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API glyph

Manuel Strehl edited this page Jul 15, 2013 · 5 revisions

Request a Sample Glyph

This endpoint returns a PNG image.

Template for this request:

http://codepoints.net/api/v1/glyph/{codepoint}

where {codepoint} is a hexadecimal number. The response is a 16x16 pixel glyph as rendered on the main site.

Response

A sample response image looks like this:

Possible Errors

In all cases a PNG image will be returned. It is the usual representation of an unknown Unicode codepoint, a question mark in a diamond. (The same as the main site’s favicon.)

  1. 400 Bad Request: If the value for {codepoint} is not a valid hexadecimal number.
  2. 404 Not Found: If the value for {codepoint} has no associated image (but is a valid hexadecimal number). This says nothing about whether the codepoint exists or not! use the codepoint or name endpoints for this.

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