This is a simple API that returns quotes from famous people. The data is returned in JSON format. It's free and doesn't need a key.

• The API's endpoint is: /api/v1/ or /api/v1/quotes Returns the first 10 quotes in the database.
• To navigate between pages: /api/v1/quotes?page=:number
• /api/v1/quotes/:id returns the quote that belongs to the id given
• The search function's endpoint is api/v1/search/?q=:person. The query only accepts the person name
• The random function returns a random quote and its endpoint is: api/v1/random/

• id: The id of the quote
• person: Person who belongs the quote
• quote: The quote itself
• created_at: When was created in the database
• updated_at: When was updated in the database

To test locally, install dependencies using bundle install.

After that run the command rails db:migrate to create and initialize the database, populate the database with rails db:seed and then run the API using rails s or rails server.

The API will be running on localhost:3000.

Ruby version 2.6.4 Ruby on Rails 6 SQLite for development PostgreSql for production