---
canonical: 'https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/shareable-quote/ruby-client'
title: 'Shareable Quote | Example - Ruby (HCTI client)'
description: 'A fancy blockquote for sharing.'
---

# Shareable Quote

A fancy blockquote for sharing.

Swap out the text and name in this example to create shareable images of quotes.  Adjust the background color by changing out #4adfcc in the CSS with another color.

This is a working HTML/CSS to Image API example that produces an image.
The rendered output, source, and non-content request parameters below show the parts needed to reproduce or adapt it.

## Rendered image and interactive editor

- [Open the rendered image](<https://hcti.io/v1/image/c222154a-8ac2-4bac-bb93-bc3c15a59312>)
- [Open the interactive example](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/shareable-quote/ruby-client)

## HTML

```html
<link href="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.0/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" id="bootstrap-css">

<blockquote class="quote-box p-2 m-2">
  <p class="quotation-mark">
    “
  </p>
  <p class="quote-text">
    Don't believe anything that you read on the internet, it may be fake.
  </p>
  <hr>
  <div class="blog-post-actions">
    <p class="blog-post-bottom pull-left">
      Benjamin Franklin
    </p>
    <p class="blog-post-bottom pull-right">
      <span class="badge quote-badge">567</span>  ❤
    </p>
  </div>
</blockquote>
```

## CSS

```css
blockquote {
  border-left: none;
}

body {
  background-color: transparent;
}

.quote-badge {
  background-color: rgba(1, 0, 0, 0.5);
}

.quote-box {
  overflow: hidden;
  margin-top: -50px;
  padding-top: -100px;
  border-radius: 17px;
  background-color: #4adfcc;
  margin-top: 25px;
  color: white;
  width: 325px;
  box-shadow: 2px 2px 2px 2px #e0e0e0;
}

.quotation-mark {
  margin-top: -10px;
  font-weight: bold;
  font-size: 100px;
  color: white;
  font-family: "Times New Roman", Georgia, Serif;
}

.quote-text {
  font-size: 19px;
  font-weight: bold;
  margin-top: -65px;
}

```

## Request parameters

These are the additional non-content parameters used by the example. Combine them with the HTML and CSS above when constructing an API request.

```json
{
  "render_when_ready": false
}
```

## Complete Ruby request (HCTI client)

This is the complete Ruby request for this example using HCTI client. It includes the HTML, CSS, authentication setup, API options, and response handling needed to reproduce the output.

```ruby
# gem install htmlcsstoimage-api
require "htmlcsstoimage"

# Uses HCTI_USER_ID and HCTI_API_KEY from the environment.
client = HTMLCSSToImage.new

result = client.create_image(
    <<~'HCTI_CONTENT',
    <link href="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.0/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" id="bootstrap-css">
    
    <blockquote class="quote-box p-2 m-2">
      <p class="quotation-mark">
        “
      </p>
      <p class="quote-text">
        Don't believe anything that you read on the internet, it may be fake.
      </p>
      <hr>
      <div class="blog-post-actions">
        <p class="blog-post-bottom pull-left">
          Benjamin Franklin
        </p>
        <p class="blog-post-bottom pull-right">
          <span class="badge quote-badge">567</span>  ❤
        </p>
      </div>
    </blockquote>
    HCTI_CONTENT
    css: <<~'HCTI_CSS',
         blockquote {
           border-left: none;
         }
         
         body {
           background-color: transparent;
         }
         
         .quote-badge {
           background-color: rgba(1, 0, 0, 0.5);
         }
         
         .quote-box {
           overflow: hidden;
           margin-top: -50px;
           padding-top: -100px;
           border-radius: 17px;
           background-color: #4adfcc;
           margin-top: 25px;
           color: white;
           width: 325px;
           box-shadow: 2px 2px 2px 2px #e0e0e0;
         }
         
         .quotation-mark {
           margin-top: -10px;
           font-weight: bold;
           font-size: 100px;
           color: white;
           font-family: "Times New Roman", Georgia, Serif;
         }
         
         .quote-text {
           font-size: 19px;
           font-weight: bold;
           margin-top: -65px;
         }
         
         HCTI_CSS
    render_when_ready: false,
)

puts result.url

```

## Other languages and request formats

Open one of these Markdown pages to view the same example as a complete request in another language or client format.

- **TypeScript**
  - [HCTI client](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/shareable-quote/typescript-client.md)
  - [fetch](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/shareable-quote/typescript.md)
- **C#**
  - [HCTI client](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/shareable-quote/csharp-client.md)
  - [HttpClient](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/shareable-quote/csharp.md)
- **Python**
  - [requests](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/shareable-quote/python.md)
- **PHP**
  - [cURL](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/shareable-quote/php.md)
- **Ruby**
  - [HCTI client](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/shareable-quote/ruby-client.md) — shown above
  - [Net::HTTP](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/shareable-quote/ruby.md)
- **Go**
  - [net/http](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/shareable-quote/golang.md)
- **cURL**
  - [cURL](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/shareable-quote/curl.md)

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## Get started

- [View the full interactive page](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/shareable-quote/ruby-client)
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