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GET /v1/soundex

Soundex code

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api.oanor.com/soundex-api

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Code snippets

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

Example response

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

{
    "data": {
        "note": "American Soundex: first letter + 3 digits encoding consonant sounds. Robert and Rupert both code to R163, Smith and Smyth to S530.",
        "inputs": {
            "word": "Robert"
        },
        "soundex": "R163"
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-06-05T19:50:12.632Z",
        "request_id": "c69f9ca3-71f1-4187-9406-09562812164a"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "Soundex code",
    "success": true
}