In today’s world, where we are constantly bombarded with news and social media, it can be challenging to find moments of peace and inspiration. That’s where a ZenQuotes bookmarklet can come in handy. By creating a bookmarklet that fetches a random entry from ZenQuotes, you can instantly access a moment of peace and tranquility directly […]
Get Inspired in a Whole New Way with the ZenQuotes Image Generator
At ZenQuotes, we are always striving to provide our users with the best possible experience. We understand that inspiration can come from anywhere and anyone, and we are dedicated to bringing you a diverse and engaging collection of quotes from around the world. We understand that sometimes, words alone may not be enough to get […]
Create a Simple ZenQuotes WordPress Plugin in Minutes with This Step-by-Step Guide
In this tutorial we will be coding a WordPress plugin that displays random entries from the ZenQuotes API on your website using a shortcode. With this snippet, your quotes can be put into posts, pages, and widgets using one simple tag. What you will learn By the end of this tutorial you will know how […]
How to build a ZenQuotes API-powered ASCII art generator using terminal commands
In this coding tutorial, we will be exploring how to use the command-line tool curl along with other utilities to perform a series of operations that involve making a GET request to an API, processing the response data, and displaying it using ASCII art. Specifically, we will be using the ZenQuotes API to retrieve a […]
Bring Peace to Your Telegram Channel with ZenQuotes and Python
Are you a Telegram channel admin looking to inspire your users with ZenQuotes? In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to build a Telegram bot that sends a random entry from our API to your Telegram channel after every 25 messages. Very little coding experience is necessary to get started, as we’ll be using Python […]
Send ZenQuotes to Discord in Windows using curl and PowerShell
Looking to inspire your Discord server with content from ZenQuotes.io? In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to use Windows PowerShell and the command-line tool curl to retrieve a random entry from the ZenQuotes API and send it to your Discord server using a webhook. With just a few lines of code, you can automate […]
Go Tutorial: Retrieve a random entry from the ZenQuotes API
If you’re a new developer looking to learn how to work with web APIs in Go, the ZenQuotes API is a great place to start. This API provides a collection of inspiring quotes that you can use to test your skills in retrieving data over the internet. In this walkthrough, we will guide you through […]
Get Started with JSON: An Introduction for New Developers
Before you start working with an API call and using data from the ZenQuotes API, it is important that you first have a basic understanding of JSON and its concepts. JSON is a widely-used, lightweight data interchange format that is easy for humans to read and write, and for machines to parse and generate. It […]
Time to Upgrade: The New API Subscriptions Portal BETA Version is Here!
We are excited to announce the BETA release of the ZenQuotes Subscription Portal, a new platform aimed at providing a superior user experience for our API subscribers. If you are currently using the custom quotes feature of ZenQuotes Premium, you will need to create a new account on the new Subscription Portal and import your […]
Code Example: Cache API Data to Local .txt File with PHP
In this code example, we will show how you can use some simple PHP scripts to cache a batch of ZenQutoes to your local server. This can be useful to increase the speed of your app as you do not need to call the ZenQuotes API each time your app needs to load a random […]