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Unicode Normalize API - Canonical Unicode Forms (NFC/NFD/NFKC/NFKD)

Normalize Unicode text to a canonical form (NFC, NFD, NFKC, NFKD). Perfect for text comparison and preventing encoding issues. Free: 1,000 requests/day.

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POST https://textforge.co/v1/run

{
  "input": "Hello World!",
  "pipeline": [
    "unicodenormalize"
  ]
}

Response:

{
  "success": true,
  "input": "Hello World!",
  "pipeline": [
    "unicodenormalize"
  ],
  "result": "hello-world",
  "steps": [
    {
      "step": 1,
      "action": "unicodenormalize",
      "result": "hello-world",
      "execution_time_ms": 1
    }
  ],
  "execution_time_ms": 4
}

Quick Start

cURL

curl -X POST https://textforge.co/v1/run \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":"café","pipeline":["unicodenormalize"]}'

Node.js

const response = await fetch("https://textforge.co/v1/run", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({ input: "café", pipeline: ["unicodenormalize"] })
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data.result);

Python

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://textforge.co/v1/run",
    json={"input": "café", "pipeline": ["unicodenormalize"]}
)
print(response.json()["result"])

PHP

$ch = curl_init("https://textforge.co/v1/run");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode([
    "input" => "café",
    "pipeline" => ["unicodenormalize"]
]));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["Content-Type: application/json"]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
$data = json_decode($response, true);
echo $data["result"];

Why use the API?

⚡

Sub-5ms latency

p95 response time, no cold starts

🔗

Composable pipelines

Chain transforms in one request

🛡️

Fair free tier

1,000 requests/day, no credit card

🌐

Works everywhere

curl, Python, JS, PHP - no SDK needed

📊

Built-in analytics

Usage tracking, rate limit headers

🔒

HTTPS only

CORS enabled, production ready