Text to slug

Text to slug is an API that turns any text (an article title, a product name) into a URL-safe slug: lowercase, no accents or symbols, separated by hyphens.

How it works

You send the text and get back the normalized version: it strips accents and diacritics, lowercases everything, and replaces any run of non-alphanumeric characters with whatever separator you choose (hyphen by default).

All you need

Your API key. Create it in your dashboard with "+ Create key". It's shown only once, so copy and save it.
In your automation platform, an "HTTP Request" step (n8n, Make, Zapier, Pipedream… all have one).

How to use it in n8n (step by step)

In the HTTP Request node:

Method: POST
URL: https://api.cofferdock.com/slugify
Send Headers: on → add two: x-api-key = your key, and Content-Type = application/json
Send Body: on → Body Content Type: JSON → { "text": "Café latte and churros" }

In Make (HTTP → Make a request module): same method and URL, Body type: Raw, Content type: JSON, with the same body.

Options (inside the JSON)

Option	Default	What it does
`text`	-	Required. The text to convert.
`separator`	`-`	The character (up to 3) that separates the slug's words.

API overview

Endpoint: POST https://api.cofferdock.com/slugify
Auth: header x-api-key: YOUR_KEY.
Input: application/json ONLY.
Algorithm: Unicode-normalizes (NFD), strips diacritical marks, lowercases, replaces any run of non-alphanumeric characters with separator, trims separators from the start/end. An empty result (text with no alphanumeric characters at all) is a valid 200 response, not an error.
Limits: 30 requests/min per IP. 1 call = 1 credit.

Options

Option	Default	Description
`text`	-	Required. Non-empty string, up to 2,000 characters.
`separator`	`-`	1 to 3 characters: lowercase letters, digits, `_` or `-` (400 if it doesn't match that pattern).

Examples

curl:

curl -X POST "https://api.cofferdock.com/slugify" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"text":"Café latte and churros"}'

JavaScript (Node 18+):

const r = await fetch('https://api.cofferdock.com/slugify', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { 'x-api-key': 'YOUR_KEY', 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
  body: JSON.stringify({ text: 'Café latte and churros' }),
});
const { slug } = await r.json();

Python:

import requests
r = requests.post(
    'https://api.cofferdock.com/slugify',
    headers={'x-api-key': 'YOUR_KEY', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
    json={'text': 'Café latte and churros'},
)
print(r.json())

Response

{ "success": true, "slug": "cafe-latte-and-churros",
    "meta": { "used": 12, "remaining": 488 } }

What you get back

The slug in the slug field, always lowercase and accent-free.