Random String API

POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/random-string/execute

Generate cryptographically-random strings from a chosen charset.

Request body

application/json

length

integer optional

Characters per string (1-1000). Default 12.
count

integer optional

How many strings to generate (1-100). Default 1.
charset

string optional

Character pool. Defaults to alphanumeric. One of alphanumeric · alphabetic · numeric · hex · custom. Default "alphanumeric".
custom

string optional

Custom charset string, used when charset="custom".

Example arguments

Verified

{
  "length": 8
}

curl -X POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/random-string/execute \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "length": 8
  }'

const response = await fetch('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/random-string/execute', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
  body: JSON.stringify({"length":8}),
});
const data = await response.json();

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/random-string/execute",
    json={"length":8},
)
data = response.json()

$ch = curl_init('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/random-string/execute');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['Content-Type: application/json'],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => '{"length":8}',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
]);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);

Also an MCP tool

Call random_string 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: random-string
MCP name: random_string
Category: Security
Machine-readable: openapi.json · markdown.md

Request body

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