extra-quotes.min v1.1.21

Quotes to share insightful moments. It has popular movie quotes included. You can also load them from Wikiquote, or manually load them to corpora.

console

This is browserified, minified version of extra-quotes. It is exported as global variable quotes. CDN: unpkg, jsDelivr.

equotes "try"
# Do, or do not. There is no 'try'.
# :by  Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
#
# There’s nothing you can’t do if you try.
# :by  Dr Stone (2019)
# ...

equotes --load "mahatma gandhi,arnold" "success"
# The late Middle Ages not merely has a successful middle class—it is in fact a middle-class period.
# :by  Arnold Hauser (art historian)
#
# Just remember, you can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.
# :by  Arnold Schwarzenegger
# ...

equotes --load "mahatma gandhi,arnold," "stop try"
## NOTE: last empty load => load default quotes (movies)
# Stop trying to control everything and just let go! LET GO!
# :by  Fight Club (1999)
#
# When you stop trying to force the solution, it'll happen on its own.
# :by  The Flash (2012)
# ...

equotes --load "mahatma gandhi,arnold," "peace" --ref
# Ideals are peaceful; history is violent.
# :by  Fury (2014)
#
# I regard myself as a soldier, though a soldier of peace.
# :by  Mahatma Gandhi
# :ref Speech at Victoria Hall, Geneva (10 December 1931)
# ...

export EQUOTES_LOAD="mahatma gandhi,arnold,"
equotes "peace" --random --limit 1
## lists a random quote

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equotes [options] [query]
# query: text to match in quotes
# Options:
# --help:   show this help
# --silent: hide error messages (0/1)
# --by:   display "by" field (0/1)
# --ref:  display "ref" field (0/1)
# --load: load quotes from wikiquote ('query,query,...')
# -a | --all: load all matching search results (0/1)
# --from: display quotes from corpus ('name,name,...', null => all)
# -f | --filter: filter quotes by ('js function')
# -r | --random: randomly shuffle quotes (0/1)
# -l | --limit:  limit number of quotes (integer, -1 => all)

# Environment variables:
$EQUOTES_SILENT # hide error messages (0)
$EQUOTES_BY     # display "by" field (1)
$EQUOTES_REF    # display "ref" field (0)
$EQUOTES_LOAD   # load quotes from wikiquote ('')
$EQUOTES_ALL    # load all matching search results (1)
$EQUOTES_FROM   # choose from a subset of corpora (null)
$EQUOTES_FILTER # filter quotes by ('q => q.text.length<=160')
$EQUOTES_RANDOM # randomly shuffle quotes (0)
$EQUOTES_LIMIT  # limit number of quotes (-1)

javascript

const quotes = require('extra-quotes');

async function main() {
await quotes.load();
/* loads local movies quotes (corpus) */
// true

quotes('try');
// [ { text: "Do, or do not. There is no 'try'.",
//     by: 'Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)',
//     ref: null },
//   { text: 'There’s nothing you can’t do if you try.',
//     by: 'Dr Stone (2019)',
//     ref: null }, ... ]

await quotes.load('mahatma gandhi');
/* loads Mahatma Gandhi quotes from Wikiquote */
// true

await quotes.load('arnold');
/* loads Arnold... quotes from Wikiquote */
// true

quotes('stop try');
// [ { text: 'Stop trying to control everything and just let go! LET GO!',
//     by: 'Fight Club (1999)',
//     ref: null },
//   { text:
//      "When you stop trying to force the solution, it'll happen on its own.",
//     by: 'The Flash (2012)',
//     ref: null }, ... ]

quotes('', null, {random: true, limit: 1});
// -> 1 random quote
}
main();

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