Citation Generator API

POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/citation-generator/execute

Generate a reference-list citation in APA 7, MLA 9, Chicago, or Harvard style for a book, website, journal, or article. Returns the citation with *italic* markers, a plain-text version, and an HTML version with <em> tags.

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Request body

application/json

style

string required

Citation style. One of apa · mla · chicago · harvard.
source_type

string required

Kind of source. One of book · website · journal · article.
title

string required

Title of the work.
authors

array optional

Authors in order, each { first_name, last_name }. Authors without a last name are ignored.
year

string optional

Publication year. Default: current year.
publisher

string optional

Publisher (book).
publisher_location

string optional

Publisher city (book, Chicago/Harvard).
edition

string optional

Edition number, e.g. "2nd" (book).
url

string optional

URL (website, article).
access_date

string optional

Access date as YYYY-MM-DD (website). Default: today (UTC).
website_name

string optional

Website or organisation name (website).
journal_name

string optional

Journal or periodical name (journal, article).
volume

string optional

Volume (journal).
issue

string optional

Issue number (journal).
pages

string optional

Page range, e.g. "12-34".
doi

string optional

DOI without the https://doi.org/ prefix (journal).

Example arguments

Verified

{
  "style": "apa",
  "source_type": "book",
  "title": "Deep Work",
  "year": "2016",
  "publisher": "Grand Central",
  "authors": [
    {
      "first_name": "Cal",
      "last_name": "Newport"
    }
  ]
}

curl -X POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/citation-generator/execute \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "style": "apa",
    "source_type": "book",
    "title": "Deep Work",
    "year": "2016",
    "publisher": "Grand Central",
    "authors": [
      {
        "first_name": "Cal",
        "last_name": "Newport"
      }
    ]
  }'

const response = await fetch('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/citation-generator/execute', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
  body: JSON.stringify({"style":"apa","source_type":"book","title":"Deep Work","year":"2016","publisher":"Grand Central","authors":[{"first_name":"Cal","last_name":"Newport"}]}),
});
const data = await response.json();

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/citation-generator/execute",
    json={"style":"apa","source_type":"book","title":"Deep Work","year":"2016","publisher":"Grand Central","authors":[{"first_name":"Cal","last_name":"Newport"}]},
)
data = response.json()

$ch = curl_init('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/citation-generator/execute');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['Content-Type: application/json'],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => '{"style":"apa","source_type":"book","title":"Deep Work","year":"2016","publisher":"Grand Central","authors":[{"first_name":"Cal","last_name":"Newport"}]}',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
]);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);

Also an MCP tool

Call citation_generator from Claude, Cursor or any MCP client. Same arguments, same output.

https://mcp.findutils.com

MCP reference

Rate limit: 60 a minute, per IP
Auth: None
REST id: citation-generator
MCP name: citation_generator
Category: Text
Machine-readable: openapi.json · markdown.md

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