Random Quotes

[KirAsh4]

I forgot who asked me to release my code, it may have been @paviro, but I honestly don’t remember. One of the very first modules I wanted was something that displays a random quote, so I modified the supplied ‘Compliments’ one to my needs. I used the popular http://www.brainyquote.com web site to fetch quotes, however they don’t provide an API. And looking around the web, all of the random quotes web sites that I found with an API only allows you one random quote per day. If you want a random one each time you send a request, then you need to subscribe and pay them. So, in keeping the ‘free’ nature of the module, I decided to hard code a few categories and quotes from each from BrainyQuote. If you want to edit the quotes, you’ll have to do that in the module’s js file.

http://github.com/KirAsh4/random_quotes/

[Wilco89]

I just installed it. it’s working fine, Did send you a PR there were some typos in the readme file. some people wouldn’t be able to install it with that typos.

[KirAsh4]

Thanks, merged into dev. Will push it to master as well.

[pietrodona]

Hi, I am very bad with javascript is it possible to load the quotes from a text file?

[KirAsh4]

Not as written. It would require a bit of rewriting to allow for a local call to a file. Not impossible, just not written.

[geeflaxx]

so is that right that you put the information from your script not from brainyguote?
so i can change it in vocal to learn an another language ?
i mean its only a script what change the text per time ?
if that is it that i am thanksfull
that i need it (for example for my english…)

[KirAsh4]

All the quotes are in the random_quotes.js file. You can change them to anything you want.

[geeflaxx]

so i have to add the paramteres (updateintervall etc) in my config ?

because in your example wasn’t that
very thank you!

‘modules: [
{
module: ‘random_quotes’,
position: ‘lower_third’,
config: {
updateIntervall=500 // The config property is optional
fadeSpeed=4 // Without a config, a random quote is shown,
category=random // selected from all of the categories available.
}
}
]’

[KirAsh4]

Correct, as the documentation shows.

[strawberry 3.141]

@geeflaxx you need to write it down like this

{
    module: 'random_quotes',
    position: 'lower_third',
    config: {
        updateIntervall: 500,
        fadeSpeed: 4,
        category: 'random'
    }
}