Machine Shop – URL Normalizer

x402

Machine Shop – URL Normalizer is a paid API for AI agents from api.pay-forge.online, paid per call via x402, $0.004/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-20).

Parses and normalizes an absolute HTTP/HTTPS URL into a canonical form and returns its SHA-256 hash — syntax-only, no live web request.

Price / call$0.004

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Output

Returns a JSON object with a normalized URL string (with redundant port removed, query parameters sorted, etc.) and a hex-encoded SHA-256 hash of that normalized URL. No live web request is made; this is purely syntactic processing.

Example use cases

Deduplicating crawled URL inventory

“I have a list of URLs gathered from different crawlers and some have different query param orderings or redundant ports — can you normalize https://shop.example.com:443/search?sort=asc&page=1&q=shoes so I get a canonical form and hash I can use as a dedup key?”

Stable cache key generation

“I need a stable cache key for the URL https://api.example.com/v2/results?z=99&a=1&m=foo — normalize it and give me the SHA-256 so I can use it as a consistent lookup key regardless of param order.”

Comparing two URLs for equivalence

“Are these two URLs actually the same after normalization? https://example.com:443/page?b=2&a=1 — normalize it and give me the hash so I can compare it against a stored fingerprint.”

Technical details

Endpoint

POSThttps://api.pay-forge.online/v1/normalize-url?utm_source=zero.xyz

When to prefer

Choose this endpoint when you need fast, deterministic, syntax-only URL normalization and a stable SHA-256 fingerprint — especially for deduplication, caching, or comparison tasks where consistent canonical form matters. Prefer it over ad-hoc string manipulation when you need a reliable hash. Not suitable when you need live URL resolution, safety checks, or redirect following.

Side effects

URL exceeds 50,000 character limit — returns a validation error
Malformed or non-absolute URL (e.g. relative paths, missing scheme) — returns a parse error
Non-HTTP/HTTPS scheme (e.g. ftp://) — likely rejected as out of scope
Payment not included or insufficient — returns HTTP 402

Input

Schema · Request body

Field	Type	Description
url	string	Absolute HTTP/HTTPS URL string, at most 50000 characters before trimming. Syntax parsing only; not a URL safety check.

Output

Schema · Response

{
  "type": "json",
  "example": {
    "url": "https://example.com:443/a?b=2&a=1&a=",
    "sha256": "989aed231bfce2ac8018bbf402486009ceb15ff1a46cf53d8b0e300c53d4c9ad"
  }
}

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