Quote Garden

aid: quote-garden
name: Quote Garden
description: >-
  Quote Garden is a free, open-source REST API that serves more than 75,000 famous quotes. Built by Prathamesh More
  (pprathameshmore) in Node.js + Express + MongoDB, it exposes a small read-only HTTP surface for fetching random
  quotes, paginated quote lists filterable by author, genre, and full-text query, plus master lists of all authors and
  genres. There is no authentication and no cost to use; the canonical reference implementation is hosted on Render at
  https://quote-garden.onrender.com/api/v3 and was previously deployed on Heroku at quote-garden.herokuapp.com. The
  project also ships an official npm client wrapper (`@pprathameshmore/quotegardennpm`) and is widely embedded in
  third-party chrome extensions, mobile apps, and Twitter bots that need a lightweight inspirational-quote source.
type: Index
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Quotes
  - Inspiration
  - Open Source
  - Free API
  - Node.js
  - MongoDB
  - Express
  - Personality
  - Public APIs
created: '2026-05-28'
modified: '2026-05-30'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quote-garden/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.20'
x-source: public-apis/public-apis
x-category: Personality
x-type: opensource
x-tier: 3
x-tier-reason: opensource-thin
apis:
  - aid: quote-garden:quote-garden-api
    name: Quote Garden REST API
    description: >-
      Read-only REST API exposing a database of 75,000+ famous quotes. Returns JSON with a consistent envelope
      (statusCode, message, pagination, totalQuotes, data). Supports filtering by author, genre, and full-text query,
      plus pagination via page/limit query parameters. The v3 API is the only supported version; older versions (v1/v2)
      are deprecated.
    humanURL: https://pprathameshmore.github.io/QuoteGarden/
    baseURL: https://quote-garden.onrender.com/api/v3
    tags:
      - Quotes
      - REST
      - Open Source
      - Free API
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://github.com/pprathameshmore/QuoteGarden#readme
      - type: APIReference
        url: https://github.com/pprathameshmore/QuoteGarden#api-documentation
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quote-garden/refs/heads/main/openapi/quote-garden-openapi.yml
      - type: JSONSchema
        title: Quote Schema
        url: >-
          https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quote-garden/refs/heads/main/json-schema/quote-garden-quote-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        title: Response Envelope Schema
        url: >-
          https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quote-garden/refs/heads/main/json-schema/quote-garden-response-envelope-schema.json
      - type: JSONStructure
        title: Quote Structure
        url: >-
          https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quote-garden/refs/heads/main/json-structure/quote-garden-quote-structure.json
      - type: JSONStructure
        title: Response Envelope Structure
        url: >-
          https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quote-garden/refs/heads/main/json-structure/quote-garden-response-envelope-structure.json
      - type: JSONLD
        url: >-
          https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quote-garden/refs/heads/main/json-ld/quote-garden-context.jsonld
      - type: Example
        title: Get Random Quote Example
        url: >-
          https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quote-garden/refs/heads/main/examples/quote-garden-get-random-quote-example.json
      - type: Example
        title: List Quotes Example
        url: >-
          https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quote-garden/refs/heads/main/examples/quote-garden-list-quotes-example.json
      - type: Example
        title: List Genres Example
        url: >-
          https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quote-garden/refs/heads/main/examples/quote-garden-list-genres-example.json
      - type: Example
        title: List Authors Example
        url: >-
          https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quote-garden/refs/heads/main/examples/quote-garden-list-authors-example.json
      - type: Example
        title: Quote Resource Example
        url: >-
          https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quote-garden/refs/heads/main/examples/quote-garden-quote-example.json
      - type: Example
        title: Response Envelope Example
        url: >-
          https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quote-garden/refs/heads/main/examples/quote-garden-response-envelope-example.json
      - type: SDK
        title: QuoteGarden NPM Wrapper
        url: https://github.com/pprathameshmore/QuoteGardenNPM
      - type: SDK
        title: npm Package
        url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/quotegarden
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://pprathameshmore.github.io/QuoteGarden/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://pprathameshmore.github.io/QuoteGarden/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/pprathameshmore/QuoteGarden
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/pprathameshmore
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/pprathameshmore/QuoteGarden
  - type: License
    title: MIT License
    url: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
  - type: PublicAPIsListing
    url: https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quote-garden/refs/heads/main/rules/quote-garden-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: >-
      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quote-garden/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/quote-garden-vocabulary.yml
  - type: Features
    data:
      - name: 75,000+ Quotes
        description: >-
          Curated MongoDB collection of more than seventy-five thousand famous quotes attributed to a long tail of
          authors.
      - name: Random Quote Retrieval
        description: >-
          Single-call endpoint that returns one or more randomly selected quotes, optionally filtered by author, genre,
          or search query.
      - name: Paginated Quote Listing
        description: >-
          Page-and-limit paginated access to the full quote corpus with deterministic ordering, suitable for browsing or
          full-dump use cases.
      - name: Full-Text Search
        description: >-
          MongoDB text index on quoteText, quoteAuthor, and quoteGenre exposed via the `query` parameter on quote
          listing endpoints.
      - name: Author Filter
        description: >-
          Filter quotes by exact author name via the `author` query parameter and discover the full author list via the
          `/authors` endpoint.
      - name: Genre Filter
        description: >-
          Filter quotes by genre (e.g., love, life, success, business) via the `genre` query parameter and discover the
          full genre list via the `/genres` endpoint.
      - name: No Authentication Required
        description: Completely open access with no API key, OAuth, or signup; CORS-enabled for direct browser use.
      - name: Consistent Response Envelope
        description: >-
          Every endpoint returns the same shape (statusCode, message, pagination, totalQuotes, data) for predictable
          client parsing.
      - name: NPM Client Wrapper
        description: Official `quotegarden` npm package wraps the HTTP API for Node.js and browser projects.
      - name: Open Source MIT License
        description: Entire backend (Express + MongoDB) and NPM client are MIT-licensed, allowing self-hosting and modification.
  - type: UseCases
    data:
      - name: Inspirational Daily Quote Widgets
        description: >-
          Browser new-tab extensions and home screen widgets call `/quotes/random` to display a fresh inspirational
          quote on each page load.
      - name: Chatbot and Voice Assistant Prompts
        description: >-
          Chatbots, Slack bots, and Alexa skills pull random quotes by genre to inject contextual inspiration into
          conversations.
      - name: Social Media Automation
        description: >-
          Twitter, Mastodon, and Bluesky bots schedule recurring posts from filtered author or genre slices of the
          corpus.
      - name: Educational and Motivational Apps
        description: >-
          Mobile apps for students, athletes, and remote workers surface goal-aligned quotes filtered by genre (success,
          perseverance, focus).
      - name: Static Site Generators
        description: Jamstack sites embed a random quote at build time by hitting the API during the build step.
      - name: Game and AR Easter Eggs
        description: Indie games and AR experiences sprinkle randomly fetched quotes into loading screens and reward moments.
      - name: Email and Newsletter Personalization
        description: Transactional and marketing email systems append a daily quote to footer templates fetched at send-time.
      - name: Learning Projects for API Consumption
        description: >-
          Bootcamps and university courses use the unauthenticated API as a teaching example for HTTP, JSON parsing, and
          pagination.
  - type: Integrations
    data:
      - name: Achieve Chrome Extension
        description: >-
          New-tab Chrome extension by the same author that originally motivated the API; displays a daily quote with
          imagery.
      - name: QuoteGarden Android App
        description: Community-built Android app on Google Play that surfaces Quote Garden quotes on the device.
      - name: Spontaneous (iOS)
        description: Independent iOS app published on the App Store that consumes Quote Garden for randomized inspiration.
      - name: QuoteGarden Twitter Bot
        description: '@quotegardenbot Twitter bot that publishes scheduled quotes pulled from the API.'
      - name: Bink Chrome Extension
        description: Third-party Chrome extension by AmitGujar that shows quotes on new-tab.
      - name: MotivateU
        description: GitHub open-source project by Shankhanil Ghosh that wraps Quote Garden into a motivational web experience.
      - name: QuoteGarden NPM
        description: Official `quotegarden` npm wrapper for JavaScript and TypeScript clients.
  - type: Solutions
    data:
      - name: Self-Hosted Deployment
        description: >-
          Clone the GitHub repo and run via Docker / docker-compose (Dockerfile and Procfile included) against your own
          MongoDB instance for full control of data and SLAs.
      - name: Hosted Reference API
        description: >-
          Free public reference deployment at quote-garden.onrender.com/api/v3 — no SLA, intended for hobby and
          prototype use.
      - name: NPM SDK Integration
        description: Drop-in `quotegarden` npm package for Node.js or browser apps that prefer a typed client over raw fetch calls.