Deterministic citation formatter — APA 7, MLA 9, Chicago 17 author-date, BibTeX
Deterministic citation formatter — APA 7, MLA 9, Chicago 17 author-date, BibTeX. From structured fields, returns the reference entry (markdown/html/plain) + the in-text citation, reproducing published style-manual examples exactly. For full author lists use POST. Every answer signed. Free sample, no payment required: GET /play/cite
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Endpoint
GET https://almanac.locomot.io/cite
| Category | Everything else |
|---|---|
| Provider host | almanac.locomot.io |
| Networks | eip155:8453 |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 6 from 2 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.001 | 704 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"method": "GET",
"queryParams": {
"authors": "Einstein, Albert",
"container": "Annalen der Physik",
"pages": "891-921",
"style": "apa",
"title": "On the electrodynamics of moving bodies",
"type": "article",
"volume": "17",
"year": "1905"
},
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"method": {
"enum": [
"GET",
"HEAD",
"DELETE"
],
"type": "string"
},
"queryParams": {
"properties": {
"authors": {
"description": "'Family, Given; Family2, Given2'",
"type": "string"
},
"container": {
"description": "journal/site name",
"type": "string"
},
"doi": {
"type": "string"
},
"issue": {
"type": "string"
},
"pages": {
"type": "string"
},
"place": {
"type": "string"
},
"publisher": {
"type": "string"
},
"style": {
"description": "apa | mla | chicago | bibtex",
"type": "string"
},
"title": {
"description": "work title (verbatim case)",
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"description": "article | book | chapter | web",
"type": "string"
},
"url": {
"type": "string"
},
"volume": {
"type": "string"
},
"year": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"style",
"title"
],
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"intext": {
"type": "string"
},
"reference": {
"type": "object"
},
"source_type": {
"type": "string"
},
"style": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}