Fortune and Cowsay API

This project provides an API that exposes fortune and cowsay Linux commands using Deno and Hono frameworks.

What is this?

Fortune

Fortune is a program that displays a random message of encouragement or humor. It's commonly found on Unix-like systems and is known for its motivational quotes and witty sayings.

Cowsay

Cowsay is another popular Unix utility that displays ASCII art of a cow (or other animals) speaking the text you input. It's often used for humorous purposes in system administration and scripting.

Features

• Built with Deno and Hono frameworks
• Exposes fortune and cowsay commands via API endpoints
• Uses cowfiles from the project directory

How to use

To run this API locally:

./run.sh

This will start the server on http://localhost:8080.

Free Public API

You can also use the free public API hosted on RapidAPI: Fortune and Cowsay Public API

🚀 API Endpoints

1. Get Plain Fortune

GET /v1/fortune/plain

Response:

{
    "fortune": "\"I'm in Pittsburgh.  Why am I here?\"\n\t\t-- Harold Urey, Nobel Laureate"
}

2. Fortune with Cowsay

GET /v1/fortune/cowsay

Response:

{
    "fortune": "_________________________________________ \n/ Today's scientific question is: What in \\\n| the world is electricity?               |\n|                                         |\n| And where does it go after it leaves    |\n| the toaster?                            |\n|                                         |\n\\ -- Dave Barry, \"What is Electricity?\"   /\n ----------------------------------------- \n        \\   ^__^\n         \\  (oo)\\_______\n            (__)\\       )\\/\\\n                ||----w |\n                ||     ||"
}

3. Random Cow Fortune

GET /v1/fortune/random-cow

Response:

{
    "fortune": "________________________________________ \n/ User n.:                               \\\n|                                        |\n| A programmer who will believe anything |\n\\ you tell him.                          /\n ---------------------------------------- \n          \\      (__)      \n           \\     /oo|  \n            \\   (_\"_)*+++++++++*\n                   //I#\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\I\\\n                   I[I|I|||||I I `\n                   I`I'///'' I I\n                   I I       I I\n                   ~ ~       ~ ~\n                     Scowleton"
}

4. Custom Cowsay Message

GET /v1/cowsay?message=Hello%20Foobar

Response:

{
    "fortune": "______________\n< Hello Foobar >\n --------------\n        \\   ^__^\n         \\  (oo)\\_______\n            (__)\\       )\\/\\\n                ||----w |\n                ||     ||"
}

Project Structure

project-root/
├─── main.ts
└── cowfiles/
    ├── cow1.txt
    ├── cow2.txt
    └── ...

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

This project is open-source and licensed under the MIT License.

Cowfiles

• https://github.com/bkendzior/cowfiles
• https://github.com/paulkaefer/cowsay-files

Acknowledgments

• Fortune
• Cowsay
• Deno
• Hono