---
title: "Generate placeholder text"
method: POST
path: "/lorem-ipsum.php"
tags: ["text"]
---

# Generate placeholder text

`POST /lorem-ipsum.php`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://mate.tools/api/v1`
- URL: `https://mate.tools/api/v1/lorem-ipsum.php`
- Auth: none declared

Generates `count` paragraphs, sentences or words of lorem-ipsum. Default starts with the canonical 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet…' opener - set `start_with_lorem=false` to skip it.

## Request body

- object
  - `kind` 'paragraphs' | 'sentences' | 'words'
  - `count` integer
  - `start_with_lorem` boolean

## Response `200`

Success

## Other responses

- `400`: Malformed request
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded (60/min, 600/hour per IP). Includes Retry-After header.

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