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GET /v1/decode

Decode phonetic words

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

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Code snippets

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

Example response

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

{
    "data": {
        "note": "Decodes phonetic words back to characters. Accepts common variants (Alpha/Alfa, X-ray/Xray, Juliet/Juliett, Nine/Niner).",
        "text": "SOS",
        "inputs": {
            "phonetic": "Sierra Oscar Sierra"
        }
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-06-05T19:50:16.574Z",
        "request_id": "a36d9247-1871-4958-a7f8-d6f88fa48d66"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "Decode phonetic words",
    "success": true
}