High resolution scan of engraving by Gustave Doré illustrating Canto XXXIV of Divine Comedy, Inferno, by Dante Alighieri. Caption: Lucifer, King of Hell
https://dante-ipsum.herokuapp.com/
Audience: The audience for this API is programers that are tired of using Lorum Ipsum text. Those who are looking for a more engageing dummy text and appricate classic litrature can find novelty in this project.
Definition Statement: Dante Ipsum is a RESTfull API that provides an alternative dummy text to Lorum Ipsum. This API used an open domain version of the first three sections of Dante Alighieri's epic poem Divine Comedy. The selection is separated by line. The dummy text is formed by randomly picking lines from the selection and combining them into a small paragraph.
"/random_passage_generator/:num"
: This path will return an object that contains randomly generated dummy text from the selected text. The path requires a number at the end. For instance, /random_passage_generator/1
will return an object containing one random passage.
1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 40