Advice Generator API

GET

Deliver a random piece of advice whenever someone asks.

Advice Generator supplies random pieces of advice on demand. Each response includes a unique advice identifier, the advice quote, and the language code.

Try it — live request, no key required

Request

GETapi.apiverve.com/v1/advice

Verification

Format

No key required to try it. Get a key to use it in your app.

Example

{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "id": "3xx4VZSZ",
    "advice": "Be creative and innovative.",
    "lang": "en"
  }
}

About the Advice Generator API

Send a GET request without parameters to fetch an advice entry. The endpoint responds with a random advice string, its unique identifier, and a language code indicating the text language. Calls execute on demand, returning one advice slip per request.

What people use it for

Discord Bot Command: Chatbot developers fetch a quick piece of advice whenever a community member types a designated advice trigger command.
Daily Wisdom Notifications: To keep users engaged during morning routines, wellness apps pull a fresh advice slip to send as a push notification.
Loading Screen Distraction: Display a thoughtful advice quote on application progress screens while users wait for slow background jobs to finish.
Terminal Login Greeting: When an engineer opens a new terminal session, internal developer tools render a random tip on login.

Ways to call it

One endpoint, many ways in — REST with JSON, XML, YAML and CSV, plus GraphQL and an MCP interface for AI agents.

JSON: Default REST response
XML: Markup format
YAML: Human-readable
CSV: Tabular export
GraphQL: Query language
MCP: For AI agents

View all integrations →

Other ways to use Advice Generator

Same data, same APIVerve account, same credit balance — one key works on all of them.

Give it to an AI agentConnect over MCP and your agent calls it as a native tool — Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT.on VerveKit

Questions.

Common questions about the Advice Generator API.

Read the docs →

Which plan fits 25,000 advice requests a month?

The Starter plan easily covers that volume. At 2 credits per call, 25,000 requests consume 50,000 credits of the 200,000 credits included on Starter, which supports up to 100,000 calls. That works out to about $0.0003 per call. If you are prototyping, the Free plan provides 100 calls per month.

Can I request advice on a specific topic or category?

No. Advice Generator does not accept category, mood, or keyword parameters. Every request returns a random piece of advice without topic filtering.

Can I choose the language of the advice returned?

No. The endpoint does not take any input parameters to select or translate languages. Each response includes a language code alongside the text to identify the language of the generated advice.

Can I fetch multiple pieces of advice in a single batch?

No. Each call generates exactly one piece of advice. If your interface needs to display several items at once, you will need to trigger separate requests for each entry.

Can I retrieve a previous piece of advice using its ID?

No. There is no lookup endpoint to fetch past advice by identifier. The unique ID is returned so your application can reference or deduplicate entries you have already received, but every request generates a new random result.

Request parameters — GET /v1/advice

This endpoint takes no parameters

Call it with your key and nothing else. Any query string you send is ignored rather than rejected.

Example request

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curl "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/advice" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Authentication

Send your key in the x-api-key header. That is the only auth step — no token exchange, and no per-endpoint scope to configure.

Header	When	Value
`x-api-key`Required	Every request	Your API key. Header names are case-insensitive, so `X-API-Key` is the same header.
`Authorization`Alternate	Instead of the above	`Bearer <key>` — for clients that only expose bearer auth. Resolves to the same account and the same billing.

401 is the only auth verdict

A 401 means the key is missing, invalid or expired. A 403 means the key is valid but not permitted here — blocked by a key restriction or an IP allow-list. Running out of credits is a 429.

Response — GET /v1/advice

Every APIVerve endpoint returns the same three top-level keys, so one response handler covers your whole integration: status, error and data. Only data changes shape.

Sample response

{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "id": "3xx4VZSZ",
    "advice": "Be creative and innovative.",
    "lang": "en"
  }
}

Response fields

Paths are relative to data. Premium fields are absent rather than zeroed on plans that do not include them, so check for presence instead of comparing to 0.

Field	Type	Example	Description
`id`	string	`"3xx4VZSZ"`	Unique identifier for the generated advice entry
`advice`	string	`"Be creative and innovative."`	The randomly generated piece of advice text
`lang`	string	`"en"`	Language code of the generated advice

Response headers

Every response carries your balance, so your own code always knows where it stands without polling anything. All four are exposed to browsers through CORS.

Header	What it carries
`x-api-remaining-credits`	Credits left in the current cycle
`x-api-credits-used`	Credits spent in the current cycle
`x-api-max-credits`	The allowance for the cycle
`x-api-version`	Version of the endpoint that answered

Errors

Read the HTTP status first, then error for the specific reason. The body names the parameter that has to change.

Status	Meaning	What to do
`400`	Input was rejected	Read `error`; it names the parameter that has to change.
`401`	Key missing or invalid	Check the header name and the key value.
`403`	Key valid, but not permitted here	A key restriction or an IP allow-list — never a bad key.
`429`	Rate limited, or out of credits	Read `error` to tell them apart, then back off or top up.

What a call costs — 2 credits per call

Credits are shared across every APIVerve API — one balance, one key, one bill. Failed requests never count against it, so a rejected input costs nothing.

Plan	Per month	Credits	Advice Generator calls	Per 1,000 calls
Free	Free	200	100	Free
Starter	$29.99	200,000	100,000	$0.30
Pro	$99.99	1,000,000	500,000	$0.20
Mega	$299.99	4,000,000	2,000,000	$0.15

Calls are what the credits buy at this API's rate — spend them here, on any of the other APIs, or across both. Nothing is reserved per endpoint.

Compare all pricing tiers →

Call it from cURL — GET /v1/advice

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/advice with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.

cURL

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curl "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/advice" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Resources

GitHubapiverve/advice-apiSource, issues and the examples this page is built from.ReferenceAdvice Generator API docsEvery parameter, every response field, and the errors.ParametersWhat this call acceptsRequired and optional inputs, with example values.

Also published for

@apiverve/advicenpm APIVerve.API.AdviceGeneratorNuGet

Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.

Call it from Node.js — GET /v1/advice

Install the Node.js SDK, then call the Advice Generator API with your key. The client wraps the same HTTPS request, so anything it returns is what the endpoint returns.

Install — npm

npm install @apiverve/advice

Node.js

const res = await fetch("https://api.apiverve.com/v1/advice", {
  headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
});
const { data } = await res.json();
console.log(data);

Resources

npm@apiverve/adviceThe published Node.js client, versioned and signed.GitHubapiverve/advice-apiSource, issues and the examples this page is built from.ReferenceAdvice Generator API docsEvery parameter, every response field, and the errors.ParametersWhat this call acceptsRequired and optional inputs, with example values.

Also published for

APIVerve.API.AdviceGeneratorNuGet

Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.

Call it from Python — GET /v1/advice

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/advice with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.

Python

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/advice",
    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
print(res.json()["data"])

Resources

Also published for

@apiverve/advicenpm APIVerve.API.AdviceGeneratorNuGet

Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.

Call it from C# / .NET — GET /v1/advice

Install the C# / .NET SDK, then call the Advice Generator API with your key. The client wraps the same HTTPS request, so anything it returns is what the endpoint returns.

Install — NuGet

dotnet add package APIVerve.API.AdviceGenerator

C# / .NET

using var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY");

var json = await client.GetStringAsync("https://api.apiverve.com/v1/advice");
Console.WriteLine(json);

Resources

NuGetAPIVerve.API.AdviceGeneratorThe published C# / .NET client, versioned and signed.GitHubapiverve/advice-apiSource, issues and the examples this page is built from.ReferenceAdvice Generator API docsEvery parameter, every response field, and the errors.ParametersWhat this call acceptsRequired and optional inputs, with example values.

Also published for

@apiverve/advicenpm

Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.

Call it from Go — GET /v1/advice

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/advice with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.

req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/advice", nil)
req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))

Resources

Also published for

@apiverve/advicenpm APIVerve.API.AdviceGeneratorNuGet

Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.

Call it from PHP — GET /v1/advice

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/advice with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.

PHP

$ch = curl_init("https://api.apiverve.com/v1/advice");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
echo $response;

Resources

Also published for

@apiverve/advicenpm APIVerve.API.AdviceGeneratorNuGet

Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.

Call it from Ruby — GET /v1/advice

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/advice with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.

Ruby

require "net/http"

uri = URI("https://api.apiverve.com/v1/advice")
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
req["x-api-key"] = "YOUR_API_KEY"

res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |h| h.request(req) }
puts res.body

Resources

Also published for

@apiverve/advicenpm APIVerve.API.AdviceGeneratorNuGet

Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.

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Advice Generator API

Try it — live request, no key required

About the Advice Generator API

What people use it for

Ways to call it

Other ways to use Advice Generator

Questions.

Request parameters — GET /v1/advice

Authentication

Response — GET /v1/advice

Response fields

Response headers

Errors

What a call costs — 2 credits per call

Call it from cURL — GET /v1/advice

Resources

Also published for

Call it from Node.js — GET /v1/advice

Resources

Also published for

Call it from Python — GET /v1/advice

Resources

Also published for

Call it from C# / .NET — GET /v1/advice

Resources

Also published for

Call it from Go — GET /v1/advice

Resources

Also published for

Call it from PHP — GET /v1/advice

Resources

Also published for

Call it from Ruby — GET /v1/advice

Resources

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