ISBN Validator API
ISBN validation and conversion as an API, computed locally and deterministically. The validate endpoint detects whether a code is an ISBN-10 or an ISBN-13, ignores hyphens and spaces, and verifies the check digit — ISBN-10 with the mod-11 scheme whose last character may be the letter X (for 10), and ISBN-13 with the weighted 1-3-1-3 mod-10 scheme — so 0-306-40615-2 and 978-0-306-40615-7 both validate while a wrong check digit is rejected. The checkdigit endpoint computes the trailing check digit for a 9-digit ISBN-10 stem or a 12-digit ISBN-13 stem (and recomputes it for a full code). The convert endpoint converts between the two forms: an ISBN-10 becomes an ISBN-13 by prefixing 978 and recomputing the check, and a 978-prefixed ISBN-13 converts back to ISBN-10 (979-prefixed codes have no ISBN-10 equivalent). Everything is computed locally and deterministically, so it is instant and private. Ideal for publishing, library, bookstore, catalogue, e-commerce and metadata app developers, ISBN-validation and barcode tools, and inventory systems. Pure local computation — no key, no third-party service, instant. Live, nothing stored. 3 endpoints. This is ISBN-specific validation and conversion; for generic Luhn/Verhoeff check digits use a check-digit API.
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