ZenQuotes

Inspirational quotes from Zen masters and modern thinkers.

StatusNot responding · checked 23 Oct 2026

AuthenticationNone — call it right now

Browser CORSYes — works from front-end code

Free limitsFree, no key

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▶ Live playground

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💻 Copy-paste code

Three ways to call ZenQuotes — pick your weapon.

// ZenQuotes — no build step, no library. Just fetch.
const res = await fetch("https://zenquotes.io/api/random");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

# ZenQuotes with Python requests
import requests

r = requests.get("https://zenquotes.io/api/random")
print(r.status_code)
print(r.json())

# ZenQuotes from your terminal
curl "https://zenquotes.io/api/random"

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