Is Forismatic quotes API down right now?

Yes — Forismatic quotes API failed our last plain GET (timeout after 8000ms, checked 2026-09-11T19:00:22Z). We check api.forismatic.com with a plain keyless GET every hour; 24h OK-rate: 0%.

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Is Forismatic quotes API down?

DOWN right now — timeout after 8000ms.

Last checked 2026-09-11T19:00:22Z · checked every hour · OK-rate 24h: 0% · 7d: 0% · raw JSON · Atom feed of its down/recovered events

Failing streak began 2026-08-31T19:00:00Z or earlier (11 days — dead, not a blip) · last successful check: none in the last 7 days

Context: The quotes API behind a generation of jQuery-era random-quote tutorials is dead — connections to api.forismatic.com time out on both HTTP and HTTPS (and it never had working CORS-friendly HTTPS to begin with).

What we check: GET http://api.forismatic.com/api/1.0/?method=getQuote&format=json&lang=en — a plain, keyless request from Cloudflare's network with an honest bot UA, exactly what a tutorial curl or an <img> tag experiences. OK = HTTP 2xx/3xx within 8s. No retries, no cookies, no API keys.

Need a tutorial API that answers?

If api.forismatic.com is failing (or you're tired of finding out mid-demo), Mockbird gives you a seeded, persistent REST API for your tutorial or side project — pick a preset (ecommerce/blog/saas) or import any JSON/CSV as your own dataset; writes persist, CORS on, no signup — free, no signup:

curl https://mockbird.mockbird.workers.dev/m/demo/products/1
# create your own in one click (no terminal): https://mockbird.mockbird.workers.dev/app#new=ecommerce

Read the honest Forismatic quotes API migration guide → (it also says when Forismatic quotes API is the better tool) or create your own mock API in one click.

README badge

Does your project's test suite or tutorial depend on api.forismatic.com? Embed a live status badge — it re-renders from our latest check (cached 5 min):

<!-- Markdown -->
[![api.forismatic.com status](https://mockbird.mockbird.workers.dev/status/forismatic/badge.svg)](https://mockbird.mockbird.workers.dev/status/forismatic)

<!-- HTML -->
<a href="https://mockbird.mockbird.workers.dev/status/forismatic"><img src="https://mockbird.mockbird.workers.dev/status/forismatic/badge.svg" alt="api.forismatic.com status"></a>

Green = answering plain GETs, red = network-dead, amber = answering but with an error status. Every tracked service has one; there's also a summary badge for all 71.

Get pinged when it goes down

Subscribe any webhook URL — no account needed. One message when api.forismatic.com goes down, one when it recovers (debounced: two consecutive hourly checks must agree, so a single blip never fires). Slack and Discord incoming-webhook URLs get a formatted message; anything else gets an HMAC-signed JSON POST.

Or from a terminal / CI script:

curl -X POST https://mockbird.mockbird.workers.dev/api/status/watch \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"service": "forismatic", "url": "https://hooks.slack.com/services/T000/B000/XXXX"}'

Use "service": "*" to watch all 71 tracked services at once. The response includes an unsubscribe curl; 5 consecutive failed deliveries auto-unsubscribe. No webhook? Omit "url" to get a pollable subscription instead — GET the returned poll URL anytime for the transitions since your last poll. Full API details →

The same checker can watch your own URL: POST /api/status/monitor {"url": "https://api.example.com/health", "notify": "<webhook>"} — every 30 minutes, alert on down + recovery, free, no account. Monitor API →

Recent checks

Checked at (UTC)	Result	Time
2026-09-11T19:00:22Z	FAIL timeout after 8000ms	8000 ms
2026-09-11T19:00:14Z	FAIL timeout after 8000ms	8001 ms
2026-09-11T18:00:27Z	FAIL timeout after 8000ms	8000 ms
2026-09-11T17:00:34Z	FAIL timeout after 8000ms	8000 ms
2026-09-11T16:00:25Z	FAIL timeout after 8000ms	8000 ms
2026-09-11T15:13:34Z	FAIL timeout after 8000ms	8000 ms
2026-09-11T14:00:58Z	FAIL timeout after 8000ms	8000 ms
2026-09-11T12:00:45Z	FAIL timeout after 8000ms	8000 ms
2026-09-11T11:00:45Z	FAIL timeout after 8000ms	8000 ms
2026-09-11T10:00:45Z	FAIL timeout after 8000ms	8000 ms
2026-09-11T09:00:45Z	FAIL timeout after 8000ms	8000 ms
2026-09-11T08:00:45Z	FAIL timeout after 8000ms	8000 ms
2026-09-11T07:00:45Z	FAIL timeout after 8000ms	8001 ms
2026-09-11T06:01:09Z	FAIL timeout after 8000ms	8000 ms
2026-09-11T05:01:08Z	FAIL timeout after 8000ms	8000 ms
2026-09-11T04:01:10Z	FAIL timeout after 8000ms	8000 ms
2026-09-11T03:01:09Z	FAIL timeout after 8000ms	8000 ms
2026-09-11T02:01:05Z	FAIL timeout after 8000ms	8000 ms
2026-09-11T01:01:07Z	FAIL timeout after 8000ms	8000 ms
2026-09-11T00:01:08Z	FAIL timeout after 8000ms	8000 ms
2026-09-10T23:01:07Z	FAIL timeout after 8000ms	8000 ms
2026-09-10T22:01:06Z	FAIL timeout after 8000ms	8000 ms
2026-09-10T21:00:26Z	FAIL timeout after 8000ms	8000 ms
2026-09-10T20:00:28Z	FAIL timeout after 8000ms	8000 ms
2026-09-10T19:00:34Z	FAIL timeout after 8000ms	8000 ms
2026-09-10T18:00:40Z	FAIL timeout after 8000ms	8000 ms

Bias disclosure: this page is run by Mockbird, a free hosted mock-API service. The status data is real and logged verbatim (pull it yourself), and the linked guides say when the incumbent wins.