Random Line From Shakespeare

[shabegom]

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• #42SmartBlock Shakespeare

  • [[Shakespeare]]

  • <%JAVASCRIPTASYNC:```javascript
    return await fetch('https://shakespeare-quote.glitch.me/')
    .then(res => res.json())
    .then(data => {
            return `${data.quote} 
    \t— [[${data.play}]]`
      })```%>

📋 Describe the SmartBlock

Fetches a random line from a random Shakespeare play

✅ Describe any prerequisites or dependencies that are required for this SmartBlock

I was surprised that there wasn't an existing method online to do this, so I wrote my own. It is essentially trying to guess a URL from Folger's Shakespeare database using a recursive function. Response time can be a bit slow if it doesn't get a hit in the first few tries. Please be patient

const getQuote = () => {
    let number = randomInteger(1000).toString().padStart(4, '0')
    let play = plays[randomInteger(plays.length-1)]
  return axios.get(`https://folgerdigitaltexts.org/${play.code}/segment/sp-${number}`)
    .then(response => {
      return {quote: turndownService.turndown(response.data), play: play.name}
  })
  .catch(err => {
    return getQuote()
  })

}

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💡 Additional Info

You can see the full code in glitch. It's a very basic Express App: https://glitch.com/~shakespeare-quote

[GitMurf]

Here is a version with a few tweaks I made :)

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• #42SmartBlock Shakespeare

  • <%CONCAT:#,[,[Shakespeare]]%>

  • <%CONCAT:[,[>]] %><%JAVASCRIPTASYNC:```javascript
    return await fetch('https://shakespeare-quote.glitch.me/')
    .then(res => res.json())
    .then(data => {
            return `${data.quote} 
    \t— [[${data.play}]]`
      })```%>

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