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The module builds a quote database by fetching the [BrainyQuotes quotes of the day](https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes_of_the_day.html) once a day, any day you ask the owl for some wisdom. It adds those quotes to the database and chooses a random quote with which to learn you.\n\nInspired and powered by [cowsay](https://github.com/piuccio/cowsay). Quote fetching is a rewrite of [quoter](https://www.npmjs.com/package/quoter).\n\n## Install\n\n```sh\n$ npm install -g owl-wisdom\n```\n\n## Use\n\n```sh\n$ owl-wisdom\n```\n![owl](https://cdn.rawgit.com/PirtleShell/owl-wisdom/master/pics/owl.png)\n\n**Get inspired every time you open your terminal by putting it in your `.bashrc`**:\n\n```sh\n$ echo owl-wisdom \u003e\u003e ~/.bashrc\n```\n\nBesides the owl, all the creatures of cowsay are available, or you can add a path to [your own cow file](https://github.com/paulkaefer/cowsay-files):\n\n```sh\n# your own cowfile\n$ owl-wisdom path/to/file.cow\n\n# or an included cowsay file:\n$ owl-wisdom stegosaurus\n```\n\n![stegosaurus](https://cdn.rawgit.com/PirtleShell/owl-wisdom/master/pics/stegosaurus.png)\n\n## More\n\n```\n$ owl-wisdom -h\n\nUsage: owl-wisdom [cowFile]\n\ncowFile         An optional cowfile name or path to cow file for non-owl insight\n\n--limit [int]   Get or set the maximum number of quotes to keep in the database,\n                default 100\n\n--count         Find out how many quotes are in your database\n\n--update        Force a quote database update.\n\n--where         Owl tells you the location of quote database\n\nMore help:\n -h, --help     Let's not insult your intelligence here...\n -l             List included cow files\n```\n\n## The Quote Database\n\nThe database is saved as `.quoteDb.json` in your home directory. Here's what it looks like so you could link in and add your own quotes if so desired. It is simply a JSON file:\n\n```js\n{\n  ids: ['42'],                // used to ensure the same quote isn't added multiple times\n  quotes: [                   // an array of objects that contain a quote and author\n    {\n      quote: 'We are ways for the Cosmos to know itself.',\n      author: 'Carl Sagan'\n    }\n  ],\n  lastUpdate: '2016-12-16',   // recorded so it only updates once a day\n  limit: 100                  // the maximum quotes to store in the database.\n}\n```\n\n## License\nMIT \u0026copy; 2016 [Robert Pirtle](https://pirtle.xyz)\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fpirtleshell%2Fowl-wisdom","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fpirtleshell%2Fowl-wisdom","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fpirtleshell%2Fowl-wisdom/lists"}