API · /poetry-api

Poetry API

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A corpus of 2,500+ classic public-domain poems by 127 authors (Shakespeare, Keats, Dickinson, Whitman, Poe, Frost and many more), via the PoetryDB collection. Look up a poem by title or id and get its full text, line by line; browse every poem by an author (or list all authors); full-text search across titles, authors and lines; or fetch a random poem (optionally by author or capped to a number of lines, perfect for a poem-of-the-day). Ideal for literary apps, education, writing tools, daily-poem widgets and creative projects.

api.oanor.com/poetry-api
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Machine-readable spec so AI agents can integrate this API.

/api/poetry-api/openapi.json
/api/poetry-api/llms.txt

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Uptime
100.00%
Server probes · 24h
Avg latency
73 ms
Server probes · 24h
Subscribers
3,277
active
Total calls
280
last 7 days
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Pricing

Pick a tier — billed monthly, cancel anytime.

Free

Free

  • 6,000 calls / month
  • 2 requests / second
  • Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
  • 6,000 calls/month
  • 2 req/sec
  • Lookup + author + random
  • No credit card
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Starter

€4.50 /month

  • 65,000 calls / month
  • 8 requests / second
  • Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
  • 65k calls/month
  • 8 req/sec
  • Full-text search
  • Email support
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Pro

€13.50 /month

  • 320,000 calls / month
  • 20 requests / second
  • Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
  • 320k calls/month
  • 20 req/sec
  • Poem-of-the-day apps
  • Priority support
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Mega

€34.00 /month

  • 1,500,000 calls / month
  • 50 requests / second
  • Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
  • 1.5M calls/month
  • 50 req/sec
  • Content platform
  • Dedicated SLA
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Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about pricing, quotas, and integration.

How do I get an API key for Poetry API?
Sign up for free at oanor.com, generate an API key from the developer dashboard, and call Poetry API with the x-oanor-key header. No credit card needed for the free tier.
What's the rate limit for Poetry API?
Free tier allows 1 request per second. Paid plans scale up to 50 requests per second on the Mega tier. Hard limits return HTTP 429 above the quota — no surprise overage charges.
How much does Poetry API cost?
Poetry API has a free tier with 100 calls / month. Paid plans start at €4.50 / month with higher quotas and faster rate limits.
Can I cancel my subscription anytime?
Yes. Plans are billed monthly and you can cancel anytime from your billing dashboard. No long-term contracts and no cancellation fee.
Is Poetry API GDPR-compliant?
All requests to Poetry API go through our EU-based gateway. Your upstream API key never leaves our server and no personal data is shared with the upstream provider beyond the request you send.

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curl https://api.oanor.com/poetry-api/SOME_PATH \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
const res = await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/poetry-api/SOME_PATH", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
const data = await res.json();
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/poetry-api/SOME_PATH");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
r = requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/poetry-api/SOME_PATH",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."},
)
print(r.json())

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