/v1/meta
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await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/bolttorque-api/v1/meta", {
headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/bolttorque-api/v1/meta");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
"https://api.oanor.com/bolttorque-api/v1/meta",
headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)
Example response
A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.
{
"data": {
"notes": "Diameter and pitch in mm, stress in MPa, force in N, torque in N·m. Nut factor K ≈ 0.20 plain, 0.16 plated, 0.12 lubricated. Idealised — excludes joint stiffness and embedment relaxation.",
"grades": {
"8.8": {
"yield_mpa": 640,
"tensile_mpa": 800,
"proof_stress_mpa": 580
},
"10.9": {
"yield_mpa": 940,
"tensile_mpa": 1040,
"proof_stress_mpa": 830
},
"12.9": {
"yield_mpa": 1100,
"tensile_mpa": 1220,
"proof_stress_mpa": 970
}
},
"service": "bolttorque-api",
"formulae": {
"preload": "F = (percent/100)·σproof·As",
"stress_area": "As = π/4·(d − 0.9382·P)² (mm²)",
"tensile_stress": "σ = F/As",
"torque_tension": "T = K·D·F (D in m, F in N, T in N·m)"
},
"endpoints": {
"GET /v1/meta": "This document.",
"GET /v1/torque": "Torque-tension T = K·D·F; solves tightening torque from preload or preload from torque.",
"GET /v1/preload": "Target preload as a percentage of proof load, with tensile stress and tightening torque.",
"GET /v1/stressarea": "Tensile stress area from nominal diameter and pitch, plus proof and yield loads."
},
"description": "Bolted-joint torque, preload and stress-area calculator for ISO metric fasteners. Torque-tension, tensile stress area from thread geometry, and preload from proof load."
},
"meta": {
"timestamp": "2026-06-04T10:18:35.495Z",
"request_id": "18b64249-ee4f-44fb-84a7-af95a3769e71"
},
"status": "ok",
"message": "Meta",
"success": true
}