URL decode

POST /api/url-decode1 quota unit per call · cache hits free

URL-decode percent-encoded strings (`%20` → space, `%2F` → `/`, etc.). Optional `+ → space` translation for application/x-www-form-urlencoded bodies.

Reverses URL percent-encoding: `%20` → space, `%2F` → `/`, `%E2%9C%93` → `✓`. Output is plain text in UTF-8. Set `plusToSpace: true` if the input came from an HTML form body or query string (where space is encoded as `+`).

Inputs

Name	Type	Default	Description
input*	string	—	Percent-encoded text.
scope	enum (component \| form)	"component"	`component` (plain percent-decode) or `form` (also translates `+` to space).

Response

Modes: json, text. Cache: yes (24h TTL).

Every response carries x-cache (HIT / MISS / BYPASS), x-cache-signature (stable across identical inputs), and the rate-limit headers listed below.

Quota & limits

Cost per call	1 unit against the 10,000-unit monthly quota. Cache hits are free — only cache misses decrement.
Burst limit	200 requests per rolling minute, shared across all tools.
Max request size	`4 MiB` (base64 inflates file payloads ~33% — the limit applies to the decoded bytes).
Max response size	`4 MiB`
Timeout	5s wall clock.
Rate-limit headers	`X-RateLimit-Limit`, `X-RateLimit-Remaining`, `X-RateLimit-Burst-Limit` on every response; `X-Quota-Warning` once 80% of the monthly quota is spent; `Retry-After` on 429s.

Errors

Errors are JSON with an error string; schema failures add a details object (Zod's flattened field errors).

Status	When	Body
400	Input fails the tool's schema (wrong type, missing required field, malformed base64) or the file bytes can't be parsed as the expected format.	{ "error": "invalid inputs", "details": { "fieldErrors": { … } } }
401	Missing or invalid X-Api-Key / X-Account-Id headers (or no session when called from the browser).	{ "error": "unauthorized" }
404	Unknown tool id, or calling /api/* on the website hostname instead of api.xtract.bot.	{ "error": "not found" }
413	Request body over the tool's max request size, or an image header declaring more megapixels than the tool's pixel budget.	{ "error": "…exceeds maxRequestBytes…" }
415	Content-Type isn't application/json on the json-body transport.	{ "error": "unsupported content-type; expected application/json" }
429	Monthly quota or the 200/min burst limit exhausted. Check Retry-After and the X-RateLimit-* headers.	{ "error": "monthly quota exceeded", "monthRemaining": 0, … }
5xx	Conversion engine failure. Safe to retry; if it persists, the input is hitting a bug — please report it.	{ "error": "…" }

Code samples

Built from the search example.


curl -X POST https://api.xtract.bot/api/url-decode \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "X-Account-Id: $XTRACT_ACCOUNT_ID" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: $XTRACT_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "input": "hello%20world%20%26%20foo%3Dbar",
  "scope": "component"
}'