I am listing down a bunch of resources, APIs, esp. free ones, to get quotes, get images, and embed the quotes onto the image to make a beautiful inspirational poster.


1. APIs to get images


(1) The Lorem Ipsum for photos. This API comes with feature to return a random image from Unsplash. No API key required.
https://picsum.photos/
eg. List random images: https://picsum.photos/v2/list


2. APIs to get quotes

(1) They Said So: https://quotes.rest/
(Paid plan: https://theysaidso.com/api)


(2) JS program to get from WikiQuotes
https://github.com/natetyler/wikiquotes-api


(3) PaperQuotes
https://paperquotes.com/


(4) Favquotes
https://favqs.com/api

 

(5) Forismatic
https://forismatic.com/en/api/

 

3. Get a quote, embed on an image


(1) Simple program to get a quote, and embed it onto a photo:
https://github.com/TasosY2K/quote-image-api/blob/master/index.js


(2) Powerful, cheap plan ImgIX, need some coding
https://docs.imgix.com/en-US


(3) Paid plan / Free plan to generate a quoted image from quote + image
https://apitemplate.io/pricing/
(https://apitemplate.io/create-image-quotes-easily-from-reusable-templates-with-the-help-of-apitemplateio/)


(4) Paid plan / Free plan from HtmlCsstoImage
https://htmlcsstoimage.com/

 

(5) Simple, lack of customization, but works
https://textoverimage.moesif.com/#documentation

 

4. Others

(1) Want to get a sample JSON ? 
Go get at: https://dummyjson.com/quotes


(2) A whole bunch of public APIs
https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis