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Diff two texts API

Compute a line-by-line diff between two texts (added/removed/unchanged) with summary stats. Answers 'diff these two texts', 'what changed between these versions', 'compare these strings'.

Price$0.01per request

MethodPOST

Route/v1/text/diff

StatusLive

MIME typeapplication/json

Rate limit120/minute

CacheNo cache

textdiffcomparechangespatchversions

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

Integration docs

Example request

{
  "a": "line1\nline2",
  "b": "line1\nline2 changed"
}

Example response

{
  "changes": [
    {
      "type": "equal",
      "value": "line1"
    },
    {
      "type": "remove",
      "value": "line2"
    },
    {
      "type": "add",
      "value": "line2 changed"
    }
  ],
  "stats": {
    "added": 1,
    "removed": 1,
    "unchanged": 1
  },
  "truncated": false
}

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "a",
    "b"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "a": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "b": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}

Output schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "changes",
    "stats"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "changes": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "additionalProperties": true
      }
    },
    "stats": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": true
    },
    "truncated": {
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  }
}