Random Quote Generator using HTML, CSS and JavaScript

Welcome to Coding Torque. In this blog, we are going to create a Random Quote Generator using HTML, CSS & JavaScript. You should create this project if you are a beginner and learning JavaScript. In this app, I have simply used an API to fetch quotes randomly and displayed them using JavaScript DOM functions.

Before we start, here are some JavaScript Games you might like to create:

1. Snake Game using JavaScript

2. 2D Bouncing Ball Game using JavaScript

3. Rock Paper Scissor Game using JavaScript

4. Tic Tac Toe Game using JavaScript

5. Whack a Mole Game using JavaScript

I would recommend you don’t just copy and paste the code, just look at the code and type by understanding it.

HTML Code

Starter Template

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <!-- Required meta tags -->
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

    <!-- Font Awesome Icons  -->
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/5.15.1/css/all.min.css"
        integrity="sha512-+4zCK9k+qNFUR5X+cKL9EIR+ZOhtIloNl9GIKS57V1MyNsYpYcUrUeQc9vNfzsWfV28IaLL3i96P9sdNyeRssA=="
        crossorigin="anonymous" />

    <!-- CSS -->
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">

    <title>Random Quotes Generator using JavaScript with Source Code - @code.scientist x @codingtorque</title>
</head>

<body>
    <-- Further code here -->

    <script src="script.js"></script>
</body>

</html>

Paste the below code in your `<body>` tag

<div class="container">
    <h2>Random Quote</h2>
    <p id="quote">"A thing well said will be wit in all languages."
    </p>
    <p id="author">- John Dryden</p>

    <button onclick="generateQuote()" class="generateBtn"><i class="fas fa-sync"></i></button>
</div>

Output Till Now

CSS Code

Create a file style.css and paste the code below.

@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Poppins&family=Potta+One&display=swap");

* {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  font-family: "Poppins", sans-serif;
}

body {
  background: #171717;
  color: white;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
}

.container {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  flex-direction: column;
  background-color: #262626;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 30px;
  width: 30rem;
  margin: 10rem;
  border-radius: 10px;
}

#quote {
  height: 6rem;
  margin-top: 20px;
}

.generateBtn {
  height: 50px;
  width: 50px;
  margin-top: 10px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  border: none;
  background: deepskyblue;
  color: white;
  cursor: pointer;
  font-size: 15px;
}

Output Till Now

JavaScript Code

Create a file script.js and paste the code below.

const generateQuote = () => {
    let url = "https://type.fit/api/quotes";
    fetch(url).then(function (response) {
        return response.json()
    }).then(function (data) {
        let randNum = Math.floor((Math.random() * 1500) + 1);
        let randomQuote = data[randNum];
        document.getElementById("quote").innerHTML = `"${randomQuote.text}"`;
        document.getElementById("author").innerHTML = `- ${randomQuote.author ? randomQuote.author : ""}`;
    });
}

Written by: Piyush Patil

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