Columnize list API

Lays out a list of items into evenly spaced, aligned columns (column-major like `ls`), with configurable column count and gap. Answers 'how do I format a list into columns?', 'how do I print items ls-style across the terminal?'.

Price$0.02per request

MethodPOST

Route/v1/text/columnize

StatusLive

MIME typeapplication/json

Rate limit120/minute

Cache0s public

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API URLhttps://x402.hexl.dev/v1/text/columnize

Integration docs

Example request

{
  "items": [
    "one",
    "two",
    "three",
    "four",
    "five"
  ],
  "columns": 2
}

Example response

{
  "result": "one    four\ntwo    five\nthree",
  "rows": 3,
  "columns": 2
}

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "items"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "items": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "examples": [
        [
          "one",
          "two",
          "three",
          "four",
          "five"
        ]
      ]
    },
    "columns": {
      "type": "number",
      "examples": [
        2
      ]
    },
    "gap": {
      "type": "number",
      "examples": [
        2
      ]
    },
    "align": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "left",
        "right"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Output schema

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