Parse KSUID timestamp API

Parses a 27-char base62 KSUID, decoding its 4-byte timestamp (offset from the 2014-05-13 KSUID epoch) into epoch-ms/ISO and isolating the 16-byte random payload. Answers 'When was this KSUID created?', 'Extract the payload from a KSUID.'

Price$0.02per request

MethodPOST

Route/v1/encoding/ksuid-parse

StatusLive

MIME typeapplication/json

Rate limit120/minute

Cache0s public

ksuidtimestampparsebase62sortable-idepochsegmentencoding

API URLhttps://x402.hexl.dev/v1/encoding/ksuid-parse

Integration docs

Example request

{
  "value": "0ujtsYcgvSTl8PAuAdqWYSMnLOv"
}

Example response

{
  "timestampMs": 1507608047000,
  "timestampIso": "2017-10-10T04:00:47.000Z",
  "payloadHex": "b5a1cd34b5f99d1154fb6853345c9735",
  "valid": true,
  "interpretation": "KSUID created at 2017-10-10T04:00:47.000Z; 16-byte random payload follows."
}

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "value"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "value": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "0ujtsYcgvSTl8PAuAdqWYSMnLOv"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Output schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": true
}