Decode Snowflake ID API

Decodes a Twitter/Discord/Instagram-style Snowflake ID into creation time (using the correct service epoch), worker ID, process ID, and sequence via the 42/5/5/12 bit layout. Answers 'When was this Discord ID created?', 'Decode the worker and sequence from a Snowflake.'

Price$0.02per request

MethodPOST

Route/v1/encoding/snowflake-decode

StatusLive

MIME typeapplication/json

Rate limit120/minute

Cache0s public

snowflaketwitterdiscordiddecodetimestampepochencoding

API URLhttps://x402.hexl.dev/v1/encoding/snowflake-decode

Integration docs

Example request

{
  "value": "175928847299117063",
  "epoch": "discord"
}

Example response

{
  "id": "175928847299117063",
  "epochName": "discord",
  "epochMs": 1420070400000,
  "timestampMs": 1462015105796,
  "timestampIso": "2016-04-30T11:18:25.796Z",
  "workerId": 1,
  "processId": 0,
  "sequence": 7,
  "interpretation": "Snowflake (discord epoch) created at 2016-04-30T11:18:25.796Z; worker 1, process 0, seq 7."
}

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "value"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "value": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "175928847299117063"
      ]
    },
    "epoch": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "twitter",
        "discord",
        "instagram",
        "mastodon",
        "custom"
      ]
    },
    "customEpochMs": {
      "type": "number"
    }
  }
}

Output schema

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