Glob Pattern Tester API

POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/glob-pattern-tester/execute

Returns which file paths match a glob pattern and which do not. Supports * and ** wildcards, ? single characters, [abc] character classes, {a,b} brace expansion and a leading ! for negation. A pattern without a slash also matches against the file basename.

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Request body

application/json

pattern

string required

The glob pattern to test, e.g. "src/**/*.ts" or "*.{jpg,png}".
files

array required

File paths to test. An array of strings (a newline-separated string is also accepted).

Example arguments

Verified

{
  "pattern": "**/*.ts",
  "files": [
    "src/index.ts",
    "README.md"
  ]
}

curl -X POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/glob-pattern-tester/execute \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "pattern": "**/*.ts",
    "files": [
      "src/index.ts",
      "README.md"
    ]
  }'

const response = await fetch('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/glob-pattern-tester/execute', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
  body: JSON.stringify({"pattern":"**/*.ts","files":["src/index.ts","README.md"]}),
});
const data = await response.json();

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/glob-pattern-tester/execute",
    json={"pattern":"**/*.ts","files":["src/index.ts","README.md"]},
)
data = response.json()

$ch = curl_init('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/glob-pattern-tester/execute');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['Content-Type: application/json'],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => '{"pattern":"**/*.ts","files":["src/index.ts","README.md"]}',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
]);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);

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REST id: glob-pattern-tester
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Category: Developer
Machine-readable: openapi.json · markdown.md

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