Numbers API Math API

The Math API from Numbers API — 1 operation(s) for math.

OpenAPI Specification

numbers-api-math-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Numbers Date Math API
  description: 'Free REST API providing interesting mathematical facts, trivia, dates, and year facts about numbers for educational and fun applications. Returns short, readable facts about any number or date across four categories: trivia, mathematical properties, notable years, and day-of-year historical events. No authentication or API key required.

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  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    url: http://numbersapi.com
  license:
    name: MIT
servers:
- url: http://numbersapi.com
  description: Numbers API production server
tags:
- name: Math
paths:
  /{number}/math:
    get:
      operationId: getMathFact
      summary: Get a mathematical fact about a number
      description: 'Returns an interesting mathematical property or fact about the specified number.

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      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/number'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/json'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/fragment'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/notfound'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/default'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/min'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/max'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/callback'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A mathematical fact about the requested number (plain text or JSON)
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
              example: 42 is the 5th Catalan number.
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NumberFact'
      tags:
      - Math
components:
  parameters:
    callback:
      name: callback
      in: query
      required: false
      description: '(Deprecated) JSONP callback function name. The response will be wrapped in a call to this function.

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      schema:
        type: string
      deprecated: true
    min:
      name: min
      in: query
      required: false
      description: 'Minimum value for random number generation. Used with `random` number to constrain the range.

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      schema:
        type: integer
    max:
      name: max
      in: query
      required: false
      description: 'Maximum value for random number generation. Used with `random` number to constrain the range.

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      schema:
        type: integer
    notfound:
      name: notfound
      in: query
      required: false
      description: 'What to do if the number is not found. Options: `default` (return a pre-written missing message), `floor` (round down to the largest number with a fact), `ceil` (round up to the smallest number with a fact).

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      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - default
        - floor
        - ceil
        default: default
    fragment:
      name: fragment
      in: query
      required: false
      description: 'Return the fact as a sentence fragment that can be easily included as part of a larger sentence. The first word is lowercase and ending punctuation is omitted.

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      schema:
        type: boolean
    number:
      name: number
      in: path
      required: true
      description: 'An integer, the keyword `random`, a day of year in the form `month/day` (for date type), or a range like `1..10` or comma-separated values like `1,2,3` for batch requests.

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      schema:
        type: string
      example: '42'
    json:
      name: json
      in: query
      required: false
      description: 'Return the fact and associated metadata as a JSON object instead of plain text. Can also be triggered by setting the Accept or Content-Type header to application/json.

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      schema:
        type: boolean
    default:
      name: default
      in: query
      required: false
      description: 'A custom message to return if no fact is found for the requested number. Used in conjunction with `notfound=default`.

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      schema:
        type: string
  schemas:
    NumberFact:
      type: object
      description: A fact about a number with associated metadata
      required:
      - text
      - found
      - number
      - type
      properties:
        text:
          type: string
          description: The fact text itself
          example: 42 is the result given by Google and Bing for the query "the answer to life the universe and everything".
        found:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether a fact was found for the requested number
          example: true
        number:
          type: number
          description: The number that the fact pertains to
          example: 42
        type:
          type: string
          description: The category of the returned fact
          enum:
          - trivia
          - math
          - year
          - date
          example: trivia