Arrested Development Quotes API

Endpoints

GET /api/quotes/random

Random quote

One quote from anyone in the show. A different one each time.

200 OK

{
  "data": {
    "id": "quote-001",
    "quote": "There are dozens of us! DOZENS!!!",
    "speakers": "Tobias"
  }
}

GET /api/quotes/{character}

Quote by character

One quote from the character you name. Case does not matter, so gob, Gob and GOB all work.

Quotes that are exchanges match on any of their speakers, so /api/quotes/michael can return a quote whose speakers are "Lucille,Michael".

200 OK · /api/quotes/michael

{
  "data": {
    "id": "quote-288",
    "quote": "Lucille: You tricked me. Michael: I deceived you, Mom.",
    "speakers": "Lucille,Michael"
  }
}

If not found A character with no quotes on file returns 404 and an error message naming the character you asked for.

GET /api/quotes/meme

Quote with an image

One quote that has a picture attached, as imageUrl. Good for posting.

200 OK

{
  "data": {
    "id": "quote-042",
    "quote": "There's always money in the banana stand.",
    "speakers": "George Sr.",
    "imageUrl": "https://bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/banana-stand.jpg"
  }
}

Try a character

Each name below is a live request. 46 characters have quotes on file.

The record

Every response wraps one quote in data.

Field	What it holds
id	Identifier for the quote, such as `quote-288`.
quote	The line itself. Exchanges keep their speaker prefixes.
speakers	Everyone who speaks, comma separated, in the order they speak — `"Lucille,Michael"`. Empty when nobody has identified the speaker yet.
context	Episode or situation, when it is known.
imageUrl	Full address of the picture. Only on quotes that have one.

When something goes wrong

Errors come back in the same shape every time: one error field saying what happened.

404 Not Found

{
  "error": "No quotes found for character: Hermano"
}

Also here

Swagger UI /docs — try the endpoints in the browser
ReDoc /redoc — the same reference, laid out to read
Pretty quote /prettyquote.html — a quote card built to share
OpenAPI specification /openapi.json — the whole API in one machine-readable file

It is free and there is no key. Please do not hammer it.