Linter API

Lint any Radiopaedia article over HTTP and get the results back as JSON. No authentication; the standard API rate limit applies.

200 with the lints, 404 if the article has no content, or 422 if article is missing.

{
  "slug": "pneumothorax",
  "article_type": "general",
  "counts": { "error": 1, "suggestion": 3 },
  "lints": [
    {
      "line": 12,
      "position": 16,
      "message": "Use 'does not' instead of 'doesn't'.",
      "severity": "error",
      "condition": "Radiopaedia.Contractions",
      "matched": "doesn't",
      "match": "<p>The patient doesn't have symptoms.</p>",
      "trimmed": "The patient doesn't have symptoms.",
      "display": "The patient <mark>doesn't</mark> have symptoms.",
      "supportsExceptions": false
    }
  ]
}

condition is the rule that fired; see current rules for the full list. display is the offending line with most HTML stripped, ready to show to a human, with the matched span wrapped in a <mark> so it can be highlighted.

Each type carries an expected heading outline. Only headings are checked against it; the prose rules run the same either way. Total counts every permitted heading across all three levels.