---
title: "Type Text"
method: POST
path: "/api/keyboard/type"
tags: ["keyboard"]
---

# Type Text

`POST /api/keyboard/type`

## Request

- Base URL: `http://localhost:4242/your-computer-name`
- URL: `http://localhost:4242/your-computer-name/api/keyboard/type`
- Auth: none declared

Types a sequence of text with configurable speed and grouping.

## Request body

- TypeTextRequest
  - `text` string, required: Text to type
  - `display_num` integer: Display number to target
  - `typing_delay` integer: Delay between keystrokes in milliseconds
  - `typing_group_size` integer: Number of characters to type at once

## Response `200`

Successfully typed the text

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error
- `500`: Internal server error

## Changes

- **2026-07-13** `5424450258fc`: 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2025-01-13** `a2d864f3a8db`: 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/cuse-dev/apis/cuse-apps-api/changes/api/keyboard/type/post.md)

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