# Build a Random Quote Machine. Unsure of requirements

**URL:** <https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/build-a-random-quote-machine-unsure-of-requirements/58463>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [November 23, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/build-a-random-quote-machine-unsure-of-requirements/58463 "2016-11-23T16:08:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![David-Boardman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@David-Boardman](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/David-Boardman)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/build-a-random-quote-machine-unsure-of-requirements/58463/1 "2016-11-23T16:08:55Z")

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In this project are we mining the internet for quotes automatically or are we harcoding the quotes into the codepen?

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**Author:** ![michaelhenderson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/michaelhenderson/32/356215_2.png) [@michaelhenderson](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/michaelhenderson)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/build-a-random-quote-machine-unsure-of-requirements/58463/2 "2016-11-23T16:10:37Z")

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You are pulling quotes from an API.

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**Author:** ![mikeNIN](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/mikenin/32/126753_2.png) [@mikeNIN](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/mikeNIN)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/build-a-random-quote-machine-unsure-of-requirements/58463/3 "2016-11-23T17:00:48Z")

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But some just harcode them 😉

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**Author:** ![dentemple](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/dentemple/32/164143_2.png) [@dentemple](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/dentemple)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/build-a-random-quote-machine-unsure-of-requirements/58463/4 "2016-11-23T19:06:12Z")

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Sometimes it helps to break projects up into a series of discrete steps.

When I did my quote machine, I hardcoded a couple of quotes, just so I would have something to test while I filled in the rest of the code.

Replacing these hardcoded quotes with an actual API became the final step.

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**Author:** ![jwilkins.oboe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/jwilkins.oboe/32/179497_2.png) [@jwilkins.oboe](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/jwilkins.oboe)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 6:09am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/build-a-random-quote-machine-unsure-of-requirements/58463/5 "2021-01-16T06:09:49Z")

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