curl --request POST \
--url https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/htaccess-rule-generator \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"ioForceHttps": true,
"ioDisableDirListing": true,
"ioDenySensitiveFiles": true,
"ioBlockHotlinking": true,
"ioAllowedDomain": "<string>",
"ioCustomError": true,
"ioErrorPage": "<string>",
"ioGzip": true,
"ioBrowserCaching": true,
"ioCacheDays": 183
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/htaccess-rule-generator"
payload = {
"ioForceHttps": True,
"ioDisableDirListing": True,
"ioDenySensitiveFiles": True,
"ioBlockHotlinking": True,
"ioAllowedDomain": "<string>",
"ioCustomError": True,
"ioErrorPage": "<string>",
"ioGzip": True,
"ioBrowserCaching": True,
"ioCacheDays": 183
}
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({
ioForceHttps: true,
ioDisableDirListing: true,
ioDenySensitiveFiles: true,
ioBlockHotlinking: true,
ioAllowedDomain: '<string>',
ioCustomError: true,
ioErrorPage: '<string>',
ioGzip: true,
ioBrowserCaching: true,
ioCacheDays: 183
})
};
fetch('https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/htaccess-rule-generator', 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/htaccess-rule-generator",
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([
'ioForceHttps' => true,
'ioDisableDirListing' => true,
'ioDenySensitiveFiles' => true,
'ioBlockHotlinking' => true,
'ioAllowedDomain' => '<string>',
'ioCustomError' => true,
'ioErrorPage' => '<string>',
'ioGzip' => true,
'ioBrowserCaching' => true,
'ioCacheDays' => 183
]),
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/htaccess-rule-generator"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"ioForceHttps\": true,\n \"ioDisableDirListing\": true,\n \"ioDenySensitiveFiles\": true,\n \"ioBlockHotlinking\": true,\n \"ioAllowedDomain\": \"<string>\",\n \"ioCustomError\": true,\n \"ioErrorPage\": \"<string>\",\n \"ioGzip\": true,\n \"ioBrowserCaching\": true,\n \"ioCacheDays\": 183\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/htaccess-rule-generator")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"ioForceHttps\": true,\n \"ioDisableDirListing\": true,\n \"ioDenySensitiveFiles\": true,\n \"ioBlockHotlinking\": true,\n \"ioAllowedDomain\": \"<string>\",\n \"ioCustomError\": true,\n \"ioErrorPage\": \"<string>\",\n \"ioGzip\": true,\n \"ioBrowserCaching\": true,\n \"ioCacheDays\": 183\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/htaccess-rule-generator")
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 \"ioForceHttps\": true,\n \"ioDisableDirListing\": true,\n \"ioDenySensitiveFiles\": true,\n \"ioBlockHotlinking\": true,\n \"ioAllowedDomain\": \"<string>\",\n \"ioCustomError\": true,\n \"ioErrorPage\": \"<string>\",\n \"ioGzip\": true,\n \"ioBrowserCaching\": true,\n \"ioCacheDays\": 183\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"tool": "<string>",
"tool_version": "<string>",
"outputs": {
"ioOutput": "<string>"
},
"credits_used": 123,
"request_id": "<string>",
"credits_remaining": 123
}{
"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"
}{
"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"
}{
"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.",
"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"
}{
"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"
}{
"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"
}.htaccess Rule Generator
Generate a ready-to-use Apache .htaccess snippet by toggling common rules: force HTTPS, www/non-www canonicalization, disable directory listing, block sensitive files, prevent image hotlinking, a custom 404 page, gzip compression and browser caching.
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/htaccess-rule-generator \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"ioForceHttps": true,
"ioDisableDirListing": true,
"ioDenySensitiveFiles": true,
"ioBlockHotlinking": true,
"ioAllowedDomain": "<string>",
"ioCustomError": true,
"ioErrorPage": "<string>",
"ioGzip": true,
"ioBrowserCaching": true,
"ioCacheDays": 183
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/htaccess-rule-generator"
payload = {
"ioForceHttps": True,
"ioDisableDirListing": True,
"ioDenySensitiveFiles": True,
"ioBlockHotlinking": True,
"ioAllowedDomain": "<string>",
"ioCustomError": True,
"ioErrorPage": "<string>",
"ioGzip": True,
"ioBrowserCaching": True,
"ioCacheDays": 183
}
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({
ioForceHttps: true,
ioDisableDirListing: true,
ioDenySensitiveFiles: true,
ioBlockHotlinking: true,
ioAllowedDomain: '<string>',
ioCustomError: true,
ioErrorPage: '<string>',
ioGzip: true,
ioBrowserCaching: true,
ioCacheDays: 183
})
};
fetch('https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/htaccess-rule-generator', 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/htaccess-rule-generator",
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([
'ioForceHttps' => true,
'ioDisableDirListing' => true,
'ioDenySensitiveFiles' => true,
'ioBlockHotlinking' => true,
'ioAllowedDomain' => '<string>',
'ioCustomError' => true,
'ioErrorPage' => '<string>',
'ioGzip' => true,
'ioBrowserCaching' => true,
'ioCacheDays' => 183
]),
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/htaccess-rule-generator"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"ioForceHttps\": true,\n \"ioDisableDirListing\": true,\n \"ioDenySensitiveFiles\": true,\n \"ioBlockHotlinking\": true,\n \"ioAllowedDomain\": \"<string>\",\n \"ioCustomError\": true,\n \"ioErrorPage\": \"<string>\",\n \"ioGzip\": true,\n \"ioBrowserCaching\": true,\n \"ioCacheDays\": 183\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/htaccess-rule-generator")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"ioForceHttps\": true,\n \"ioDisableDirListing\": true,\n \"ioDenySensitiveFiles\": true,\n \"ioBlockHotlinking\": true,\n \"ioAllowedDomain\": \"<string>\",\n \"ioCustomError\": true,\n \"ioErrorPage\": \"<string>\",\n \"ioGzip\": true,\n \"ioBrowserCaching\": true,\n \"ioCacheDays\": 183\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/htaccess-rule-generator")
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 \"ioForceHttps\": true,\n \"ioDisableDirListing\": true,\n \"ioDenySensitiveFiles\": true,\n \"ioBlockHotlinking\": true,\n \"ioAllowedDomain\": \"<string>\",\n \"ioCustomError\": true,\n \"ioErrorPage\": \"<string>\",\n \"ioGzip\": true,\n \"ioBrowserCaching\": true,\n \"ioCacheDays\": 183\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"tool": "<string>",
"tool_version": "<string>",
"outputs": {
"ioOutput": "<string>"
},
"credits_used": 123,
"request_id": "<string>",
"credits_remaining": 123
}{
"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"
}{
"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"
}{
"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.",
"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"
}{
"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"
}{
"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
Force HTTPS (redirect HTTP → HTTPS)
www canonicalization
none, non-www, www Disable directory browsing (Options -Indexes)
Deny access to sensitive files (.env, .git, .htaccess…)
Prevent image hotlinking
Allowed domain
Custom 404 error page
404 page path
Enable GZIP compression
Enable browser caching (Expires headers)
Cache lifetime (days)
1 <= x <= 365Response
Tool output
Output-contract version for this tool. Currently "1" for all tools.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
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.
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