to Scrape APIquotes.toscrape.com ↗
Access quotes, authors, and tags from quotes.toscrape.com via two structured endpoints. Paginate through all quotes or fetch a quick sample with no inputs required.
What is the to Scrape API?
This API exposes quote data from quotes.toscrape.com across 2 endpoints, returning quote text, author names, and theme tags in structured JSON. The list_quotes endpoint retrieves up to 10 quotes per page with pagination support via a page parameter and a has_more flag, while get_quotes returns a fixed sample of 3 quotes in a single zero-parameter call.
No input parameters required.
curl -X GET 'https://api.parse.bot/scraper/b152130a-3d1a-441f-be50-7c21991ea925/get_quotes' \ -H 'X-API-Key: $PARSE_API_KEY'
Returns the first 3 quotes currently visible on the quotes page. Each quote includes the full quote text, author name, and associated tags. Makes a single request to the page.
No input parameters required.
{
"type": "object",
"fields": {
"quotes": "array of quote objects, each containing text, author, and tags"
},
"sample": {
"data": {
"quotes": [
{
"tags": [
"change",
"deep-thoughts",
"thinking",
"world"
],
"text": "“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.”",
"author": "Albert Einstein"
},
{
"tags": [
"abilities",
"choices"
],
"text": "“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”",
"author": "J.K. Rowling"
},
{
"tags": [
"inspirational",
"life",
"live",
"miracle",
"miracles"
],
"text": "“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”",
"author": "Albert Einstein"
}
]
},
"status": "success"
}
}About the to Scrape API
Endpoints and Response Shape
The get_quotes endpoint takes no inputs and returns an array of 3 quote objects. Each object contains three fields: text (the full quote string), author (the display name of the person credited with the quote), and tags (an array of theme strings attached to the quote). It is suited for spot checks, previews, or any context where a small fixed sample is sufficient.
The list_quotes endpoint returns a full page of quotes from the site's listing. It accepts an optional page integer (1-based) to select which page to retrieve. The response includes a page field confirming the fetched page number, a quotes array of up to 10 quote objects with the same text, author, and tags fields, and a has_more boolean indicating whether additional pages exist. Iterating page values while has_more is true lets you walk the full quote catalog.
Data Coverage
quotes.toscrape.com is a sandbox site built specifically for testing and learning. It contains a fixed set of quotes attributed to well-known authors such as Albert Einstein, Mark Twain, and Oscar Wilde, each tagged with themes like "inspirational", "life", or "humor". The dataset does not change frequently, so repeated calls to the same page will return consistent results.
Pagination Behavior
Pagination is page-based, not cursor-based. Pass page=1 for the first ten quotes, page=2 for the next ten, and so on. The has_more field in each response signals whether incrementing the page number will yield more results, making it straightforward to build a complete traversal loop without knowing the total page count in advance.
The to Scrape API is a managed, monitored endpoint for quotes.toscrape.com — not a raw scraper you maintain. Every endpoint is automatically health-checked on a schedule, and when quotes.toscrape.com changes and a check fails, the API is automatically queued for repair and re-verified. It is built to keep working as the site underneath it changes.
This isn't an official quotes.toscrape.com API — it's an independent, maintained REST wrapper over public data. Where the source has no official API (or only a limited one), Parse gives you a stable contract over a source that never promised one, and keeps it current. Need a new endpoint or field? You can revise it yourself in plain English and the agent rebuilds it against the live site in minutes — contributing the change back to the shared API is free.
Will this API break when the source site changes?+
Is this an official API from the source site?+
Can I fix or extend this API myself if I need a new endpoint or field?+
What happens if I call an endpoint that has an issue?+
- Build a quote-of-the-day feature by sampling from
get_quotesor a random page vialist_quotes. - Filter quotes by tag values returned in the
tagsarray to surface theme-specific content. - Compile a full author bibliography by paginating
list_quotesand grouping results by theauthorfield. - Prototype a quote search or recommendation UI using the structured
textandtagsfields. - Generate tagged content datasets for NLP classification experiments using the
tagsarray as labels. - Test frontend pagination components against predictable, stable data returned by the
has_moreflag. - Seed a demo database with real-looking quote records using the full catalog retrieved via paginated
list_quotescalls.
| Tier | Price | Credits/month | Rate limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/mo | 200 | 5 req/min |
| Hobby | $30/mo | 1,000 | 20 req/min |
| Developer | $100/mo | 5,000 | 100 req/min |
| Team | $300/mo | 20,000 | 300 req/min |
| Company | $1,000/mo | 100,000 | 500 req/min |
Each endpoint has a fixed posted price per successful call — most fall between 1 and 10 credits — shown on this API's page before you run it. Exceeding the rate limit returns a 429 response. Authenticate with the X-API-Key header.
Does quotes.toscrape.com have an official developer API?+
What does `list_quotes` return beyond the quote text?+
quotes array includes three fields: text (the full quote, including surrounding quotation marks as rendered on the page), author (the author's display name), and tags (an array of theme strings). The response also includes a top-level page integer and a has_more boolean.How does pagination work with `list_quotes`?+
page parameter (e.g., page=2) to select a listing page. The site shows 10 quotes per page. The has_more field in the response is true when at least one more page exists beyond the one just returned, and false on the final page.Can I fetch quotes filtered by a specific tag or author through the API?+
list_quotes and get_quotes return all quotes on a given page without server-side filtering by tag or author. You can apply client-side filtering on the tags or author fields in the response. You can also fork this API on Parse and revise it to add a filtering endpoint targeting a specific tag or author.