regex
Regex test / match / extract / replace (safe)
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FREE. Run a regular expression against input with catastrophic-backtracking protection (it runs in a killable worker with a hard timeout, so a pathological pattern returns a 400 instead of hanging). op is test|match|extract|replace. Args: pattern, input, flags (gimsuy), op, replacement (for replace).
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| pattern | string | yes | The regular expression source (max 2000 chars). |
| input | string | yes | The text to run it against (max 200k chars). |
| flags | string | no | Any of g,i,m,s,u,y. |
| op | string | no | test | match | extract (capture groups) | replace. Default match. |
| replacement | string | no | Replacement string for op='replace' (supports $1 etc.). |
| limit | integer | no | Max matches for global ops (default 1000). |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"pattern": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The regular expression source (max 2000 chars)."
},
"input": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The text to run it against (max 200k chars)."
},
"flags": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Any of g,i,m,s,u,y."
},
"op": {
"type": "string",
"description": "test | match | extract (capture groups) | replace. Default match."
},
"replacement": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Replacement string for op='replace' (supports $1 etc.)."
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Max matches for global ops (default 1000)."
}
},
"required": [
"pattern",
"input"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}