Est. 2026 · A JSON API for quotations

Words worth keeping,
served with manners.

59,925 curated quotes in 14 languages, filtered by category and length. One request, no key, no ceremony.

Le succès est la somme de petits efforts, répétés jour après jour.

— Honoré de Balzac

Language

59,925Quotes

14Languages

255Categories

0Keys required

The collection

What is on the shelf, language by language.

Language	Code	Categories	Quotes
Deutsch German	`de`	255	11,012
Español Spanish	`es`	254	9,888
Français French	`fr`	251	9,459
Italiano Italian	`it`	253	7,514
English	`en`	253	5,701
한국어 Korean	`ko`	35	3,418
日本語 Japanese	`ja`	35	2,192
Português Portuguese	`pt`	36	2,065
中文 Chinese	`zh`	35	2,031
Русский Russian	`ru`	35	2,014
العربية Arabic	`ar`	35	1,190
Nederlands Dutch	`nl`	35	1,171
Türkçe Turkish	`tr`	35	1,136
中文（台灣） Chinese (Taiwan)	`zh-tw`	34	1,134

How it works

Three steps, and the quote is yours.

Choose a language

Pass an ISO code such as fr, en or ja. English is the default.
Refine the selection

Narrow by category, or by length so the quote fits a widget, a mirror or a tweet.
Call the endpoint

A plain GET returns JSON. No account, no key, no rate card.

Request

curl "https://quote-ouns.vercel.app/api/quotes/random?lang=fr&category=motivation&maxLength=120"

Response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "language": "fr",
      "text": "Impossible n'est qu'une opinion.",
      "categorie": ["motivation", "positivity"],
      "text_length": 32
    }
  ],
  "meta": { "lang": "fr", "pool_size": 812, "count_returned": 1 }
}

III

Endpoints

Everything the house has to offer.

GET /api/languages
Every language available, by ISO code.
GET /api/categories?lang=fr
The categories offered in one language.
GET /api/quotes?lang=en&category=life&sort=length_asc
A filtered, sorted selection of quotes.
GET /api/quotes/random?lang=es&count=5
One or several quotes drawn at random.

Parameters

lang: Language code. Defaults to en.
category: One or several categories, comma-separated. Picked at random if omitted.
minLength · maxLength: Bounds on the length of the text, in characters.
length: An exact length, in characters.
count: Number of quotes returned, from 1 to 10.
sort: length_asc, length_desc or random. On /api/quotes only.

Leave your mark

Propose a quote. Each one is read by hand before it joins the collection.

Words worth keeping,served with manners.

Choose a language

Refine the selection

Call the endpoint

Parameters

Words worth keeping,
served with manners.