Programming Quotes · Schema

Quote

A programming quote in the corpus.

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Properties

Name Type Description
_id string MongoDB ObjectId for the quote.
id string Alias of `_id` for client convenience (some mirrors expose this).
author string Quote author's name (e.g. `Edsger W. Dijkstra`).
en string English quote text (legacy multilingual field, may be absent on the current API).
text string Quote text. The current canonical API exposes this field; legacy multilingual deployments use `en`/`sr`/etc.
source string Optional source citation for the quote (book, talk, blog post).
rating number Average user vote (1-5).
numberOfVotes integer Count of votes that contributed to the rating.
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JSON Schema

programming-quotes-quote-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/programming-quotes/refs/heads/main/json-schema/programming-quotes-quote-schema.json",
  "title": "Quote",
  "description": "A programming quote in the corpus.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "MongoDB ObjectId for the quote.",
      "example": "5e6b3e6e3f5a8e2d1c4b9876"
    },
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Alias of `_id` for client convenience (some mirrors expose this).",
      "example": "5e6b3e6e3f5a8e2d1c4b9876"
    },
    "author": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Quote author's name (e.g. `Edsger W. Dijkstra`).",
      "example": "Edsger W. Dijkstra"
    },
    "en": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "English quote text (legacy multilingual field, may be absent on the current API).",
      "example": "Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability."
    },
    "text": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Quote text. The current canonical API exposes this field; legacy multilingual deployments use `en`/`sr`/etc.",
      "example": "Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability."
    },
    "source": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional source citation for the quote (book, talk, blog post).",
      "example": "EWD498 — How do we tell truths that might hurt?"
    },
    "rating": {
      "type": "number",
      "format": "float",
      "description": "Average user vote (1-5).",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 5,
      "example": 4.7
    },
    "numberOfVotes": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Count of votes that contributed to the rating.",
      "minimum": 0,
      "example": 42
    }
  },
  "required": ["author"]
}

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