How to display random jokes from www.icndb.com in your terminal?

command-line bashrc scripts

Solution 1:

You can use the icndb RESTful API: http://www.icndb.com/api/.

  1. Install the cowsay, recode and jshon packages:

    sudo apt-get install cowsay recode jshon

  2. Then just add the following lines to your .bashrc:

    if [ "$PS1" ]; then
    wget "http://api.icndb.com/jokes/random" -qO- | jshon -e value -e joke -u |
    recode html | cowsay -f tux
fi

    Note: checking if $PS1 is set ensures that the jokes won't be displayed on non-interactive sessions.

  3. Now when I open a gnome-terminal I get:

    enter image description here

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