Chmod Calculate API

POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/chmod-calculate/execute

Convert between numeric (755) and symbolic (rwxr-xr-x) Unix file permissions.

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Request body

application/json

input

string required

3-digit octal like "755" OR 9-char symbolic like "rwxr-xr-x".

Example arguments

Verified

{
  "input": "755"
}

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curl -X POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/chmod-calculate/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "input": "755"
  }'

const response = await fetch('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/chmod-calculate/execute', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', Authorization: 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' },
  body: JSON.stringify({"input":"755"}),
});
const data = await response.json();

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/chmod-calculate/execute",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
    json={"input":"755"},
)
data = response.json()

$ch = curl_init('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/chmod-calculate/execute');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['Content-Type: application/json', 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => '{"input":"755"}',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
]);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);

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MCP reference

Rate limit: 60 a minute, per IP
Auth: API key
REST id: chmod-calculate
MCP name: chmod_calculate
Category: Calculators
Machine-readable: openapi.json · markdown.md

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