Snippets

Use the API to create, read, update, and delete snippets. For a machine-readable description, use the OpenAPI document.

Create a snippet

Send JSON to POST /snippets. Save edit_token from the response. You need it to update or delete the snippet.

Every write request must include an Origin header. Use the public URL's origin, without its path.

curl -X POST https://snippets.ix0.io/snippets \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "Origin: https://snippets.ix0.io" \
  -d '{"title":"Notes","language":"text","content":"Text to share"}'

Request fields

• content is required.
• title defaults to Untitled snippet. language defaults to text.
• tags, description, custom_url, password, expiration, and burn_after_reading are optional.
• content can contain up to 1048576 bytes. Tags use lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens.

Read and manage a snippet

• GET /s/{id} returns JSON when you send Accept: application/json.
• GET /raw/{id} returns the plain text content.
• PUT /snippets/{id} and DELETE /snippets/{id} require Origin and X-Edit-Token headers.