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GET /v1/humanize

Humanize a duration

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Custom headers (optional)
api.oanor.com/duration-api

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/duration-api/v1/humanize" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/duration-api/v1/humanize", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/duration-api/v1/humanize");
curl_setopt($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/duration-api/v1/humanize",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "input": "P1DT2H",
        "humanized": "1 day and 2 hours",
        "total_seconds": 93600
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-06-02T16:51:50.222Z",
        "request_id": "42d64a0e-d7a5-40ed-8969-8facd9e58e38"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "Humanize a duration",
    "success": true
}