Chinese Text Project
Online open-access digital library for pre-modern Chinese texts
- Authentication
- No auth
- HTTPS
- Yes
- CORS
- Unknown
- Category
- Dictionaries
- Data source
- public-apis + marcelscruz
- Documentation / URL
- https://ctext.org/tools/api
Overview
Chinese Text Project (ctext) provides pre-modern Chinese texts — keyless (HTTP 301 → https, then 200, verified live).
Quick Start
Text (verified live — 301 to https then 200):
curl "https://ctext.org/api/getcc?urn=chunqiu&if=gb&mode=all"Authentication
None — keyless.
Rate Limits & Notes
- Free; be polite — no hard published limit.
- Classical Chinese texts.
FAQ
Is Chinese Text Project free? Yes — free and keyless (verified).
Does it need a key? No — keyless.
What does it return? Classical texts.
More in Dictionaries
| API | Auth | HTTPS | CORS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Character Web Chinese character definitions and pronunciations | No auth | No | No | ↗ |
| Collins Bilingual Dictionary and Thesaurus Data | API Key | Yes | Unknown | ↗ |
| Free Dictionary Definitions, phonetics, pronounciations, parts of speech, examples, synonyms | No auth | Yes | Unknown | ↗ |
| Indonesia Dictionary Indonesia dictionary many words | No auth | Yes | Unknown | ↗ |
| Lingua Robot Word definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, antonyms and others | API Key | Yes | Yes | ↗ |