Text Statistics API — IteraTools

About this tool

Get instant statistics for any text: word count, character count (with and without spaces), sentence count, paragraph count, unique word count, average word length, and estimated reading time. Runs entirely in JavaScript — no external API calls, no latency overhead.

Quick Start

curl -X POST https://api.iteratools.com/text/stats \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"text": "Artificial intelligence is transforming industries worldwide.\n\nMachine learning enables computers to learn from data without explicit programming. Deep learning uses neural networks with many layers to solve complex problems."}'

Response

{
  "words": 33,
  "characters": 213,
  "characters_no_spaces": 181,
  "sentences": 3,
  "paragraphs": 2,
  "unique_words": 29,
  "avg_word_length": 5.5,
  "reading_time_seconds": 10,
  "reading_time_label": "<1 min read"
}

Response Fields

words — Total word count (split by whitespace)
characters — Total character count including spaces
characters_no_spaces — Character count excluding spaces
sentences — Sentence count (split by . ! ?)
paragraphs — Paragraph count (split by double newline)
unique_words — Count of distinct words (case-insensitive)
avg_word_length — Average characters per word
reading_time_seconds — Estimated reading time at 200 WPM
reading_time_label — Human-readable label (e.g. ~3 min read)

Use Cases

Validate content length before sending to LLMs (token estimation)
Add "X min read" labels to articles and blog posts
Measure content complexity and vocabulary diversity
Pre-process text before summarization or translation
Build writing analytics dashboards

Longer Text Example

curl -X POST https://api.iteratools.com/text/stats \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"text": "Your long article text here..."}'

{
  "words": 650,
  "characters": 4120,
  "characters_no_spaces": 3470,
  "sentences": 42,
  "paragraphs": 8,
  "unique_words": 380,
  "avg_word_length": 5.3,
  "reading_time_seconds": 195,
  "reading_time_label": "~4 min read"
}

Pricing & Limits

$0.001 per request via x402 micropayment on Base (USDC)
Max text size: 50KB
Timeout: 5 seconds
No external API calls — instant response

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