ferntool-com Pick API

The Pick API from ferntool-com — 1 operation(s) for pick.

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Operations 2

GET /api/pick Pick random winners from a list, shuffle it, or split it into teams #
POST /api/pick Same as GET, with a JSON body for long lists #

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OpenAPI Specification

ferntool-com-pick-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: FernTool Network Pick API
  version: 0.14.10
  description: 'Free network API: your IP, IP geolocation with timezone and VPN/Tor/datacenter flags, batch lookup, RDAP WHOIS, DNS, reverse DNS, subnet calculator, timestamps, date maths, time zones, random numbers and random picks. No key. CORS *. Please keep under ~40 network lookups/minute.'
servers:
- url: https://www.ferntool.com
tags:
- name: Pick
paths:
  /api/pick:
    get:
      operationId: pickRandom
      summary: Pick random winners from a list, shuffle it, or split it into teams
      parameters:
      - name: items
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Comma- or newline-separated list (max 10,000 entries)
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: count
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Winners for mode=pick (default 1, no repeats)
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: mode
        in: query
        required: false
        description: pick (default), shuffle or teams
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: teams
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Number of teams for mode=teams (default 2)
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: dedupe
        in: query
        required: false
        description: true to remove duplicates first
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Result
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '400':
          description: Empty list or invalid count
      tags:
      - Pick
    post:
      operationId: pickRandomPost
      summary: Same as GET, with a JSON body for long lists
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                items:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                  maxItems: 10000
                count:
                  type: integer
                mode:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - pick
                  - shuffle
                  - teams
                teams:
                  type: integer
                dedupe:
                  type: boolean
              required:
              - items
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Result
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '400':
          description: Invalid input
      tags:
      - Pick