Python/web_programming/fetch_quotes.py
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Added fetch_quotes.py (#6529)
* Added fetch_quotes.py 

fetches quotes from zenquotes.io api

* Update web_programming/fetch_quotes.py

Co-authored-by: rohanr18 <114707091+rohanr18@users.noreply.github.com>

Co-authored-by: rohanr18 <114707091+rohanr18@users.noreply.github.com>
2022-10-02 12:50:47 +02:00

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"""
This file fetches quotes from the " ZenQuotes API ".
It does not require any API key as it uses free tier.
For more details and premium features visit:
https://zenquotes.io/
"""
import pprint
import requests
def quote_of_the_day() -> list:
API_ENDPOINT_URL = "https://zenquotes.io/api/today/"
return requests.get(API_ENDPOINT_URL).json()
def random_quotes() -> list:
API_ENDPOINT_URL = "https://zenquotes.io/api/random/"
return requests.get(API_ENDPOINT_URL).json()
if __name__ == "__main__":
"""
response object has all the info with the quote
To retrieve the actual quote access the response.json() object as below
response.json() is a list of json object
response.json()[0]['q'] = actual quote.
response.json()[0]['a'] = author name.
response.json()[0]['h'] = in html format.
"""
response = random_quotes()
pprint.pprint(response)