qdb-cli


qdb-cli, the sister project of qdb-api-plus, is a command line interface for the quote database on bash.org

How to use

Everything is detailed in the help text that you can get by running qdb --help or qdb -h or qdb help or even just qdb.

``
$ npm install -g qdb-cli
$ qdb
Usage: qdb [] [-i | --id] [-n | --hide-score] [-o | --over0] [-b | --byNumber]
Commands:
random [] - Get count amount of random quotes (default 1)
top [] - Get count amount of top quotes (default 1)
latest [] - Get latest quotes
get - Get a specific quote based on it's id
search [] - Search for specific quotes (count default is 1)
help - Show this help text
Options:
i or id - Show the ID with the quote
n or hide-score - Hide the score of the quote
o or over0 - (only applies to random) whether to get quotes with a positive score or not
b or byNumber - (only applies to search) whether to sort by ID number or by Score
h or help - show this help text
`

Cool tricks

Pair it with...
* cowsay (tip - use -n` to preserve whitespace)
* figlet
* lolcat (my favorite)
* all of the above