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Demotivation Quotes API (GraphQL + ApolloServer + nodejs)

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😒 Demotivational Quotes API

A GraphQL API for get random demotivational quotes

Retrieve a random demotivational quote or all demotivational quotes, This is a simple graphQL API.
Contributions or feature ideas are welcome. You can see the Live version

Playground here:

demotivation-quotes-api.herokuapp.com 🤏

NextJS app using this API

negative-space.netlify.app 🤏
Frontend Repo

How to Use

Queries

  • quotes (retrives all the quotes)
  • randomQuote (retrives a random quote from the QuotesData)

Example with data 

query { quotes { id quote author } }
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query { randomQuote { id quote author } }
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Example Response 

{ "data": { "randomQuote": { "id": "6", "quote": "Those who doubt your ability probably have a valid reason.", "author": "unknown" } } }
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How to Install

For running this project locally, you must fork this project first. Then,

yarn yarn start # Using nodemon for auto-reloading
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The server starts at http://localhost:4000/

How to Contribute

First fork this repo
create your branch
add your feature or your quote in QuoteData.js
Push your branch and make a PR

OR

Add your quote and author here

About

Aravinda Siva – LinkedIn – aravindcva@hotmail.com

https://github.com/aravindasiva

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