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GET /v1/escape

Escape for a context

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api.oanor.com/escape-api

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Code snippets

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

Example response

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

{
    "data": {
        "note": "Backslash-escapes regex metacharacters so the text matches literally.",
        "input": "O'Brien, a.b*",
        "context": "regex",
        "escaped": "O'Brien, a\\.b\\*"
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-06-03T01:09:42.529Z",
        "request_id": "3558c5df-1cce-4837-bae6-cd30841f7bd3"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "Escape for a context",
    "success": true
}