Quote Garden

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.

Quote Garden publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Authors API, Genres API, and Quotes API. Tagged areas include Quotes, Inspiration, Open Source, Free API, and Node.js.

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

Quote Garden’s developer surface includes developer portal and 10 more developer resources.

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35.5/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 25/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessOpen
3 APIs 10 Features 8 Use Cases
QuotesInspirationOpen SourceFree APINode.jsMongoDBExpressPersonalityPublic APIs

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Composite quality — 35.5/100 · thin
Contract Quality 17.4 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13
Governance 8.3 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 25/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 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
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APIs 3

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

Quote Garden Authors API

Master list of authors represented in the quote corpus.

Quote Garden Genres API

Master list of genres / categories represented in the quote corpus.

Quote Garden Quotes API

Operations for retrieving quote records, individually at random or as a paginated list.

Open Collections 1

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

Quote Garden API

OPEN COLLECTION

Features 10

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

75,000+ Quotes

Curated MongoDB collection of more than seventy-five thousand famous quotes attributed to a long tail of authors.

Random Quote Retrieval

Single-call endpoint that returns one or more randomly selected quotes, optionally filtered by author, genre, or search query.

Paginated Quote Listing

Page-and-limit paginated access to the full quote corpus with deterministic ordering, suitable for browsing or full-dump use cases.

Full-Text Search

MongoDB text index on quoteText, quoteAuthor, and quoteGenre exposed via the `query` parameter on quote listing endpoints.

Author Filter

Filter quotes by exact author name via the `author` query parameter and discover the full author list via the `/authors` endpoint.

Genre Filter

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.

No Authentication Required

Completely open access with no API key, OAuth, or signup; CORS-enabled for direct browser use.

Consistent Response Envelope

Every endpoint returns the same shape (statusCode, message, pagination, totalQuotes, data) for predictable client parsing.

NPM Client Wrapper

Official `quotegarden` npm package wraps the HTTP API for Node.js and browser projects.

Open Source MIT License

Entire backend (Express + MongoDB) and NPM client are MIT-licensed, allowing self-hosting and modification.

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Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Quote Garden Context

3 classes · 12 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Quote Garden API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Quote Garden API Rules

9 rules · 3 errors 5 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

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

Quote

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ResponseEnvelope

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 2

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Quote Garden Quote Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Quote Garden Response Envelope Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 6

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Quote Garden Get Random Quote Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Quote Garden List Authors Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Quote Garden List Genres Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Quote Garden List Quotes Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Quote Garden Quote Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Quote Garden Response Envelope Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 1

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

Quote Garden Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Quote Garden Agentic Access

4 operations

4 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 8

What developers build with this provider.

Inspirational Daily Quote Widgets

Browser new-tab extensions and home screen widgets call `/quotes/random` to display a fresh inspirational quote on each page load.

Chatbot and Voice Assistant Prompts

Chatbots, Slack bots, and Alexa skills pull random quotes by genre to inject contextual inspiration into conversations.

Social Media Automation

Twitter, Mastodon, and Bluesky bots schedule recurring posts from filtered author or genre slices of the corpus.

Educational and Motivational Apps

Mobile apps for students, athletes, and remote workers surface goal-aligned quotes filtered by genre (success, perseverance, focus).

Static Site Generators

Jamstack sites embed a random quote at build time by hitting the API during the build step.

Game and AR Easter Eggs

Indie games and AR experiences sprinkle randomly fetched quotes into loading screens and reward moments.

Email and Newsletter Personalization

Transactional and marketing email systems append a daily quote to footer templates fetched at send-time.

Learning Projects for API Consumption

Bootcamps and university courses use the unauthenticated API as a teaching example for HTTP, JSON parsing, and pagination.

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Integrations 7

Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.

Achieve Chrome Extension

New-tab Chrome extension by the same author that originally motivated the API; displays a daily quote with imagery.

QuoteGarden Android App

Community-built Android app on Google Play that surfaces Quote Garden quotes on the device.

Spontaneous (iOS)

Independent iOS app published on the App Store that consumes Quote Garden for randomized inspiration.

QuoteGarden Twitter Bot

@quotegardenbot Twitter bot that publishes scheduled quotes pulled from the API.

Bink Chrome Extension

Third-party Chrome extension by AmitGujar that shows quotes on new-tab.

MotivateU

GitHub open-source project by Shankhanil Ghosh that wraps Quote Garden into a motivational web experience.

QuoteGarden NPM

Official `quotegarden` npm wrapper for JavaScript and TypeScript clients.

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Solutions 3

Packaged solutions this provider offers.

Self-Hosted Deployment

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.

Hosted Reference API

Free public reference deployment at quote-garden.onrender.com/api/v3 — no SLA, intended for hobby and prototype use.

NPM SDK Integration

Drop-in `quotegarden` npm package for Node.js or browser apps that prefer a typed client over raw fetch calls.

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal
Portal

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

SpectralRules
SpectralRules
 Vocabulary
Vocabulary

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubRepository
GitHubRepository
 GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 SourceCode
SourceCode

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

MIT License
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)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
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
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: open
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: true
  label: Open access
  confidence: medium
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/quote-garden.png
tags:
- Quotes
- Inspiration
- Open Source
- Free API
- Node.js
- MongoDB
- Express
- Personality
- Public APIs
created: '2026-05-28'
modified: '2026-05-30'
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specificationVersion: '0.20'
x-source: public-apis/public-apis
x-category: Personality
x-type: opensource
x-tier: 3
x-tier-reason: opensource-thin
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  baseURL: https://quote-garden.onrender.com/api/v3
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  - type: SDKs
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  - type: SDKs
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  name: Quote Garden Genres API
  description: Master list of genres / categories represented in the quote corpus.
  humanURL: https://pprathameshmore.github.io/QuoteGarden/
  baseURL: https://quote-garden.onrender.com/api/v3
  tags:
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  - type: Documentation
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  - type: Examples
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  - type: SDKs
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  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/quotegarden
- aid: quote-garden:quote-garden-quotes-api
  name: Quote Garden Quotes API
  description: Operations for retrieving quote records, individually at random or as a paginated list.
  humanURL: https://pprathameshmore.github.io/QuoteGarden/
  baseURL: https://quote-garden.onrender.com/api/v3
  tags:
  - Quotes
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  - type: Documentation
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  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/pprathameshmore/QuoteGardenNPM
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/quotegarden
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/quote-garden-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/quote-garden-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://pprathameshmore.github.io/QuoteGarden/
- type: Portal
  url: https://pprathameshmore.github.io/QuoteGarden/
- type: GitHubRepository
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- 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
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- type: Vocabulary
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- 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.