dadpops / quotegenerator

Quote generator using APIs to draw quotes as well as being able to tweet them directly to your twitter account.

Quote Generator using Javascript

Notable features include:

-Pulls random quotes using an API

async function getQuote() {
    loading();
    const proxyUrl = 'https://hidden-forest-89480.herokuapp.com/';
    const apiUrl = 'http://api.forismatic.com/api/1.0/?method=getQuote&lang=en&format=json';
    try {
        const response = await fetch(proxyUrl + apiUrl);
        const data = await response.json();
        // If Author Is Blank, add 'Unknown'
        if (data.quoteAuthor === '') {
            authorText.innerText = 'Unknown';
        } else {
            authorText.innerText = data.quoteAuthor;
        }
        // Reduce Font Size for Long Quotes
        if (data.quoteText.length > 120) {
            quoteText.classList.add('long-quote');
        } else {
            quoteText.classList.remove('long-quote');
        }
        quoteText.innerText = data.quoteText;
        // Stop Loader, Show Quote
        complete();
    } catch (error) {
        getQuote();
    }
}

-Able to link directly into 'composing a new tweet' with the quote currently generated

function tweetQuote() {
    const quote = quoteText.innerText;
    const author = authorText.innerText;
    const twitterUrl = `https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=${quote} - ${author}`;
    window.open(twitterUrl, '_blank');
}

-Uses Loading Animation by toggling CSS class and using keyframes animation

.loader {
    border: 16px solid #f3f3f3; 
    border-top: 16px solid #333333; 
    border-radius: 50%;
    width: 120px;
    height: 120px;
    animation: spin 2s linear infinite;
  }
  
  @keyframes spin {
    0% { transform: rotate(0deg); }
    100% { transform: rotate(360deg); }
  }