Plagiarism
Winston AI’s plagiarism API is a powerful tool designed to check text for plagiarism by scouring the internet for similar content. It queries multiple websites and compares the input text with the content found on these websites. This can be particularly useful in academic settings, content creation, legal scenarios or any other situation where originality of content is required.
Authorizations
Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
Body
The text to scan. It is required except if you supply a website or a file. Minimum 300 characters. Texts under 600 characters may produce unreliable results and should be avoided. Maximum 100 000 characters per request.
A file to scan. If you supply a file, the API will scan the content of the file. The file must be in plain .pdf, .doc or .docx format. The file has priority over the text, so if you give a text and a file, it's the file that will be scanned.
A website URL to scan. If you supply a website, the API will fetch the content of the website and scan it. The website must be publicly accessible. It's important to know that the website has priority over the text and the file, so if you give a text, a file and a website, it's the website that will be scanned.
An array of sources to exclude from the scan. The excluded sources won't be taken into account for the plagiarism scan score. Sources can either be a domain name like example.com or a url like https://example.com. If you specify a domain name, the API will exclude all the urls belonging to that domain and all subdomains. Sources are case-sensitive.
2 letter language code. We accept all languages. Default: en.
The country code of the country where the text was written. We accept all country codes. Default: us.
Response
HTTP status code representing the result of the plagiarism scan request.
Some basic scan information about the request.
The result field is the main object that contains the results of the plagiarism scan.
The sources field is an array which contains one or more objects, each corresponding to a different website where matching content has been found.
The input text that was used for the plagiarism scan.
List of similar words found in the input text.
The citations is an array which contains one or more objects, each corresponding to a different website where the website was cited in the provided text.
List of plagiarism sequences found in the input text.
The credits_used field represents the number of credits consumed for processing your request. Each word that is processed by the API consumes two credits.
The credits_remaining field shows how many credits you have left in your account after your request has been processed.