Wiki-Quotes

An API for Wikiquote

• Installation
• Usage
  • Import library
    • ES2017 Module style
      • In Node
    • Old style
      • Old style in Node
  • API
  • Examples
    • Get Random Quote
    • Get Random Quote By Title
• Powered by Wikidata
• License

Installation

With NPM

npm install wiki-quotes-api --save

Usage

Import library

ES2017 Module style

In Node

import * as Wikiquotes from 'wiki-quotes-api'

Old style

Old style in Node

const Wikiquotes = require('wiki-quotes-api')

API

wiki-quotes-api provides this functions

function getRandomQuote(
  titleList?: [string]
): { title: string, quote: string }

Note: If titleList is not provided a defaultList is used and a random quote by any one of them will be returned otherwise overrided by titleList.

const defaultList = [
    'Mahatma Gandhi',
    'Albert Einstein',
    'Martin Luther King, Jr.',
    'Leonardo da Vinci',
    'Walt Disney',
    'Edgar Allan Poe',
    'Sigmund Freud',
    'Thomas A. Edison',
    'Robin Williams',
    'Steve Jobs',
  ]

function getRandomQuoteByTitle(
  titleName: string,
  language: en
): { title: titleName, quote: string }

Examples

Get Random Quote

// returns a promise that resolve with quote and it's person's name as title.
WikiquoteApi.getRandomQuote().then(console.log)
// Output:
{
  title: 'Robin Williams',
  quote: 'Look! The moon like a testicle hangs low in the sky. This bodes not well.'
}

Get Random Quote By Title

// returns a promise that resolve with quote and it's person's name as title.
WikiquoteApi.getRandomQuoteByTitle('Mahatma Gandhi').then(console.log)
// Output:
{
  title: 'Mahatma Gandhi',
  quote: 'Good government is no substitute for self-government.'
}

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License

MIT