---
title: "Quote a Humanize reader-facing text call (free)"
method: POST
path: "/v1/tools/humanize/quote"
---

# Quote a Humanize reader-facing text call (free)

`POST /v1/tools/humanize/quote`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.counselorai.app`
- URL: `https://api.counselorai.app/v1/tools/humanize/quote`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Free pre-flight. Validates the input and returns the exact credit hold a real call would take at this account's price, without billing anything. An invalid input is still a 200: the body carries valid:false and the validation errors.

## Request body

- object
  - `text` string, required: The reader-facing prose to edit.
  - `audience` 'general' | 'cold_outreach' | 'parent' | 'student' | 'counselor' | 'leadership' | 'social': Who will read the text. This changes vocabulary and formality, not the facts.
  - `strength` 'light' | 'standard' | 'aggressive': light makes surface fixes, standard rewrites AI-sounding sentences, aggressive may rebuild paragraph flow.
  - `preserveFormatting` boolean: Keep headings, lists, paragraph breaks, links, and other formatting.

## Response `200`

Quote

- object
  - `tool` string
  - `valid` boolean
  - `validation_errors` unknown[]
    - unknown
  - `estimated_credits` integer
  - `estimated_usd` number
  - `max_credits_held` integer
  - `max_credits_supported` boolean
  - `credit_balance` integer
  - `sufficient` boolean
  - `price_multiplier` number

---

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