fetch_quotes.py

"""
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

API_ENDPOINT_URL = "https://zenquotes.io/api"


def quote_of_the_day() -> list:
 return requests.get(API_ENDPOINT_URL + "/today").json()


def random_quotes() -> list:
 return requests.get(API_ENDPOINT_URL + "/random").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)