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Remove Punctuation API

text 1 credit / call v2026-04-22

Remove or replace selected punctuation categories from text.

One POST adds Remove Punctuation to your app, site, workflow, or agent — formula, validation, edge cases, and docs already handled.

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Endpoint

POST · 1cr

POST https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/remove-punctuation/run

Request body

Field	Type	Req.
`text`	`str`	✓
`action` remove \| replace	`str`	—
`remove_periods`	`bool`	—
`remove_commas`	`bool`	—
`remove_quotes`	`bool`	—
`remove_brackets`	`bool`	—
`remove_dashes`	`bool`	—
`remove_slashes`	`bool`	—
`remove_special`	`bool`	—
`remove_other`	`bool`	—

Cost & access

1 credit per successful call — failed calls refund.
Starts on: Free.
Max payload: 65536 bytes.
Privacy mode: no_body_logs
Available on: free, starter, pro, business, scale

Response envelope

{
  "request_id": "01K...",
  "tool": "remove-punctuation",
  "tool_version": "2026-04-22",
  "credits_used": 1,
  "result": { ... }
}

Try it

API key *

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text (str) *

action (str)

remove | replace

remove_periods (bool)

remove_commas (bool)

remove_quotes (bool)

remove_brackets (bool)

remove_dashes (bool)

remove_slashes (bool)

remove_special (bool)

remove_other (bool)

Response

Response headers

Code examples

curl -X POST https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/remove-punctuation/run \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer mwt_live_YOUR_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"text":"Hello, world! It works: yes.","action":"remove","remove_periods":true,"remove_commas":true,"remove_quotes":true,"remove_brackets":true,"remove_dashes":true,"remove_slashes":true,"remove_special":true,"remove_other":true}'

import requests

resp = requests.post(
    'https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/remove-punctuation/run',
    headers={'Authorization': 'Bearer mwt_live_YOUR_KEY'},
    json={'text': 'Hello, world! It works: yes.', 'action': 'remove', 'remove_periods': True, 'remove_commas': True, 'remove_quotes': True, 'remove_brackets': True, 'remove_dashes': True, 'remove_slashes': True, 'remove_special': True, 'remove_other': True},
)
resp.raise_for_status()
print(resp.json())

const resp = await fetch(
  'https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/remove-punctuation/run',
  {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Authorization': 'Bearer mwt_live_YOUR_KEY',
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({"text":"Hello, world! It works: yes.","action":"remove","remove_periods":true,"remove_commas":true,"remove_quotes":true,"remove_brackets":true,"remove_dashes":true,"remove_slashes":true,"remove_special":true,"remove_other":true}),
  }
);
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

<?php
$ch = curl_init('https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/remove-punctuation/run');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        'Authorization: Bearer mwt_live_YOUR_KEY',
        'Content-Type: application/json',
    ],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'text' => 'Hello, world! It works: yes.',
    'action' => 'remove',
    'remove_periods' => true,
    'remove_commas' => true,
    'remove_quotes' => true,
    'remove_brackets' => true,
    'remove_dashes' => true,
    'remove_slashes' => true,
    'remove_special' => true,
    'remove_other' => true
]),
]);
$resp = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
print_r(json_decode($resp, true));

require 'net/http'
require 'json'
require 'uri'

uri = URI('https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/remove-punctuation/run')
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = (uri.scheme == 'https')

req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
req['Authorization'] = 'Bearer mwt_live_YOUR_KEY'
req['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
req.body = {
  'text' => 'Hello, world! It works: yes.',
  'action' => 'remove',
  'remove_periods' => true,
  'remove_commas' => true,
  'remove_quotes' => true,
  'remove_brackets' => true,
  'remove_dashes' => true,
  'remove_slashes' => true,
  'remove_special' => true,
  'remove_other' => true
}.to_json

resp = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(resp.body).inspect

package main

import (
  "bytes"
  "encoding/json"
  "fmt"
  "io"
  "net/http"
)

func main() {
  body, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{
    "text": "Hello, world! It works: yes.",
    "action": "remove",
    "remove_periods": true,
    "remove_commas": true,
    "remove_quotes": true,
    "remove_brackets": true,
    "remove_dashes": true,
    "remove_slashes": true,
    "remove_special": true,
    "remove_other": true,
  })
  req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/remove-punctuation/run", bytes.NewReader(body))
  req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer mwt_live_YOUR_KEY")
  req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")

  resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
  if err != nil { panic(err) }
  defer resp.Body.Close()
  out, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
  fmt.Println(string(out))
}

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.*;

var client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
var req = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
    .uri(URI.create("https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/remove-punctuation/run"))
    .header("Authorization", "Bearer mwt_live_YOUR_KEY")
    .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
    .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString("{\"text\":\"Hello, world! It works: yes.\",\"action\":\"remove\",\"remove_periods\":true,\"remove_commas\":true,\"remove_quotes\":true,\"remove_brackets\":true,\"remove_dashes\":true,\"remove_slashes\":true,\"remove_special\":true,\"remove_other\":true}"))
    .build();

var resp = client.send(req, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
System.out.println(resp.body());

how-to call remove-punctuation

Get an API key
Get an API key. Sign up free for a bearer token. 1,000 credits/month, no card.
Assemble the JSON body
Required fields: text, . See the Request body table above for the full schema.
POST to https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/remove-punctuation/run
Headers: Authorization: Bearer <key> and Content-Type: application/json. Copy-paste snippets in 7 languages are under Code examples.
Parse the response
Envelope: {request_id, tool, tool_version, credits_used, result}. The typed output lives in result.

faq frequently asked

What does the Remove Punctuation API do?+

Remove or replace selected punctuation categories from text. Use it to add this utility without rebuilding formulas, validation, examples, and documentation.

How much does one call to Remove Punctuation cost?+

1 credit per successful call. Failed calls (validation errors, 5xx) don't bill.

What parameters does the Remove Punctuation API require?+

Required fields: text. Full schema at /v1/openapi.json.

Is the Remove Punctuation API deterministic?+

Yes — same input, same output, forever. Tool version 2026-04-22; output shape is stable within a major version.

Can an AI agent call the Remove Punctuation API?+

Yes. Connect to https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/mcp over the Model Context Protocol. The agent discovers `remove-punctuation` with its JSON Schema automatically, so the model can plan while MiniWebtool handles the exact tool result.

What format does the API return?+

JSON with a stable envelope: `{request_id, tool, tool_version, credits_used, result}`. Errors are RFC 7807 `application/problem+json`.

mcp use from an AI agent

Every endpoint on this site is also exposed via the Model Context Protocol at https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/mcp. Claude, Cursor, and any MCP-capable agent can discover this tool (remove-punctuation) and its JSON Schema automatically — no client codegen.

# List tools the agent can call
curl -s https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}' \
 | jq '.result.tools[] | select(.name=="remove-punctuation")'

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