chinese-poetry-api

Chinese Poetry API

CLI wrapper around the chinese-poetry-api REST service (Go, ~370k poems, simplified/traditional Chinese via lang).

Execution Rule

Run the user's command directly without pre-checking; fix on failure.

Requirements

• Bun runtime (>= 1.0)
• A reachable chinese-poetry-api instance

Setup

The script reads the POETRY_API_URL environment variable — a full API base URL (the script appends no prefix). The default is https://poetry.palemoky.com/api, an online test instance provided by the upstream developer. It may rate-limit, change data, or go offline without notice — treat it as a demo only. For real work, point POETRY_API_URL at your own instance (local Docker or self-hosted deployment).

1. Read scripts/.env.example for the variable name.
2. Add or update POETRY_API_URL in the shared global file ~/.wmyskills/.env.
3. Do not copy .env.example to .env directly — that would overwrite existing config.

If the user's request needs an instance that isn't running, start one after notifying the user:

docker run -d -p 1279:1279 palemoky/chinese-poetry-api:latest

Usage

bun run scripts/main.ts <command> [options]

All output is the raw JSON body from the server — print it verbatim, do not reformat or summarize it. Non-2xx responses print Error <status>: <body> to stderr and exit 1.

Command	Description	Options
health	Health check	—
stats	Overall statistics	—
poems	List poems (filters are combinable)	--dynasty --author --dynasty-id --type-id (repeatable, OR) --page --page-size (max 100)
search	Full-text search (FTS5)	--q (required) --type (all default, title, content, author) --page --page-size
random	Random poem	--author --author-id --dynasty --dynasty-id --type (repeatable, OR) --type-id --char
authors	List authors (paginated)	--page --page-size
author	Author by ID	--id (required)
dynasties	List dynasties (with poem counts)	—
dynasty	Dynasty by ID	--id (required)
types	List poetry types	—
type	Poetry type by ID	--id (required)

Every command accepts --lang zh-Hans|zh-Hant to switch simplified/traditional Chinese (zh-Hans is the default). Invalid flags or arguments are rejected with an error before any request is sent.

Examples

# Health check and overall stats
bun run scripts/main.ts health
bun run scripts/main.ts stats

# Li Bai's poems, page 2
bun run scripts/main.ts poems --author 李白 --page 2 --page-size 10

# Poems from the Tang dynasty in traditional Chinese
bun run scripts/main.ts poems --dynasty 唐 --lang zh-Hant

# Full-text search
bun run scripts/main.ts search --q 静夜思
bun run scripts/main.ts search --q 明月光 --type content

# Random 五言绝句 by Li Bai (multiple types are OR)
bun run scripts/main.ts random --author 李白 --type 五言绝句 --type 七言绝句

# 飞花令 — poem containing a single character
bun run scripts/main.ts random --char 春

# Metadata
bun run scripts/main.ts authors --page 1 --page-size 20
bun run scripts/main.ts author --id 1
bun run scripts/main.ts dynasties
bun run scripts/main.ts dynasty --id 6
bun run scripts/main.ts types
bun run scripts/main.ts type --id 10

Notes

• --char (Feihualing) accepts exactly one character and can only be combined with --lang — other filters return 400 from the server.
• Query params are validated server-side: unknown params or page_size over 100 return 400, so don't invent filters the API doesn't document.