Free Word & Character Count API Endpoint

Parameters

name	in	type	required	description
`text`	body	string	required	Text to Analyze

Request

Send your key in the X-API-Key header. More languages and patterns live on the code examples page.

curl -s -X POST "https://apixies.io/api/v1/analyze-text" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"text":"Paste your text here to get word count, reading time, and more..."}'

const res = await fetch("https://apixies.io/api/v1/analyze-text", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
      "text": "Paste your text here to get word count, reading time, and more..."
  })
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

$ch = curl_init("https://apixies.io/api/v1/analyze-text");
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY",
        "Content-Type: application/json",
    ],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => '{"text":"Paste your text here to get word count, reading time, and more..."}',
]);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
curl_close($ch);

print_r($data);

import requests

res = requests.request(
    "POST",
    "https://apixies.io/api/v1/analyze-text",
    json={
        "text": "Paste your text here to get word count, reading time, and more..."
    },
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
print(res.json())

Response

The result sits under data in the standard envelope. See the response format guide for errors and status codes.

returns

data.words: Number of words in the text.
data.reading_time_min: Reading time in minutes at 200 words per minute.
data.top_words: Ten most frequent words with their counts, lowercased and without the punctuation around them.
data.characters: Character count in real characters (an accented letter or an emoji is one), with a no-spaces count in characters_no_spaces.
data.sentences: Sentence count, with paragraphs and lines alongside.
data.speaking_time_min: Speaking time in minutes at 130 words per minute.

example response 200

{
    "status": "success",
    "http_code": 200,
    "code": "SUCCESS",
    "message": "Text analysis completed",
    "data": {
        "characters": 65,
        "characters_no_spaces": 54,
        "words": 12,
        "sentences": 1,
        "paragraphs": 1,
        "lines": 1,
        "avg_word_length": 4.1,
        "reading_time_min": 0.1,
        "speaking_time_min": 0.1,
        "top_words": {
            "paste": 1,
            "your": 1,
            "text": 1,
            "here": 1,
            "to": 1,
            "get": 1,
            "word": 1,
            "count": 1,
            "reading": 1,
            "time": 1
        },
        "analyzed_at": "2026-09-18T12:00:00+00:00"
    }
}

Authentication and limits

This endpoint needs an API key. Use the sandbox ("try it" above) to test it without registering. See the authentication guide for details.

Standard rate limits apply to this endpoint.

Common use cases

Content quality scoring

Analyze blog posts and articles for readability, word count, and complexity. Ensure content meets editorial guidelines before publishing.

SEO content optimization

Check that page content meets minimum word count thresholds for SEO. Analyze keyword density and reading level for target audiences.

Automated content moderation

Analyze user-submitted text for length requirements, language patterns, and content characteristics as part of a moderation pipeline.

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guides

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