Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Programming Quotes Quote Update Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Programming Quotes Vote Input Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Programming Quotes Domain Security

no transport/DNS hardening detected

SECURITY

Resources

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

SpectralRuleset

SpectralRuleset

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

JSONLDContext

JSONLDContext

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

SourceCode

SourceCode

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

IssueTracker

IssueTracker

Releases

Releases

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Unlicensed (community / open-source)

License

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

PublicAPIsListing

PublicAPIsListing

Source (apis.yml)

aid: programming-quotes
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  license_evidence:
    not_product:
    - skolakoda/programming-quotes-api
  open_source: unknown
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  - repository-not-product
  generated: '2026-09-25'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/programming-quotes.png
name: Programming Quotes
description: Free, open-source REST API serving a curated collection of programming-related quotes. Public endpoints return
  random quotes, paginated lists, author filters, and single quote lookups; authenticated endpoints support voting, favoriting,
  and quote authorship (CRUD). Originally seeded from the skolakoda community project on GitHub, the API is widely used as
  a demo data source and a free data feed for developer portfolio sites, tutorials, CLIs, and IDE extensions.
url: https://github.com/skolakoda/programming-quotes-api
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-05-28'
modified: '2026-09-16'
x-source: public-apis/public-apis
x-category: Personality
x-type: opensource
x-tier: 3
x-tier-reason: bulk-registered-from-public-apis
tags:
- Personality
- Public APIs
- Open Source
- Quotes
- Programming
- Developer Tools
tags_raw:
- Personality
- Public APIs
- Open Source
- Quotes
- Programming
- Developer Tools
- Open-Source
apis:
- aid: programming-quotes:programming-quotes-authentication-api
  name: Programming Quotes Authentication API
  description: Programming Quotes — JWT login / register exchange.
  humanURL: https://github.com/skolakoda/programming-quotes-api
  baseURL: https://programming-quotes-api.azurewebsites.net/api
  tags:
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/programming-quotes-authentication-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/skolakoda/programming-quotes-api#readme
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/skolakoda/programming-quotes-api
  - type: Signup
    url: https://github.com/skolakoda/programming-quotes-api#auth
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/programming-quotes-quote-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/programming-quotes-quote-input-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/programming-quotes-quote-update-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/programming-quotes-vote-input-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/programming-quotes-auth-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/programming-quotes-auth-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/programming-quotes-quote-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/programming-quotes-quote-input-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/programming-quotes-quote-update-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/programming-quotes-vote-input-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/programming-quotes-auth-request-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/programming-quotes-auth-response-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/programming-quotes-quote-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/programming-quotes-quote-input-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/programming-quotes-quote-update-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/programming-quotes-vote-input-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/programming-quotes-auth-request-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/programming-quotes-auth-response-example.json
- aid: programming-quotes:programming-quotes-quotes-api
  name: Programming Quotes API
  description: Programming Quotes — Public read and authenticated write endpoints for quotes.
  humanURL: https://github.com/skolakoda/programming-quotes-api
  baseURL: https://programming-quotes-api.azurewebsites.net/api
  tags:
  - Quotes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/programming-quotes-quotes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/skolakoda/programming-quotes-api#readme
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/skolakoda/programming-quotes-api
  - type: Signup
    url: https://github.com/skolakoda/programming-quotes-api#auth
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/programming-quotes-quote-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/programming-quotes-quote-input-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/programming-quotes-quote-update-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/programming-quotes-vote-input-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/programming-quotes-auth-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/programming-quotes-auth-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/programming-quotes-quote-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/programming-quotes-quote-input-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/programming-quotes-quote-update-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/programming-quotes-vote-input-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/programming-quotes-auth-request-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/programming-quotes-auth-response-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/programming-quotes-quote-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/programming-quotes-quote-input-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/programming-quotes-quote-update-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/programming-quotes-vote-input-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/programming-quotes-auth-request-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/programming-quotes-auth-response-example.json
common:
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/skolakoda/programming-quotes-api/issues
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/skolakoda/programming-quotes-api/releases
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/programming-quotes-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://github.com/skolakoda/programming-quotes-api
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/skolakoda/programming-quotes-api
- type: PublicAPIsListing
  url: https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/skolakoda
- type: License
  title: Unlicensed (community / open-source)
  url: https://github.com/skolakoda/programming-quotes-api
- type: SpectralRuleset
  url: rules/programming-quotes-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/programming-quotes-vocabulary.yml
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: json-ld/programming-quotes-context.jsonld
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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