Api Endpoint

almanac.locomot.io

Deterministic citation formatter — APA 7, MLA 9, Chicago 17 author-date, BibTeX. From structured fields, returns the reference entry (markdown/html/plain) + the in-text citation, reproducing published style-manual examples exactly. For full author lists use POST. Every answer signed. Free sample, no payment required: GET /play/cite

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Offering

Provider
almanac.locomot.io
Method
GET
Offering type
Api Endpoint
Transport type
http
Category
General Utilities
Delivery
Not provided
Pricing model
Not provided
x402 version
2

Endpoint context

URL
https://almanac.locomot.io/cite
MIME type
application/json
First seen
2026-10-16T01:50:19.913Z
Last seen
Tags
None supplied

Payment pricing

x402 payment terms are the authoritative price for calling this endpoint.

Payment option 1
0.001 USDC
Atomic price: 1000 · Network: eip155:8453 · Asset: USDC · Scheme: exact
Raw x402 terms
[
  {
    "scheme": "exact",
    "network": "eip155:8453",
    "asset": "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913",
    "amount": "1000",
    "payTo": "0xa3091005a76b1480F1897a9D0C2e1c55B7767674"
  }
]

Observed health

Status
Healthy
Latest latency
1259 ms
Average latency
872 ms
HTTP status
402
Last checked
Reachability
100% over 14 checks

Latency is measured to the first response headers. A reachable result does not verify response accuracy or merchant identity.

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "GET",
        "HEAD",
        "DELETE"
      ]
    },
    "queryParams": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "style": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "apa | mla | chicago | bibtex"
        },
        "type": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "article | book | chapter | web"
        },
        "title": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "work title (verbatim case)"
        },
        "authors": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "'Family, Given; Family2, Given2'"
        },
        "year": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "container": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "journal/site name"
        },
        "volume": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "issue": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "pages": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "publisher": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "place": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "doi": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "url": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "style",
        "title"
      ]
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "properties": {
    "input": {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "method": {
          "enum": [
            "GET",
            "HEAD",
            "DELETE"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        },
        "queryParams": {
          "properties": {
            "authors": {
              "description": "'Family, Given; Family2, Given2'",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "container": {
              "description": "journal/site name",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "doi": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "issue": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "pages": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "place": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "publisher": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "style": {
              "description": "apa | mla | chicago | bibtex",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "title": {
              "description": "work title (verbatim case)",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "type": {
              "description": "article | book | chapter | web",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "url": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "volume": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "year": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "style",
            "title"
          ],
          "type": "object"
        },
        "type": {
          "const": "http",
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "type",
        "method"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "output": {
      "properties": {
        "intext": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "reference": {
          "type": "object"
        },
        "source_type": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "style": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "type": "object"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "input"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}