Programming Quotes · Schema
Quote
A programming quote in the corpus.
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Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| _id | string | MongoDB ObjectId for the quote. |
| id | string | Alias of `_id` for client convenience (some mirrors expose this). |
| author | string | Quote author's name (e.g. `Edsger W. Dijkstra`). |
| en | string | English quote text (legacy multilingual field, may be absent on the current API). |
| text | string | Quote text. The current canonical API exposes this field; legacy multilingual deployments use `en`/`sr`/etc. |
| source | string | Optional source citation for the quote (book, talk, blog post). |
| rating | number | Average user vote (1-5). |
| numberOfVotes | integer | Count of votes that contributed to the rating. |
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/programming-quotes/refs/heads/main/json-schema/programming-quotes-quote-schema.json",
"title": "Quote",
"description": "A programming quote in the corpus.",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "MongoDB ObjectId for the quote.",
"example": "5e6b3e6e3f5a8e2d1c4b9876"
},
"id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Alias of `_id` for client convenience (some mirrors expose this).",
"example": "5e6b3e6e3f5a8e2d1c4b9876"
},
"author": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Quote author's name (e.g. `Edsger W. Dijkstra`).",
"example": "Edsger W. Dijkstra"
},
"en": {
"type": "string",
"description": "English quote text (legacy multilingual field, may be absent on the current API).",
"example": "Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability."
},
"text": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Quote text. The current canonical API exposes this field; legacy multilingual deployments use `en`/`sr`/etc.",
"example": "Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability."
},
"source": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional source citation for the quote (book, talk, blog post).",
"example": "EWD498 — How do we tell truths that might hurt?"
},
"rating": {
"type": "number",
"format": "float",
"description": "Average user vote (1-5).",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 5,
"example": 4.7
},
"numberOfVotes": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Count of votes that contributed to the rating.",
"minimum": 0,
"example": 42
}
},
"required": ["author"]
}