Ray-AABB intersection API

Ray vs axis-aligned bounding box via the slab method (2D or 3D), returning near/far t and the entry point, robust to axis-parallel rays. Answers 'does this ray hit the box, and where does it enter?'.

Price$0.02per request

MethodPOST

Route/v1/geometry/ray-aabb

StatusLive

MIME typeapplication/json

Rate limit120/minute

Cache0s public

intersectionrayaabbbounding-boxslab3draytracing

API URLhttps://x402.hexl.dev/v1/geometry/ray-aabb

Integration docs

Example request

{
  "origin": [
    -5,
    0,
    0
  ],
  "direction": [
    1,
    0,
    0
  ],
  "min": [
    -1,
    -1,
    -1
  ],
  "max": [
    1,
    1,
    1
  ]
}

Example response

{
  "hit": true,
  "tNear": 4,
  "tFar": 6,
  "entryPoint": [
    -1,
    0,
    0
  ],
  "originInside": false
}

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "origin",
    "direction",
    "min",
    "max"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "origin": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "number"
      },
      "examples": [
        [
          -5,
          0,
          0
        ]
      ]
    },
    "direction": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "number"
      },
      "examples": [
        [
          1,
          0,
          0
        ]
      ]
    },
    "min": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "number"
      },
      "examples": [
        [
          -1,
          -1,
          -1
        ]
      ]
    },
    "max": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "number"
      },
      "examples": [
        [
          1,
          1,
          1
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}

Output schema

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