Programming Quotes API
Programming Quotes API for open source projects.
Convention: The names of the authors are as on Wikipedia.
Development
Start the project locally:
dotnet build
dotnet watch run
Listening on: http://localhost:5000 and https://localhost:5001
API Documentation
GET /quotes (get all quotes)
GET /quotes/random (get random quote)
GET /quotes/5a6ce86f2af929789500e824 (get quote by id)
GET /quotes/author/Edsger W. Dijkstra (get quote by author)
You can also POST, PUT, PATCH and DELETE. See Swagger docs for more.
Author info
You can use Wikipedia API for author's image and info.
To get author's image:
To get author info:
Note that you can change titles, pithumbsize and other params. The %20 character (as in Fred%20Brooks) is for empty space.
Tutorials
- Web API: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/build-web-api-aspnet-core/
- Web API: https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Beginners-Series-to-Web-APIs?page=2
- Auth: https://jasonwatmore.com/post/2021/07/29/net-5-role-based-authorization-tutorial-with-example-api
- Auth: https://medium.com/@marcosvinicios_net/asp-net-core-3-authorization-and-authentication-with-bearer-and-jwt-3041c47c8b1d
TODO
- add favorite quotes
- BUG: adding but not preserving
- deploy on server