3-Way Text Diff & Merge Viewer
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/3-way-text-diff-merge-viewer \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"baseText": "Line1\nLine2\nLine3",
"localText": "Line1\nLine2 changed by local\nLine3 local edit",
"remoteText": "Line1\nLine2\nLine3 remote edit\nLine4",
"conflictStrategy": "markers"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/3-way-text-diff-merge-viewer"
payload = {
"baseText": "Line1
Line2
Line3",
"localText": "Line1
Line2 changed by local
Line3 local edit",
"remoteText": "Line1
Line2
Line3 remote edit
Line4",
"conflictStrategy": "markers"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
baseText: 'Line1\nLine2\nLine3',
localText: 'Line1\nLine2 changed by local\nLine3 local edit',
remoteText: 'Line1\nLine2\nLine3 remote edit\nLine4',
conflictStrategy: 'markers'
})
};
fetch('https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/3-way-text-diff-merge-viewer', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/3-way-text-diff-merge-viewer",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'baseText' => 'Line1
Line2
Line3',
'localText' => 'Line1
Line2 changed by local
Line3 local edit',
'remoteText' => 'Line1
Line2
Line3 remote edit
Line4',
'conflictStrategy' => 'markers'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/3-way-text-diff-merge-viewer"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"baseText\": \"Line1\\nLine2\\nLine3\",\n \"localText\": \"Line1\\nLine2 changed by local\\nLine3 local edit\",\n \"remoteText\": \"Line1\\nLine2\\nLine3 remote edit\\nLine4\",\n \"conflictStrategy\": \"markers\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/3-way-text-diff-merge-viewer")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"baseText\": \"Line1\\nLine2\\nLine3\",\n \"localText\": \"Line1\\nLine2 changed by local\\nLine3 local edit\",\n \"remoteText\": \"Line1\\nLine2\\nLine3 remote edit\\nLine4\",\n \"conflictStrategy\": \"markers\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/3-way-text-diff-merge-viewer")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"baseText\": \"Line1\\nLine2\\nLine3\",\n \"localText\": \"Line1\\nLine2 changed by local\\nLine3 local edit\",\n \"remoteText\": \"Line1\\nLine2\\nLine3 remote edit\\nLine4\",\n \"conflictStrategy\": \"markers\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"tool": "3-way-text-diff-merge-viewer",
"tool_version": "1.0.1",
"outputs": {
"mergedText": "Line1\n<<<<<<< LOCAL\nLine2 changed by local\nLine3 local edit\n||||||| BASE\nLine2\nLine3\n=======\nLine2\nLine3 remote edit\nLine4\n>>>>>>> REMOTE",
"summary": [
{
"metric": "Unchanged lines",
"value": "1"
},
{
"metric": "Local-only changes",
"value": "0"
},
{
"metric": "Remote-only changes",
"value": "0"
},
{
"metric": "Changed identically in both",
"value": "0"
},
{
"metric": "Conflicting lines",
"value": "3"
},
{
"metric": "Conflicts",
"value": "1"
},
{
"metric": "Result",
"value": "1 conflict — resolve before finalizing"
}
],
"diffTable": [
{
"status": "Unchanged",
"base": "Line1",
"local": "Line1",
"remote": "Line1"
},
{
"status": "Conflict",
"base": "Line2\nLine3",
"local": "Line2 changed by local\nLine3 local edit",
"remote": "Line2\nLine3 remote edit\nLine4"
}
]
},
"credits_used": 3,
"credits_remaining": null
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/validation_error",
"title": "Invalid request",
"status": 400,
"code": "validation_error",
"detail": "One or more inputs are invalid — see `fields`.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11",
"fields": {
"inputString": "Required"
}
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/invalid_api_key",
"title": "Invalid API key",
"status": 401,
"code": "invalid_api_key",
"detail": "Provide 'Authorization: Bearer <key>'.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11"
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/insufficient_credits",
"title": "Insufficient credits",
"status": 402,
"code": "insufficient_credits",
"detail": "This call costs 1 credit and 0 remain in this month's allowance.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11",
"credits_used": 0,
"credits_remaining": 0
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/tool_not_allowed",
"title": "Tool not available over the API",
"status": 403,
"code": "tool_not_allowed",
"detail": "\"Background Remover\" is available on iotools.cloud but has no API endpoint.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11"
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/tool_not_found",
"title": "Tool not found",
"status": 404,
"code": "tool_not_found",
"detail": "No tool with that slug. See GET /v1/tools/list.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11"
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/payload_too_large",
"title": "Payload too large",
"status": 413,
"code": "payload_too_large",
"detail": "Request body exceeds this tool's size limit.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11"
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/rate_limited",
"title": "Rate limit exceeded",
"status": 429,
"code": "rate_limited",
"detail": "Too many requests. Retry in 30s.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11",
"retry_after": 30
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/processing_error",
"title": "Tool failed to run",
"status": 500,
"code": "processing_error",
"detail": "The tool failed to run. Please try again.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11",
"credits_used": 0
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/tool_disabled",
"title": "Tool temporarily disabled",
"status": 503,
"code": "tool_disabled",
"detail": "This tool is temporarily unavailable. Try again shortly.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11"
}Editors
3-Way Text Diff & Merge Viewer
Merge two edited versions of a text against their common base (a 3-way diff, like a Git merge). Auto-resolves non-overlapping edits and reports conflicts with a line-by-line status table.
POST
/
v1
/
tool
/
3-way-text-diff-merge-viewer
3-Way Text Diff & Merge Viewer
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/3-way-text-diff-merge-viewer \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"baseText": "Line1\nLine2\nLine3",
"localText": "Line1\nLine2 changed by local\nLine3 local edit",
"remoteText": "Line1\nLine2\nLine3 remote edit\nLine4",
"conflictStrategy": "markers"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/3-way-text-diff-merge-viewer"
payload = {
"baseText": "Line1
Line2
Line3",
"localText": "Line1
Line2 changed by local
Line3 local edit",
"remoteText": "Line1
Line2
Line3 remote edit
Line4",
"conflictStrategy": "markers"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
baseText: 'Line1\nLine2\nLine3',
localText: 'Line1\nLine2 changed by local\nLine3 local edit',
remoteText: 'Line1\nLine2\nLine3 remote edit\nLine4',
conflictStrategy: 'markers'
})
};
fetch('https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/3-way-text-diff-merge-viewer', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/3-way-text-diff-merge-viewer",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'baseText' => 'Line1
Line2
Line3',
'localText' => 'Line1
Line2 changed by local
Line3 local edit',
'remoteText' => 'Line1
Line2
Line3 remote edit
Line4',
'conflictStrategy' => 'markers'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/3-way-text-diff-merge-viewer"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"baseText\": \"Line1\\nLine2\\nLine3\",\n \"localText\": \"Line1\\nLine2 changed by local\\nLine3 local edit\",\n \"remoteText\": \"Line1\\nLine2\\nLine3 remote edit\\nLine4\",\n \"conflictStrategy\": \"markers\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/3-way-text-diff-merge-viewer")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"baseText\": \"Line1\\nLine2\\nLine3\",\n \"localText\": \"Line1\\nLine2 changed by local\\nLine3 local edit\",\n \"remoteText\": \"Line1\\nLine2\\nLine3 remote edit\\nLine4\",\n \"conflictStrategy\": \"markers\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/3-way-text-diff-merge-viewer")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"baseText\": \"Line1\\nLine2\\nLine3\",\n \"localText\": \"Line1\\nLine2 changed by local\\nLine3 local edit\",\n \"remoteText\": \"Line1\\nLine2\\nLine3 remote edit\\nLine4\",\n \"conflictStrategy\": \"markers\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"tool": "3-way-text-diff-merge-viewer",
"tool_version": "1.0.1",
"outputs": {
"mergedText": "Line1\n<<<<<<< LOCAL\nLine2 changed by local\nLine3 local edit\n||||||| BASE\nLine2\nLine3\n=======\nLine2\nLine3 remote edit\nLine4\n>>>>>>> REMOTE",
"summary": [
{
"metric": "Unchanged lines",
"value": "1"
},
{
"metric": "Local-only changes",
"value": "0"
},
{
"metric": "Remote-only changes",
"value": "0"
},
{
"metric": "Changed identically in both",
"value": "0"
},
{
"metric": "Conflicting lines",
"value": "3"
},
{
"metric": "Conflicts",
"value": "1"
},
{
"metric": "Result",
"value": "1 conflict — resolve before finalizing"
}
],
"diffTable": [
{
"status": "Unchanged",
"base": "Line1",
"local": "Line1",
"remote": "Line1"
},
{
"status": "Conflict",
"base": "Line2\nLine3",
"local": "Line2 changed by local\nLine3 local edit",
"remote": "Line2\nLine3 remote edit\nLine4"
}
]
},
"credits_used": 3,
"credits_remaining": null
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/validation_error",
"title": "Invalid request",
"status": 400,
"code": "validation_error",
"detail": "One or more inputs are invalid — see `fields`.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11",
"fields": {
"inputString": "Required"
}
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/invalid_api_key",
"title": "Invalid API key",
"status": 401,
"code": "invalid_api_key",
"detail": "Provide 'Authorization: Bearer <key>'.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11"
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/insufficient_credits",
"title": "Insufficient credits",
"status": 402,
"code": "insufficient_credits",
"detail": "This call costs 1 credit and 0 remain in this month's allowance.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11",
"credits_used": 0,
"credits_remaining": 0
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/tool_not_allowed",
"title": "Tool not available over the API",
"status": 403,
"code": "tool_not_allowed",
"detail": "\"Background Remover\" is available on iotools.cloud but has no API endpoint.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11"
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/tool_not_found",
"title": "Tool not found",
"status": 404,
"code": "tool_not_found",
"detail": "No tool with that slug. See GET /v1/tools/list.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11"
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/payload_too_large",
"title": "Payload too large",
"status": 413,
"code": "payload_too_large",
"detail": "Request body exceeds this tool's size limit.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11"
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/rate_limited",
"title": "Rate limit exceeded",
"status": 429,
"code": "rate_limited",
"detail": "Too many requests. Retry in 30s.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11",
"retry_after": 30
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/processing_error",
"title": "Tool failed to run",
"status": 500,
"code": "processing_error",
"detail": "The tool failed to run. Please try again.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11",
"credits_used": 0
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/tool_disabled",
"title": "Tool temporarily disabled",
"status": 503,
"code": "tool_disabled",
"detail": "This tool is temporarily unavailable. Try again shortly.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11"
}Authorizations
Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
Body
application/json
Response
Tool output
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
The tool's slug, echoing the {slug} in the request path.
Output-contract version for this tool.
Credits this call consumed, after any settlement refund. 0 when metering is disabled.
Credits left in the current monthly allowance, or null when metering is disabled.
Correlation id, also sent as x-request-id.
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