Nanoid Generate API

POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/nanoid-generate/execute

Generate one or more NanoID-style identifiers. Defaults to the standard 21-char URL-safe alphabet used by the npm `nanoid` package. Uses rejection sampling so custom alphabets stay unbiased.

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Request body

application/json

size

integer optional

Length of each ID. Default: 21.
count

integer optional

How many IDs to generate. Default: 1.
alphabet

string optional

Character set to draw from. Default: nanoid URL-safe.

Example arguments

Verified

{
  "count": 1
}

curl -X POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/nanoid-generate/execute \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "count": 1
  }'

const response = await fetch('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/nanoid-generate/execute', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
  body: JSON.stringify({"count":1}),
});
const data = await response.json();

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/nanoid-generate/execute",
    json={"count":1},
)
data = response.json()

$ch = curl_init('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/nanoid-generate/execute');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['Content-Type: application/json'],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => '{"count":1}',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
]);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);

Also an MCP tool

Call nanoid_generate 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: nanoid-generate
MCP name: nanoid_generate
Category: Generators
Machine-readable: openapi.json · markdown.md

Request body

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