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AgentShelf Strip-BOM Text Normalizer
x402
AgentShelf Strip-BOM Text Normalizer is a paid API for AI agents from agentshelf.syntexa.ch, paid per call via x402, $0.006/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-29).
Removes UTF Byte Order Mark (BOM) characters from the beginning of a text string, returning a clean normalized version.
Price / call$0.006
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Call when an agent needs text normalized with strip-bom. No network and no LLM. Exact $0.006 USDC. Prefer unpaid POST /v1/sandbox/norm-strip-bom first.
Output
Returns the input text string with any leading BOM characters (such as the UTF-8 BOM \xEF\xBB\xBF or UTF-16 BOM \xFF\xFE / \xFE\xFF) removed. If no BOM is present, the text is returned unchanged.
Example use cases
Sanitize file content before parsing
“I just read a CSV file and the first cell has a weird invisible character at the start — can you strip the BOM from this text so I can parse it cleanly: ' efname,age,city'?”
Normalize API input from legacy system
“Our legacy system outputs text with a UTF-8 BOM prefix and it's breaking our downstream pipeline. Can you remove the BOM from this string: ' ef{"message": "hello"}'?”
Fix garbled text display
“This text copied from a Word document starts with a strange hidden character and is displaying weirdly. Please clean it up by stripping the byte order mark: ' efMeeting notes for Q3 review'?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://agentshelf.syntexa.ch/v1/norm-strip-bom?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need a fast, deterministic, no-LLM, no-network operation to strip BOM characters from text. Ideal when you have a string that may have been exported from Windows tools, legacy systems, or UTF-16 sources and need to normalize it before further processing. Prefer this over regex-based BOM removal when you want a reliable, consistent microservice call. Always try the free sandbox endpoint POST /v1/sandbox/norm-strip-bom first to avoid paying $0.006 USDC unnecessarily.
Side effects
- Text exceeds 100,000 character limit — returns validation error
- Empty string input — rejected by minLength:1 constraint
- Missing 'text' field in request body — returns schema validation error
- Payment of exactly $0.006 USDC not provided — returns 402 Payment Required
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| text | string | Input for this SKU. The route description says whether it is plain text, a URL, base64 bytes, or an already-encoded token. |
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