Is Quotable (api.quotable.io) down right now?

Effectively yes for script/tutorial use — Quotable (api.quotable.io) answered our last plain GET with HTTP 530 (checked 2026-09-11T18:30:12Z). We check api.quotable.io with a plain keyless GET every hour; 24h OK-rate: 0%.

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Is Quotable (api.quotable.io) down?

FAILING right now — answering HTTP 530 to plain requests.

Last checked 2026-09-11T18:30:12Z · checked every hour · OK-rate 24h: 0% · 7d: 0% · raw JSON · Atom feed of its down/recovered events

Failing streak began 2026-08-29T06:30:44Z or earlier (14 days — dead, not a blip) · last successful check: none in the last 7 days

Context: The quotes API behind countless random-quote-generator tutorials: its TLS certificate has expired, so every default-config client (fetch, curl, Postman) fails the handshake; checks routed through Cloudflare’s network get HTTP 530 instead. Outage reports on its tracker go back to 2021.

What we check: GET https://api.quotable.io/random — 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.quotable.io 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 Quotable (api.quotable.io) migration guide → (it also says when Quotable (api.quotable.io) is the better tool) or create your own mock API in one click.

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

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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.quotable.io 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": "quotable", "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
2026-09-11T18:30:12Z	HTTP 530	376 ms
2026-09-11T17:30:24Z	HTTP 530	599 ms
2026-09-11T16:30:20Z	HTTP 530	534 ms
2026-09-11T13:30:57Z	HTTP 530	542 ms
2026-09-11T12:30:46Z	HTTP 530	414 ms
2026-09-11T11:30:46Z	HTTP 530	526 ms
2026-09-11T10:30:46Z	HTTP 530	462 ms
2026-09-11T09:30:46Z	HTTP 530	701 ms
2026-09-11T08:30:46Z	HTTP 530	602 ms
2026-09-11T07:30:46Z	HTTP 530	1351 ms
2026-09-11T06:30:46Z	HTTP 530	638 ms
2026-09-11T05:31:09Z	HTTP 530	32 ms
2026-09-11T04:31:08Z	HTTP 530	34 ms
2026-09-11T03:31:03Z	HTTP 530	27 ms
2026-09-11T02:31:07Z	HTTP 530	49 ms
2026-09-11T01:31:05Z	HTTP 530	25 ms
2026-09-11T00:31:07Z	HTTP 530	29 ms
2026-09-10T23:31:04Z	HTTP 530	40 ms
2026-09-10T22:31:05Z	HTTP 530	31 ms
2026-09-10T21:31:05Z	HTTP 530	19 ms
2026-09-10T20:30:24Z	HTTP 530	550 ms
2026-09-10T19:30:24Z	HTTP 530	483 ms
2026-09-10T18:30:27Z	HTTP 530	377 ms
2026-09-10T17:30:38Z	HTTP 530	462 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.