host.tools

Text & word counter

Text /api/v1/utility/text-stats

Characters, words, sentences, lines, reading time, byte length.

Try: Hello World — host.tools host.tools
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Result
Raw JSON
API / curl
0 ms · live 
{
    "characters": 10,
    "characters_no_spaces": 10,
    "bytes": 10,
    "words": 2,
    "sentences": 1,
    "lines": 1,
    "reading_minutes": 1,
    "longest_word": "tools"
}
{
    "ok": true,
    "slug": "utility/text-stats",
    "title": "Text & word counter",
    "ms": 0,
    "data": {
        "characters": 10,
        "characters_no_spaces": 10,
        "bytes": 10,
        "words": 2,
        "sentences": 1,
        "lines": 1,
        "reading_minutes": 1,
        "longest_word": "tools"
    },
    "source": "live",
    "meta": []
}
JSON endpoint
/api/v1/utility/text-stats?q=host.tools
curl
curl -s '/api/v1/utility/text-stats?q=host.tools'
How to use Text & word counter
  1. 1
    Paste your input

    Enter the value at the top — domain, IP, URL, email, ASN, hash, whatever fits this tool. The smart input auto-detects type.

  2. 2
    Click "Inspect"

    host.tools issues real probes (DNS, HTTP, TCP, TLS, WHOIS where applicable) and renders the result in milliseconds.

  3. 3
    Open the API tab

    Every web tool has a sibling /api/v1/utility/text-stats JSON endpoint with the same payload. One copy-as-curl click and you're scripting it.

API equivalent
/api/v1/utility/text-stats?q=host.tools 
curl -s '/api/v1/utility/text-stats?q=host.tools'
Embed this tool
<iframe src="/utility/text-stats?q={INPUT}&embed=1"
  width="100%" height="600" frameborder="0"></iframe>

Drop into any HTML page. The embed=1 flag hides nav and footer.

FAQ · Text & word counter

Common questions

Is Text & word counter free?
Yes — every tool is free on the web with a 200/hour rate limit per IP. The matching API endpoint /api/v1/utility/text-stats is free up to 100 requests/hour, no key required.
Where does the data come from?
Real-time probes against authoritative sources (DNS root, RIRs, registries, the target server itself), plus partner data feeds from hostinfo.com (GeoIP/ASN) and hostcheck.com (reputation).
How fresh are the results?
Live by default. Cached for 5 minutes to make repeat queries instant; pass ?nocache=1 for a forced refresh.
Can I run this from the command line?
Yes — every tool ships with a copy-as-curl. There's also an official CLI: host.tools utility text-stats YOUR_INPUT.
Can I monitor results over time?
Pro tier lets you schedule any tool to run every 1/5/15/60 min and alert on diff. See monitors.
host.tools Pro

Run Text & word counter on a schedule. Get pinged when it changes.

Pro gets you bulk lookups, monitors, webhook alerts, history, exports and 10,000 API calls/day. $19/mo.

See pricing Tour monitors
  • ✓Schedule any tool — every 1, 5, 15, 60 min
  • ✓Diff against last run, alert on change
  • ✓Webhook + email + Slack + PagerDuty + OpsGenie
  • ✓Bulk CSV upload, 1,000 inputs per job
  • ✓Export results as CSV / NDJSON / Excel
  • ✓90-day history, comparison view