Samaya-Quotes-API
This repository contains the quotes used by Samaya Chrome Extension. Install Chrome Extension
API Structure
The metadata.json file contains all the required information for the API. The quotes are seperated into pages to minimize network data usage. Featured array in metadata contains page No of featured quotes.
{
"totalPages": 3,
"featured": [
1,
3
]
}
Usage
- Call metadata endpoint to get info regarding the API
https://bibhuticoder.github.io/samaya-quotes-api/quotes/metadata.json
// sample response
{
"totalPages": 5,
"featured": [
4,
5
]
}
- Get quotes from specific page (eg: 2)
https://bibhuticoder.github.io/samaya-quotes-api/quotes/2.json
// sample response
[
{
"text": "सुरू गर्ने तरीका भनेको कुरा गर्न छोड्नु र गर्न थाल्नु हो",
"author": "Walt Disney"
},
{
"text": "पैसाको अभाव भन्नु केवल बाहना मात्र हो, तिमीसंग स्पष्ट लक्ष्यको अभाव भएको हो ।",
"author": null
},
{
"text": "परिश्रम त्यो साँचो हो जसले भाग्यको ढोका खोल्दछ ।",
"author": null
}
]
Example(JavaScript)
function getRandomQuote() {
fetch('https://bibhuticoder.github.io/samaya-quotes-api/quotes/metadata.json').then(r => r.json()).then(metadata => {
let randomPage = random(1, metadata.totalPages);
fetch('https://bibhuticoder.github.io/samaya-quotes-api/quotes/2.json' + randomPage + '.json').then(r => r.json()).then(quotesData => {
let randomQuote = quotesData[random(0, quotesData.length - 1)];
// you got the quote 😀
})
})
}
function random(min, max) {
return Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min + 1)) + min;
}