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Chinese Text Project vs DigitalNZ API

If you need a Dictionaries API that's easy to integrate, go with Chinese Text Project.

Chinese Text Project

Online open-access digital library for pre-modern Chinese texts

DigitalNZ API

OpenAPI specification of DigitalNZ's Record API. For more information about the API see [digitalnz.org/developers](https://digitalnz.org/developers). To learn more about the metadata/fields use...

Chinese Text Project

  • No authentication required
  • HTTPS supported

DigitalNZ API

  • Simple API key authentication
  • HTTPS supported
FeatureChinese Text ProjectDigitalNZ API
AuthenticationNoneapiKey
HTTPSYesYes
CORSUnknownUnknown

When to use which?

Chinese Text Project is the better choice for quick prototypes and hackathons since it requires no authentication.