Personality — entry 014 of 17
They Said So Quotes
TheySaidSo (branded quotes.rest) serves inspirational quotes, quotes-of-the-day and related endpoints as JSON to both individual developers and enterprise brand customers. Its auth was corrected None -> API Key: a live GET against the real API gateway, quotes.rest/qod, returned a genuine 401 "Not authenticated" JSON error with no Access-Control-Allow-Origin header (resolving cors unknown -> no), and an archived snapshot of its own docs page (theysaidso.com/api/, Cloudflare-bot-challenged live from this sandbox) states the mechanism directly: send an `X-TheySaidSo-Api-Secret` header (or an `api_key` query parameter) with a key obtained by subscribing to a paid plan. A rate-limited free tier precedes paid brand/enterprise plans — pricingModel freemium.
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- Sign up with the provider to get an API key.
- Send it on every request as a header
Authorization: <key> - The exact header isn't documented — Authorization is a common default; confirm in the provider's docs.
Your key is stored only in this browser (localStorage) and sent directly to the API — never to greatapis.