# Craft Quantities Calculators API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/craftquantities-com/craftquantities-com-calculators-api/  
**Provider:** Craft Quantities — https://apis.io/providers/craftquantities-com/  
**Base URL:** https://api.craftquantities.com/v1  
**Documentation:** https://craftquantities.com/api/

Craft Quantities Calculators API is one of 15 APIs that [Craft Quantities](https://apis.io/providers/craftquantities-com/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition. Tagged areas include Calculators. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and 1 JSON Schema.

One calculator: what it asks, its answer in both systems, its sources and a link to its page.

## Operations (9)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/calculate/{slug}` | Run a calculator (inputs in the query) |
| POST | `/calculate/{slug}` | Run a calculator |
| GET | `/describe/{slug}` | A calculator's inputs, units, opening values, sources and version |
| GET | `/sources/{slug}` | A calculator's sources and a citation |
| GET | `/link/{slug}` | A link that opens the page with these inputs |
| POST | `/optimise-cuts` | Optimise a cut list: pieces from stock lengths, or rectangles nested on sheets |
| POST | `/compare-on-job` | Compare two options on one job, with the crossover |
| POST | `/guide-chain` | Run a guide's "Try the calculation" with your figures |
| POST | `/stair` | Stair layout: straight, turned, concrete or steel |

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **OpenAPI** — https://artifacts.apis.io/craftquantities-com/openapi/craftquantities-com-calculators-api-openapi.yml
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/craftquantities-com/json-schema/craftquantities-com-calculate-result-schema.json

## Other Craft Quantities APIs (12)

- [Craft Quantities Static Data API](https://apis.io/apis/craftquantities-com/craft-quantities-static-data-api/)
- [Craft Quantities Agent tools API](https://apis.io/apis/craftquantities-com/craftquantities-com-agent-tools-api/)
- [Craft Quantities Benchmark API](https://apis.io/apis/craftquantities-com/craftquantities-com-benchmark-api/)
- [Craft Quantities Cutting API](https://apis.io/apis/craftquantities-com/craftquantities-com-cutting-api/)
- [Craft Quantities Diagnoses and documents API](https://apis.io/apis/craftquantities-com/craftquantities-com-diagnoses-and-documents-api/)
- [Craft Quantities Discovery API](https://apis.io/apis/craftquantities-com/craftquantities-com-discovery-api/)
- [Craft Quantities House and canvas API](https://apis.io/apis/craftquantities-com/craftquantities-com-house-and-canvas-api/)
- [Craft Quantities Planner API](https://apis.io/apis/craftquantities-com/craftquantities-com-planner-api/)
- [Craft Quantities Project files API](https://apis.io/apis/craftquantities-com/craftquantities-com-project-files-api/)
- [Craft Quantities Quotes API](https://apis.io/apis/craftquantities-com/craftquantities-com-quotes-api/)
- [Craft Quantities Solve backwards API](https://apis.io/apis/craftquantities-com/craftquantities-com-solve-backwards-api/)
- [Craft Quantities Takeoffs API](https://apis.io/apis/craftquantities-com/craftquantities-com-takeoffs-api/)

## Tags

Calculators

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