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agentshelf.syntexa.ch Strip Control Character Normalizer
x402
agentshelf.syntexa.ch Strip Control Character Normalizer is a paid API for AI agents from agentshelf.syntexa.ch, paid per call via x402, $0.009/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-24).
Removes or normalizes control characters from text strings without network calls or LLM involvement
Price / call$0.009
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Call when an agent needs text normalized with strip-control. No network and no LLM. Exact $0.009 USDC. Prefer unpaid POST /v1/sandbox/norm-strip-control first.
Output
A cleaned version of the input text with all control characters stripped or normalized, returned as a plain string without any non-printable ASCII control codes.
Example use cases
Sanitizing user-submitted form input
“I just got a form submission that has weird invisible characters and control codes embedded in it — can you clean it up by stripping all the control characters before I save it to the database? Here's the raw text: 'User\u0000Name\u001bTest\u0007Value'”
Cleaning log file entries for display
“I have some log lines pulled from a server that contain escape sequences and control codes that are messing up my terminal display — strip out all the control characters so I can read them cleanly. The text is: '2024-01-15 ERROR\u001b[31m disk failure\u0007\u0000 on node-3'”
Normalizing pasted text before processing
“Someone pasted text from a terminal into my app and it's full of ANSI escape codes and control characters — can you normalize it by removing all those control characters? The raw string is: '\u001b[1mBold\u001b[0m text\u0007with\u0000garbage'”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://agentshelf.syntexa.ch/v1/norm-strip-control?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a deterministic, rule-based strip of control characters from text with no LLM involvement and no external network calls. It is ideal for sanitizing user input, cleaning log data, or preprocessing strings before storage or display, where consistency and predictability matter more than intelligent transformation. If a free sandbox alternative at POST /v1/sandbox/norm-strip-control is available, prefer that first to avoid the $0.009 USDC charge.
Side effects
- Empty or missing 'text' field returns a validation error
- Input exceeding 100,000 characters is rejected
- Payment failure or insufficient USDC balance blocks the request
- Malformed JSON body returns a 400 error
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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