[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":1763},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-guide-\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fprompt-instead-of-filters-people-search":3,"blog-guide-related-\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fprompt-instead-of-filters-people-search":794},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"category":774,"cover":775,"description":776,"draft":777,"extension":778,"image":779,"launchCta":779,"listingCover":780,"meta":781,"navigation":782,"ogImage":779,"path":783,"publishedAt":784,"readTime":785,"seo":786,"stem":787,"tags":788,"toolCategory":597,"updatedAt":784,"__hash__":793},"blogGuides\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fprompt-instead-of-filters-people-search.md","A Wrong Enum Returns Zero: Ploid and Prompt-Shaped APIs","Jasper Li",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":761},"minimark",[10,14,25,28,40,43,48,51,62,128,147,158,165,168,211,214,221,233,238,241,250,256,276,279,283,292,311,320,324,374,382,386,390,393,425,442,451,454,462,466,469,557,569,588,594,602,606,609,612,615,628,636,640,643,649,655,661,672,675,679,682,692,696,709,715,729,752,757],[11,12,13],"p",{},"Here are three searches for the same people. Same job title, same intent, one field different each time.",[15,16,22],"pre",{"className":17,"code":19,"language":20,"meta":21},[18],"language-text","seniority \"vp\",             size \"51,200\"  ->  28,417 people\nseniority \"vice_president\", size \"51,200\"  ->       0 people\nseniority \"vp\",             size \"51-200\"  ->  160,884 people\n","text","",[23,24,19],"code",{"__ignoreMap":21},[11,26,27],{},"None of the three returned an error. The middle one is a wrong enum value, and it comes back as a clean empty result set that looks exactly like \"nobody matches.\" The third one is a wrong range format, and rather than failing it silently drops the company size filter entirely, handing back six times the rows with no indication that a constraint went missing.",[11,29,30,31,39],{},"That is the shape of a filter API, and it is the reason a different shape is appearing. ",[32,33,38],"a",{"href":34,"rel":35},"https:\u002F\u002Fploid.com",[36,37],"noopener","noreferrer","Ploid"," is one of the clearer examples: instead of a filter object it takes a sentence and a spending cap.",[11,41,42],{},"Fair disclosure. You are on the Monid blog, Monid sells access to the filter-shaped APIs described below, and Ploid is a content partner of ours. Ploid is not in the Monid catalogue. The section near the end argues for the shape we sell, because on most days it is still the right one.",[44,45,47],"h2",{"id":46},"why-did-my-search-return-zero-when-the-filter-looked-right","Why did my search return zero when the filter looked right?",[11,49,50],{},"Because the filter was not validated against anything. It was accepted, applied, and matched nothing.",[11,52,53,54,57,58,61],{},"The runs above use ",[23,55,56],{},"apollo \u002Fmixed_people\u002Fapi_search",", which is free to search and therefore easy to probe. The query is otherwise identical: ",[23,59,60],{},"person_titles[]"," of \"VP of Sales\", a company size band, five results per page.",[15,63,67],{"className":64,"code":65,"language":66,"meta":21,"style":21},"language-bash shiki shiki-themes material-theme-lighter material-theme material-theme-palenight","monid run -p apollo -e \u002Fmixed_people\u002Fapi_search \\\n  --query '{\"person_titles[]\":[\"VP of Sales\"],\"person_seniorities[]\":[\"vp\"],\"organization_num_employees_ranges[]\":[\"51,200\"],\"per_page\":5}' \\\n  -w -o people.json\n","bash",[23,68,69,98,116],{"__ignoreMap":21},[70,71,74,78,82,85,88,91,94],"span",{"class":72,"line":73},"line",1,[70,75,77],{"class":76},"sBMFI","monid",[70,79,81],{"class":80},"sfazB"," run",[70,83,84],{"class":80}," -p",[70,86,87],{"class":80}," apollo",[70,89,90],{"class":80}," -e",[70,92,93],{"class":80}," \u002Fmixed_people\u002Fapi_search",[70,95,97],{"class":96},"sTEyZ"," \\\n",[70,99,101,104,108,111,114],{"class":72,"line":100},2,[70,102,103],{"class":80},"  --query",[70,105,107],{"class":106},"sMK4o"," '",[70,109,110],{"class":80},"{\"person_titles[]\":[\"VP of Sales\"],\"person_seniorities[]\":[\"vp\"],\"organization_num_employees_ranges[]\":[\"51,200\"],\"per_page\":5}",[70,112,113],{"class":106},"'",[70,115,97],{"class":96},[70,117,119,122,125],{"class":72,"line":118},3,[70,120,121],{"class":80},"  -w",[70,123,124],{"class":80}," -o",[70,126,127],{"class":80}," people.json\n",[11,129,130,131,134,135,138,139,142,143,146],{},"Swap ",[23,132,133],{},"vp"," for ",[23,136,137],{},"vice_president"," and ",[23,140,141],{},"total_entries"," goes to zero. Both strings are reasonable English for the same idea. Only one is in the enum, which runs ",[23,144,145],{},"owner, founder, c_suite, partner, vp, head, director, manager, senior, entry, intern",". You can read that list in the schema, and you have to, because the API will not tell you.",[11,148,149,150,153,154,157],{},"The size format is worse. ",[23,151,152],{},"51,200"," is the documented form and returns 28,417. ",[23,155,156],{},"51-200"," is what most people would write first, and it returns 160,884: every VP of Sales regardless of company size. The filter did not fail, it evaporated.",[11,159,160,164],{},[161,162,163],"strong",{},"This is the failure mode that matters."," A crash you notice. A zero you investigate. A plausible number that quietly answers a different question than the one you asked is the one that reaches a spreadsheet, then a campaign, then a quarterly number.",[11,166,167],{},"It is worth proving rather than assuming. Run the same query with the size filter removed entirely:",[15,169,171],{"className":64,"code":170,"language":66,"meta":21,"style":21},"monid run -p apollo -e \u002Fmixed_people\u002Fapi_search \\\n  --query '{\"person_titles[]\":[\"VP of Sales\"],\"person_seniorities[]\":[\"vp\"],\"per_page\":5}' \\\n  -w -o nosize.json\n",[23,172,173,189,202],{"__ignoreMap":21},[70,174,175,177,179,181,183,185,187],{"class":72,"line":73},[70,176,77],{"class":76},[70,178,81],{"class":80},[70,180,84],{"class":80},[70,182,87],{"class":80},[70,184,90],{"class":80},[70,186,93],{"class":80},[70,188,97],{"class":96},[70,190,191,193,195,198,200],{"class":72,"line":100},[70,192,103],{"class":80},[70,194,107],{"class":106},[70,196,197],{"class":80},"{\"person_titles[]\":[\"VP of Sales\"],\"person_seniorities[]\":[\"vp\"],\"per_page\":5}",[70,199,113],{"class":106},[70,201,97],{"class":96},[70,203,204,206,208],{"class":72,"line":118},[70,205,121],{"class":80},[70,207,124],{"class":80},[70,209,210],{"class":80}," nosize.json\n",[11,212,213],{},"That returns 160,884, matching the hyphenated run exactly. The filter was not loosened or reinterpreted. It was discarded, and the API answered a question with one fewer constraint than the one asked.",[11,215,216],{},[217,218],"img",{"alt":219,"src":220},"The same query three times, one field different, three very different answers and no error on any of them.","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fprompt-instead-of-filters-people-search-fig-three-runs.png",[11,222,223,224,138,228,232],{},"The cost of using a filter API correctly is knowing its taxonomy: which enums exist, which are case sensitive, which formats are accepted, which combinations are mutually exclusive. That knowledge is real work, it is per vendor, and it does not transfer. We wrote up ",[32,225,227],{"href":226},"\u002Fblog\u002Fwire-up-icp-prospect-search","the practical version for PDL",[32,229,231],{"href":230},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fapollo-scraper","the Apollo specifics"," separately, and the reason those posts exist at all is that this knowledge has to be written down somewhere.",[234,235,237],"h3",{"id":236},"how-do-you-catch-this-before-it-reaches-a-campaign","How do you catch this before it reaches a campaign?",[11,239,240],{},"Three habits, all cheap, all derived from the runs above.",[11,242,243,246,247,249],{},[161,244,245],{},"Predict the magnitude first."," Before reading a single row, say out loud roughly how many people you expect. Tens of thousands of VPs of Sales at mid sized companies is plausible. A hundred and sixty thousand is not, and neither is zero. ",[23,248,141],{}," is the cheapest assertion available and most integrations never look at it.",[11,251,252,255],{},[161,253,254],{},"Probe by removal."," When a number surprises you, delete one field and re-run. If the count does not move, that field was doing nothing, which is exactly what the hyphen case looks like. On an endpoint where search is free this costs nothing but a minute.",[11,257,258,261,262,265,266,269,270,272,273,275],{},[161,259,260],{},"Read the enums from the schema, not from the docs page."," ",[23,263,264],{},"monid inspect -p apollo -e \u002Fmixed_people\u002Fapi_search"," prints the accepted values inline, including that ",[23,267,268],{},"person_seniorities[]"," runs ",[23,271,145],{}," and nothing else. Inspecting is free, and it is the step that would have caught ",[23,274,137],{}," before it cost anybody an afternoon.",[11,277,278],{},"The general shape of that last habit is why the discover and inspect steps exist at all: a schema you can read at run time turns a taxonomy problem into a lookup. That is the same benefit prompt-shaped APIs are chasing, reached from the other direction.",[234,280,282],{"id":281},"for-agents","For agents",[11,284,285,286,291],{},"Grab an API key at ",[32,287,290],{"href":288,"rel":289},"https:\u002F\u002Fapp.monid.ai\u002F",[36,37],"app.monid.ai",", then paste this to your agent and hand it the key:",[15,293,297],{"className":294,"code":295,"language":296,"meta":21,"style":21},"language-sh shiki shiki-themes material-theme-lighter material-theme material-theme-palenight","set up https:\u002F\u002Fmonid.ai\u002FSKILL.md\n","sh",[23,298,299],{"__ignoreMap":21},[70,300,301,305,308],{"class":72,"line":73},[70,302,304],{"class":303},"s2Zo4","set",[70,306,307],{"class":80}," up",[70,309,310],{"class":80}," https:\u002F\u002Fmonid.ai\u002FSKILL.md\n",[11,312,313,314,319],{},"It learns the discover, inspect and run workflow itself. More detail in the ",[32,315,318],{"href":316,"rel":317},"https:\u002F\u002Fmonid.ai\u002Fdocs\u002Fguide\u002Fquickstart-skill",[36,37],"agent quickstart",".",[234,321,323],{"id":322},"for-humans","For humans",[15,325,327],{"className":294,"code":326,"language":296,"meta":21,"style":21},"npm install -g @monid-ai\u002Fcli\nmonid keys add --label main --key \u003Cyour-api-key>\n",[23,328,329,343],{"__ignoreMap":21},[70,330,331,334,337,340],{"class":72,"line":73},[70,332,333],{"class":76},"npm",[70,335,336],{"class":80}," install",[70,338,339],{"class":80}," -g",[70,341,342],{"class":80}," @monid-ai\u002Fcli\n",[70,344,345,347,350,353,356,359,362,365,368,371],{"class":72,"line":100},[70,346,77],{"class":76},[70,348,349],{"class":80}," keys",[70,351,352],{"class":80}," add",[70,354,355],{"class":80}," --label",[70,357,358],{"class":80}," main",[70,360,361],{"class":80}," --key",[70,363,364],{"class":106}," \u003C",[70,366,367],{"class":80},"your-api-ke",[70,369,370],{"class":96},"y",[70,372,373],{"class":106},">\n",[11,375,376,377,319],{},"More detail in the ",[32,378,381],{"href":379,"rel":380},"https:\u002F\u002Fmonid.ai\u002Fdocs\u002Fguide\u002Fquickstart-cli",[36,37],"CLI quickstart",[383,384],"skill-prompt",{"prompt":385},"find VPs of Sales at companies with 51 to 200 employees, and tell me which filter values you used",[44,387,389],{"id":388},"what-does-an-api-look-like-when-you-send-a-prompt-instead","What does an API look like when you send a prompt instead?",[11,391,392],{},"It takes the sentence and a budget, and decides the query itself.",[11,394,395,396,401,402,405,406,409,410,413,414,417,418,421,422,319],{},"Everything in this section is read from ",[32,397,400],{"href":398,"rel":399},"https:\u002F\u002Fploid.com\u002Fdocumentation",[36,37],"Ploid's public documentation"," rather than measured, because Ploid is not in our catalogue and we have not run it. Their ",[23,403,404],{},"POST \u002Fv1\u002Fagent"," takes a natural language ",[23,407,408],{},"prompt",", a ",[23,411,412],{},"max_acu"," cap, a ",[23,415,416],{},"response_format",", and an optional ",[23,419,420],{},"output_schema"," for structured output. Auth is a bearer token, base URL ",[23,423,424],{},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.ploid.com\u002Fv1",[11,426,427,428,430,431,434,435,138,438,441],{},"The interesting field is ",[23,429,412],{},". Their own docs describe it as \"an Agent admission and billing limit,\" not a compute ceiling, and the error surface includes ",[23,432,433],{},"insufficient_acu",", ",[23,436,437],{},"daily_budget_exceeded",[23,439,440],{},"monthly_budget_exceeded",". That is a lot of budget machinery for one endpoint.",[11,443,444,447,448,450],{},[161,445,446],{},"It is there because it has to be."," Once the service decides how many searches to run, you no longer know what a request costs before you send it. A filter API is priced by arithmetic: results requested times price per result. A prompt-shaped API has no such arithmetic, so the cap has to move into the request. ",[23,449,412],{}," is not a convenience feature, it is the thing that makes the shape usable at all.",[11,452,453],{},"They also expose narrower surfaces alongside it: a Search API for synchronous retrieval of up to 100 results, an Enrichment API for resolving known identities, and People Sets for durable lists. That layering is the honest design. The agent endpoint is the top of a stack, not a replacement for it.",[11,455,456,457,461],{},"The pitch behind all of it is what they call the Living Index, a people index that refreshes as roles change. Freshness is a real axis and we have argued elsewhere that ",[32,458,460],{"href":459},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fpeople-data-labs-apollo-zoominfo-alternatives","recency beats coverage"," for anything you act on, so we are not going to pretend that claim is novel. What is novel here is the request shape.",[44,463,465],{"id":464},"who-should-own-the-query-planning","Who should own the query planning?",[11,467,468],{},"That is the whole question, and both answers are defensible.",[470,471,472,487],"table",{},[473,474,475],"thead",{},[476,477,478,481,484],"tr",{},[479,480],"th",{},[479,482,483],{},"Filter API",[479,485,486],{},"Prompt-shaped API",[488,489,490,502,513,524,535,546],"tbody",{},[476,491,492,496,499],{},[493,494,495],"td",{},"Who writes the query",[493,497,498],{},"You, against a taxonomy",[493,500,501],{},"The service, from a sentence",[476,503,504,507,510],{},[493,505,506],{},"Failure mode",[493,508,509],{},"Silent zero, or a silently dropped filter",[493,511,512],{},"Plausible answer to a misread intent",[476,514,515,518,521],{},[493,516,517],{},"Cost before you send",[493,519,520],{},"Known by arithmetic",[493,522,523],{},"Bounded by a cap, not known",[476,525,526,529,532],{},[493,527,528],{},"Same input twice",[493,530,531],{},"Same rows",[493,533,534],{},"Not guaranteed",[476,536,537,540,543],{},[493,538,539],{},"Debugging",[493,541,542],{},"Read the filter",[493,544,545],{},"Read whatever it tells you it did",[476,547,548,551,554],{},[493,549,550],{},"Onboarding",[493,552,553],{},"Learn the enums",[493,555,556],{},"Write a sentence",[11,558,559,560,564,565,568],{},"Notice the failure modes are not the same defect in different clothes. A filter API fails at the ",[561,562,563],"em",{},"edge",", where your vocabulary meets its taxonomy. A prompt-shaped API fails in the ",[561,566,567],{},"middle",", where its interpretation of your sentence meets its own index. The first is discoverable by reading a schema. The second is discoverable only by checking the output, which is why every serious implementation returns some account of what it actually did.",[11,570,571,572,575,576,579,580,138,584,319],{},"This is also the argument Monid is built on, one layer up. An agent says what it needs in plain language, ",[23,573,574],{},"monid discover"," returns candidate endpoints with prices, ",[23,577,578],{},"monid inspect"," returns the schema, and the agent picks. The planning moves to the caller, but the taxonomy lookup does not stay manual. That middle position is deliberate, and we have written about ",[32,581,583],{"href":582},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fapi-marketplace-for-ai-agents","why the marketplace shape suits agents",[32,585,587],{"href":586},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fmcp-vs-api-for-ai-agents","where MCP fits against a plain API",[11,589,590],{},[217,591],{"alt":592,"src":593},"Where each shape breaks: a filter API fails at your vocabulary, a prompt-shaped API fails at its own interpretation.","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fprompt-instead-of-filters-people-search-fig-two-shapes.png",[595,596,599],"tool-cta",{"category":597,"title":598},"people-enrichment","Read the schema before you write the filter",[11,600,601],{},"Inspect any people endpoint free, see its enums and its billing shape, then run one query before a thousand.",[44,603,605],{"id":604},"what-does-each-shape-cost-you","What does each shape cost you?",[11,607,608],{},"Not the price. The predictability.",[11,610,611],{},"A per result filter API gives you an exact number before you send: rows requested times the per row price, and Apollo's search step happens to be free entirely, with the charge arriving when you take contact data. That predictability is why finance teams tolerate usage billing at all.",[11,613,614],{},"A prompt-shaped API cannot offer that, so it offers a ceiling instead. You know the worst case and not the actual. For a nightly job that is fine. For a per user feature in your product, a ceiling is a different risk than a price, and it wants a different kind of monitoring.",[11,616,617,618,622,623,627],{},"The broader argument for ",[32,619,621],{"href":620},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fpay-per-call-data-api-vs-subscription","paying per call rather than a subscription"," applies to both shapes and is written up separately. Current magnitudes for anything in our catalogue live on ",[32,624,626],{"href":625},"\u002Ftools","monid.ai\u002Ftools",", because a number written into an article goes stale quietly.",[11,629,630,631,635],{},"One point in the prompt-shaped column that is easy to miss: the taxonomy work disappears from your side of the boundary. Whether that is a saving depends entirely on how many vendors you are integrating. For one vendor, learning the enums once is cheap. For six, it is most of the project, and ",[32,632,634],{"href":633},"\u002Fblog\u002Fan-email-in-a-full-person-profile-out","enriching across several sources"," is where that cost actually shows up.",[44,637,639],{"id":638},"when-is-a-filter-api-still-the-right-answer","When is a filter API still the right answer?",[11,641,642],{},"Most of the time, and the reasons are concrete.",[11,644,645,648],{},[161,646,647],{},"When you need the same rows twice."," A filter is a specification. Run it Monday and Thursday and you get the same population plus whatever changed in the world. A prompt is an instruction, and nothing guarantees the same decomposition twice. Anything feeding a report or a diff wants the filter.",[11,650,651,654],{},[161,652,653],{},"When the query is already precise."," \"Everyone at these 40 domains with a verified email\" is not a sentence that benefits from interpretation. You know exactly what you want, the taxonomy expresses it exactly, and a natural language layer can only add a chance of being misread.",[11,656,657,660],{},[161,658,659],{},"When you have to defend the list."," Filters audit. Someone asks why a person is in the campaign and the answer is a query you can show them. \"The agent decided\" is a worse answer in a compliance conversation.",[11,662,663,666,667,671],{},[161,664,665],{},"When the taxonomy is small."," The whole argument above collapses if learning the enums takes ten minutes. Read the schema, write it down, move on. The ",[32,668,670],{"href":669},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fbest-linkedin-scraper-api-2026","LinkedIn scraper comparison"," is a case where the field lists are the entire decision.",[11,673,674],{},"We sell the filter-shaped ones, so treat that list with the suspicion it deserves. The honest summary is that prompt-shaped APIs are earlier, less predictable and better at exploration, and that exploration is a real job which filters serve badly. The two are not competing for the same request.",[44,676,678],{"id":677},"conclusion","Conclusion",[11,680,681],{},"The best interface is the one whose failure mode you can live with. Filters fail loudly at the edges and silently in the middle of a range format, and the fix is reading the schema. Prompt-shaped APIs like Ploid's fail by answering a slightly different question well, and the fix is reading the output.",[11,683,684,685,688,689,691],{},"The rule worth keeping: ",[161,686,687],{},"if you cannot state the query as a filter, a prompt-shaped API is doing real work for you. If you can, it is adding a layer of interpretation between you and a result you already knew how to ask for."," Start every integration by finding out which of those two you are in, and check ",[23,690,141],{}," against a number you expect before you trust a single row.",[44,693,695],{"id":694},"faq","FAQ",[697,698,700],"faq-item",{"q":699},"Apify got barred from scraping Apollo. What should I use to pull fresh leads instead?",[11,701,702,703,138,707,319],{},"Use Apollo's own search endpoint rather than a scraper pointed at it, which is what the call in this article does, and reach for a different provider when you need fields Apollo does not expose. The full comparison of what replaced the scraping route is in ",[32,704,706],{"href":705},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fapify-alternatives","the Apify alternatives guide",[32,708,231],{"href":230},[697,710,712],{"q":711},"Will a prompt-shaped API give me the same results twice?",[11,713,714],{},"Not guaranteed, and you should design as if it will not. The service chooses how to decompose your sentence and how many passes to run, and both can change with the index, the model behind it, or your budget cap. If you need a stable population, express it as a filter and store the filter, not the results.",[697,716,718],{"q":717},"Does Monid carry Ploid?",[11,719,720,721,138,725,319],{},"No. Ploid is not in the Monid catalogue at the time of writing, and everything in this article about their API is read from their public documentation rather than measured. The people endpoints we do carry sit under ",[32,722,724],{"href":723},"\u002Ftools\u002Fpeople-enrichment","people enrichment",[32,726,728],{"href":727},"\u002Ftools\u002Fapollo","Apollo",[697,730,732],{"q":731},"Which shape should I hand an MCP agent?",[11,733,734,735,738,739,742,743,746,747,751],{},"Give it the filter API plus the ability to read the schema. An agent that can call ",[23,736,737],{},"inspect"," before it calls ",[23,740,741],{},"run"," gets the discoverability that makes prompt-shaped APIs attractive, while keeping a query it can show you afterwards. 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The same 12 posts gave 0.096% or 0.334% engagement depending on one undocumented choice.","2026-09-03","Social data",[802,803,804,805,806],"instagram engagement rate","follower count accuracy","influencer vetting","social data","instagram api","11 min","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fare-instagram-engagement-trackers-accurate.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fare-instagram-engagement-trackers-accurate-card.png",{"path":811,"title":812,"description":813,"publishedAt":799,"author":6,"category":774,"tags":814,"readTime":807,"cover":820,"listingCover":821,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fbounce-rates-and-spam-traps-when-validating-email","Bounce Rates and Spam Traps When Validating an Email List","A verifier returned twelve fields for three addresses. None of them was spam_trap, and none could be. Here is what verification fixes and what it cannot.",[815,816,817,818,819],"spam traps","email bounce rate","email verification","deliverability","list hygiene","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbounce-rates-and-spam-traps-when-validating-email.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbounce-rates-and-spam-traps-when-validating-email-card.png",{"path":823,"title":824,"description":825,"publishedAt":799,"author":6,"category":826,"tags":827,"readTime":785,"cover":833,"listingCover":834,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Frate-limit-calls-to-a-third-party-api","How to Rate Limit Calls to a Third Party API","Six real failure responses collected over three days. Only one of them meant slow down, and telling them apart matters more than any backoff algorithm.","Product",[828,829,830,831,832],"rate limiting","retry backoff","429 too many requests","api reliability","concurrency","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Frate-limit-calls-to-a-third-party-api.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Frate-limit-calls-to-a-third-party-api-card.png",{"path":836,"title":837,"description":838,"publishedAt":799,"author":6,"category":774,"tags":839,"readTime":807,"cover":845,"listingCover":846,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fscrape-linkedin-without-getting-banned","How to Scrape LinkedIn Without Getting Your Account Banned","The ban risk comes from tools that drive your logged-in session. Three endpoints returned profile data from a URL alone, with no cookie involved.",[840,841,842,843,844],"linkedin scraping","account ban","li_at cookie","sales navigator","linkedin api","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fscrape-linkedin-without-getting-banned.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fscrape-linkedin-without-getting-banned-card.png",{"path":848,"title":849,"description":850,"publishedAt":799,"author":6,"category":826,"tags":851,"readTime":785,"cover":857,"listingCover":858,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fstop-depending-on-one-scraping-vendor","How to Stop Depending on One Scraping Vendor","Ten provider failures in three days, all while doing other work. None was a bad vendor. The defence is a second route you can reach without a rewrite.",[852,853,854,855,856],"vendor lock-in","scraping reliability","actor removed","failover","data pipeline","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fstop-depending-on-one-scraping-vendor.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fstop-depending-on-one-scraping-vendor-card.png",{"path":860,"title":861,"description":862,"publishedAt":863,"author":6,"category":826,"tags":864,"readTime":785,"cover":870,"listingCover":871,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fextract-pricing-and-free-trial-information","Extract Pricing and Free Trial Information From Websites","One endpoint returned four plans, numeric amounts and a free_trial_available flag. It also disclosed that a model read the page, which changes everything.","2026-09-02",[865,866,867,868,869],"pricing page extraction","competitor pricing","free trial data","saas pricing","llm extraction","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fextract-pricing-and-free-trial-information.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fextract-pricing-and-free-trial-information-card.png",{"path":873,"title":874,"description":875,"publishedAt":863,"author":6,"category":876,"tags":877,"readTime":807,"cover":883,"listingCover":884,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Ffind-all-urls-on-a-domain","Find All URLs on a Domain: Why the Sitemap Route Usually Stops","Four domains, one sitemap endpoint. Three returned an index and no URL count at all. A sitemap gives you a map of a site, not a list of its pages.","Search & RAG",[878,879,880,881,882],"find all urls on a domain","sitemap parser","site crawl","url discovery","seo audit","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Ffind-all-urls-on-a-domain.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Ffind-all-urls-on-a-domain-card.png",{"path":886,"title":887,"description":888,"publishedAt":863,"author":6,"category":889,"tags":890,"readTime":785,"cover":896,"listingCover":897,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fmls-real-estate-api-without-mls-access","MLS Real Estate API: What You Get When You Cannot Get MLS","MLS access needs a licence and a broker. Two public sources returned 40 listings and 48 agents with phones. What they carry, and what they do not.","Local data",[891,892,893,894,895],"mls real estate api","idx feed","property data","real estate agents","listing data","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fmls-real-estate-api-without-mls-access.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fmls-real-estate-api-without-mls-access-card.png",{"path":899,"title":900,"description":901,"publishedAt":863,"author":6,"category":826,"tags":902,"readTime":807,"cover":908,"listingCover":909,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fsimply-wall-st-graphql-api-fundamentals","Simply Wall St GraphQL API: What Returns Fundamentals Instead","There is no public Simply Wall St GraphQL API. An endpoint that does return fundamentals gave 26 line items across six periods, and named its own source.",[903,904,905,906,907],"simply wall st api","stock fundamentals api","income statement api","financial data","graphql","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fsimply-wall-st-graphql-api-fundamentals.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fsimply-wall-st-graphql-api-fundamentals-card.png",{"path":911,"title":912,"description":913,"publishedAt":914,"author":6,"category":915,"tags":916,"readTime":807,"cover":922,"listingCover":923,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Famazon-asin-scraper-when-it-returns-nothing","Amazon ASIN Scraper: What to Do When It Returns Nothing","A purpose-built ASIN endpoint returned 26 fields and zero values for two valid ASINs. A generic extractor read the same page fine. Assert on values.","2026-09-01","Ecommerce",[917,918,919,920,921],"amazon asin scraper","asin lookup","ecommerce data","product data","silent failure","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Famazon-asin-scraper-when-it-returns-nothing.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Famazon-asin-scraper-when-it-returns-nothing-card.png",{"path":925,"title":926,"description":927,"publishedAt":914,"author":6,"category":826,"tags":928,"readTime":785,"cover":934,"listingCover":935,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fdatacenter-proxies-vs-residential","Datacenter Proxies vs Residential: What Each One Actually Fixes","A real residential IP with a real Chrome user agent still got 403 from two sites. The IP type was not the constraint. 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A live run shows the fields, and the two flags that quietly multiply the bill.",[979,980,981,982,983],"linkedin post scraper","linkedin company scraper","social selling","harvestapi","linkedin data","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Flinkedin-post-scraper-what-comes-back.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Flinkedin-post-scraper-what-comes-back-card.png",{"path":987,"title":988,"description":989,"publishedAt":964,"author":6,"category":876,"tags":990,"readTime":807,"cover":995,"listingCover":996,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fweb-scraping-vs-api-wrong-question","Web Scraping vs API: You Are Choosing a Maintainer","Both end in an HTTP request returning the same facts. 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Five endpoints split by intent, and the sold one is the underrated half.",[1013,1014,893,1015,1016],"zillow scraper","real estate api","local data","listings","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fzillow-scraper-what-the-listing-carries.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fzillow-scraper-what-the-listing-carries-card.png",{"path":1020,"title":1021,"description":1022,"publishedAt":1023,"author":6,"category":1024,"tags":1025,"readTime":807,"cover":1029,"listingCover":1030,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fad-agent-auction-outside-the-account","Soku Runs the Campaign. The Auction Sits Outside It.","One small advertiser shares a single keyword with a bidder running 198,105 of them. An ad agent optimising inside its own account cannot see that.","2026-08-30","Ads intelligence",[1026,1027,1028,792],"paid search","ad agents","competitor intelligence","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fad-agent-auction-outside-the-account.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fad-agent-auction-outside-the-account-card.png",{"path":1032,"title":1033,"description":1034,"publishedAt":1023,"author":6,"category":876,"tags":1035,"readTime":807,"cover":1041,"listingCover":1042,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fbing-serp-tracker-after-the-api","Bing SERP Tracker: What to Use After the API Retired","Microsoft retired the Search API, so a Bing position now comes from three places. One is free and first-party, and most articles do not mention it.",[1036,1037,1038,1039,1040],"bing serp tracker","bing rank tracking","serp api","bing webmaster tools","rank tracking","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbing-serp-tracker-after-the-api.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbing-serp-tracker-after-the-api-card.png",{"path":1044,"title":1045,"description":1046,"publishedAt":1023,"author":6,"category":826,"tags":1047,"readTime":807,"cover":1051,"listingCover":1052,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fbrowser-automation-without-an-api","Browser Automation When the Site Has No API","Check the premise first. The site owner has no API, but somebody may already have an endpoint for it, and a browser is the most expensive answer available.",[957,1048,1049,1050,792],"antidetect browser","nodriver","no api","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbrowser-automation-without-an-api.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbrowser-automation-without-an-api-card.png",{"path":1054,"title":1055,"description":1056,"publishedAt":1023,"author":6,"category":774,"tags":1057,"readTime":807,"cover":1063,"listingCover":1064,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fjob-scraping-software-per-board","Job Scraping Software: There Is No Single Job Feed","Postings are fragmented across boards by design, and no endpoint covers all of them. Pick per board, and the schema differences are the real work.",[1058,1059,1060,1061,1062],"job scraping software","indeed job scraper","jobspy","job postings api","hiring signals","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fjob-scraping-software-per-board.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fjob-scraping-software-per-board-card.png",{"path":1066,"title":1067,"description":1068,"publishedAt":1023,"author":6,"category":774,"tags":1069,"readTime":807,"cover":1074,"listingCover":1075,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fmid-form-enrichment-fewer-questions","TinyCommand Asks One Question. The API Fills Twenty-Six.","One domain went in. Twenty-six fields came back, including a 43-item tech stack. Every one of them is a question the form no longer has to ask.",[1070,1071,1072,1073],"lead enrichment","forms","progressive profiling","workflow automation","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fmid-form-enrichment-fewer-questions.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fmid-form-enrichment-fewer-questions-card.png",{"path":1077,"title":1078,"description":1079,"publishedAt":1023,"author":6,"category":876,"tags":1080,"readTime":971,"cover":1085,"listingCover":1086,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fnode-unblocker-what-it-does-not-do","Node Unblocker: What It Does, and What It Does Not","A proxy you host still leaves from your address. It changes the code path, not what refused you. Its own README lists the sites it cannot handle.",[1081,1082,1083,1084,969],"node unblocker","web proxy","blocked scraper","nodejs","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fnode-unblocker-what-it-does-not-do.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fnode-unblocker-what-it-does-not-do-card.png",{"path":1088,"title":1089,"description":1090,"publishedAt":1023,"author":6,"category":876,"tags":1091,"readTime":807,"cover":1096,"listingCover":1097,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fserp-history-track-the-shape","SERP History: Track the Page's Shape, Not Just Your Rank","A flat position line hides the month an AI Overview appeared and took the clicks. We have 45 keywords on page one and zero clicks. Here is what to record.",[1092,1093,1094,1040,1095],"serp history","paa seo","ai overview","serp features","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fserp-history-track-the-shape.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fserp-history-track-the-shape-card.png",{"path":1099,"title":1100,"description":1101,"publishedAt":1102,"author":6,"category":876,"tags":1103,"readTime":807,"cover":1108,"listingCover":1109,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fbrave-search-api-what-you-can-keep","Brave Search API: Check What You Are Allowed to Keep","An independent index at a fair price, with one clause that decides whether it fits: result storage is granted per plan, and most builds need to store.","2026-08-27",[1104,1105,1106,1107,1040],"brave search api","search api","independent index","rag","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbrave-search-api-what-you-can-keep.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbrave-search-api-what-you-can-keep-card.png",{"path":1111,"title":1112,"description":1113,"publishedAt":1102,"author":6,"category":876,"tags":1114,"readTime":807,"cover":1118,"listingCover":1119,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fgoogle-search-url-parameters","Google Search URL Parameters: What Still Works in 2026","Google silently killed num in September 2025. Here is the current list, which ones are official, and which are community guesses you should not depend on.",[1115,1038,1040,1116,1117],"google search url parameters","udm","search operators","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fgoogle-search-url-parameters.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fgoogle-search-url-parameters-card.png",{"path":1121,"title":1122,"description":1123,"publishedAt":1102,"author":6,"category":800,"tags":1124,"readTime":807,"cover":1128,"listingCover":1129,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Finstagram-api-which-one-in-2026","What Is the Best Instagram API in 2026?","Four products answer to the name: Meta's Graph API, the private mobile API, hosted actors, metered endpoints. One question decides which.",[806,1125,805,1126,1127],"instagram graph api","tikhub","apify","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Finstagram-api-which-one-in-2026.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Finstagram-api-which-one-in-2026-card.png",{"path":1131,"title":1132,"description":1133,"publishedAt":1102,"author":6,"category":800,"tags":1134,"readTime":807,"cover":1137,"listingCover":1138,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Ftiktok-scraper-which-endpoint","TikTok Scraper: Which Endpoint for Which Question?","Profiles, videos, comments and search are four jobs with four cost curves. And the creator arrives nested inside every post, which changes the design.",[1135,1136,805,1126,1127],"tiktok scraper","tiktok api","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Ftiktok-scraper-which-endpoint.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Ftiktok-scraper-which-endpoint-card.png",{"path":1140,"title":1141,"description":1142,"publishedAt":1102,"author":6,"category":876,"tags":1143,"readTime":807,"cover":1147,"listingCover":1148,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fweb-scraping-services-should-you-hire-it-out","Web Scraping Services: Should You Hire This Out?","A managed service is priced against the value of your data, not the cost of the requests. Three questions decide whether that is a bargain or a markup.",[1144,1145,993,1146,994],"web scraping services","managed scraping","data as a service","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fweb-scraping-services-should-you-hire-it-out.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fweb-scraping-services-should-you-hire-it-out-card.png",{"path":1150,"title":1151,"description":1152,"publishedAt":1153,"author":6,"category":826,"tags":1154,"readTime":807,"cover":1159,"listingCover":1160,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fbright-data-mcp-what-you-are-installing","Bright Data MCP: What Are You Actually Installing?","Sixty-nine tools arrive in one install, and every definition sits in the model's context before the agent does anything. When that trade is worth it.","2026-08-26",[1155,1156,792,1157,1158],"bright data mcp","mcp server","web data","tool calling","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbright-data-mcp-what-you-are-installing.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbright-data-mcp-what-you-are-installing-card.png",{"path":1162,"title":1163,"description":1164,"publishedAt":1153,"author":6,"category":774,"tags":1165,"readTime":807,"cover":1171,"listingCover":1172,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fclay-alternatives-waterfall-enrichment","Clay Alternatives: You Are Buying the Waterfall","Clay's product is not the data, it is the fall-through logic between providers. Once they share a balance, that logic is about twenty lines of code.",[1166,1167,1168,1169,1170],"clay alternatives","waterfall enrichment","lead enrichment api","data enrichment","gtm","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fclay-alternatives-waterfall-enrichment.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fclay-alternatives-waterfall-enrichment-card.png",{"path":1174,"title":1175,"description":1176,"publishedAt":1153,"author":6,"category":1177,"tags":1178,"readTime":971,"cover":1184,"listingCover":1185,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Felevenlabs-alternatives-three-complaints","ElevenLabs Alternatives: Price, Voice, or Plumbing?","Three different complaints hide under one search. Only one of them needs a different provider, and the other two have cheaper fixes on the same one.","Generative media",[1179,1180,1181,1182,1183],"elevenlabs alternatives","text to speech","tts api","voice ai","generative media","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Felevenlabs-alternatives-three-complaints.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Felevenlabs-alternatives-three-complaints-card.png",{"path":1187,"title":1188,"description":1189,"publishedAt":1153,"author":6,"category":876,"tags":1190,"readTime":807,"cover":1195,"listingCover":1196,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Frank-tracking-api-store-the-position","Rank Tracking API: The Hard Part Is Not the Fetch","Getting today's position is one cheap call. The product is yesterday's position, identical parameters, and knowing what moved. Here is the whole shape.",[1191,1192,1193,1194,1105],"rank tracking api","bing rank tracker","serp tracking","seo api","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Frank-tracking-api-store-the-position.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Frank-tracking-api-store-the-position-card.png",{"path":1198,"title":1199,"description":1200,"publishedAt":1153,"author":6,"category":1177,"tags":1201,"readTime":807,"cover":1205,"listingCover":1206,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fstreaming-voice-agent-vs-batch-tts","Gradium Holds the Call. A Batch TTS API Renders the Rest.","Ten measured calls to a batch text to speech endpoint. The fastest never beat 3.05 seconds, and the model mattered more than four times the text.",[1202,1203,1204,792],"text to speech api","voice agents","tts latency","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fstreaming-voice-agent-vs-batch-tts.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fstreaming-voice-agent-vs-batch-tts-card.png",{"path":1208,"title":1209,"description":1210,"publishedAt":1211,"author":6,"category":774,"tags":1212,"readTime":807,"cover":1218,"listingCover":1219,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fb2b-data-provider-dataset-vs-api","B2B Data Providers: Buy the Dataset or Call the API?","A dataset and an enrichment API are the same rows with a different contract. What changes is who carries the staleness and who pays for unread records.","2026-08-25",[1213,1214,1215,1216,1217],"b2b data","data provider","company enrichment","zoominfo","people data labs","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fb2b-data-provider-dataset-vs-api.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fb2b-data-provider-dataset-vs-api-card.png",{"path":1221,"title":1222,"description":1223,"publishedAt":1211,"author":6,"category":876,"tags":1224,"readTime":807,"cover":1229,"listingCover":1230,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fcrawl4ai-when-to-run-your-own-crawler","Crawl4AI: When Should You Run Your Own Crawler?","Crawl4AI does the parsing for free. The bill is the fleet you run around it. A decision rule for when to self-host a crawler and when to call one.",[1225,1226,1107,1227,1228],"crawl4ai","web crawler","markdown","open source","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fcrawl4ai-when-to-run-your-own-crawler.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fcrawl4ai-when-to-run-your-own-crawler-card.png",{"path":1232,"title":1233,"description":1234,"publishedAt":1211,"author":6,"category":876,"tags":1235,"readTime":785,"cover":1241,"listingCover":1242,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fis-web-scraping-legal-2026","Is Web Scraping Legal? What the Rulings Actually Say","Four US cases decided the modern law of scraping and none of them turned on scraping. They turned on login, publicness, copying and circumvention.",[1236,1237,1238,1239,1240],"web scraping legal","hiq linkedin","bright data","cfaa","dmca","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fis-web-scraping-legal-2026.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fis-web-scraping-legal-2026-card.png",{"path":1244,"title":1245,"description":1246,"publishedAt":1211,"author":6,"category":876,"tags":1247,"readTime":807,"cover":1252,"listingCover":1253,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fweb-scraping-news-articles","Web Scraping News Articles: Three Jobs, Three Endpoints","Scraping news is three jobs under one name. Find articles, read one article, watch one company. Each needs a different call and a different budget.",[1248,1249,1107,1250,1251],"news scraping","news api","media monitoring","web search","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fweb-scraping-news-articles.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fweb-scraping-news-articles-card.png",{"path":1255,"title":1256,"description":1257,"publishedAt":1211,"author":6,"category":800,"tags":1258,"readTime":807,"cover":1261,"listingCover":1262,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fyoutube-scraper-past-the-quota","YouTube Scraper: What the Data API Will Not Give You","The official API allows 100 searches a day and no money raises it. That ceiling, not price, is why YouTube scrapers exist. Here is what each one returns.",[1259,1260,805,1127,1126],"youtube scraper","youtube data api","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fyoutube-scraper-past-the-quota.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fyoutube-scraper-past-the-quota-card.png",{"path":1264,"title":1265,"description":1266,"publishedAt":1267,"author":6,"category":826,"tags":1268,"readTime":785,"cover":1271,"listingCover":1272,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fagentic-browser-when-your-agent-needs-one","Agentic Browser: When Your Agent Actually Needs One","Agentic browser names two products: one you sit in front of and one your agent drives. Most jobs need neither. The test is whether the task carries state.","2026-08-21",[1269,957,792,970,1270],"agentic browser","browserbase","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fagentic-browser-when-your-agent-needs-one.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fagentic-browser-when-your-agent-needs-one-card.png",{"path":1274,"title":1275,"description":1276,"publishedAt":1267,"author":6,"category":876,"tags":1277,"readTime":785,"cover":1281,"listingCover":1282,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fdo-ai-agents-need-a-rotating-proxy","Do You Still Need a Rotating Proxy in 2026?","A rotating proxy is an input you buy by the gigabyte and hope works. Most teams wanted the outcome instead. Here is how to tell which one you need.",[1278,1279,932,792,1280],"rotating proxy","residential proxy","infrastructure","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fdo-ai-agents-need-a-rotating-proxy.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fdo-ai-agents-need-a-rotating-proxy-card.png",{"path":1284,"title":1285,"description":1286,"publishedAt":1267,"author":6,"category":876,"tags":1287,"readTime":785,"cover":1291,"listingCover":1292,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fpython-web-scraping-without-a-scraper","Web Scraping in Python Without Maintaining a Scraper","Python web scraping is two jobs wearing one name. Python is the best tool for one of them and the wrong place to solve the other. Here is the split.",[1288,932,1289,1290,792],"python","beautifulsoup","selenium","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fpython-web-scraping-without-a-scraper.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fpython-web-scraping-without-a-scraper-card.png",{"path":1294,"title":1295,"description":1296,"publishedAt":1267,"author":6,"category":876,"tags":1297,"readTime":785,"cover":1298,"listingCover":1299,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fserp-api-for-ai-agents","What Is a SERP API, and Which Kind Do You Need?","A SERP API is three products under one name: a Google mirror, an independent index, and a read-through fetcher. The difference decides which one is yours.",[1038,1105,1251,792,1107],"\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fserp-api-for-ai-agents.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fserp-api-for-ai-agents-card.png",{"path":1301,"title":1302,"description":1303,"publishedAt":1267,"author":6,"category":876,"tags":1304,"readTime":785,"cover":1307,"listingCover":1308,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fweb-scraping-tools-which-kind","Web Scraping Tools: Which Kind Do You Actually Need?","Web scraping tools come in four kinds and they differ on who operates them, not on features. Pick the operator first and the shortlist writes itself.",[1305,1306,994,792,1127],"web scraping tools","no code scraper","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fweb-scraping-tools-which-kind.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fweb-scraping-tools-which-kind-card.png",{"path":1310,"title":1311,"description":1312,"publishedAt":784,"author":6,"category":915,"tags":1313,"readTime":785,"cover":1316,"listingCover":1317,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fautonomous-store-agent-outside-data","Runner AI Runs the Store. Monid Feeds It the Market.","One call returned 48 competitors: prices from $3.99 to $59.97 and an incumbent with 136,609 reviews. No store dashboard contains that, and agents need it.",[1314,792,919,1315],"agentic commerce","autonomous business","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fautonomous-store-agent-outside-data.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fautonomous-store-agent-outside-data-card.png",{"path":1319,"title":1320,"description":1321,"publishedAt":784,"author":6,"category":876,"tags":1322,"readTime":785,"cover":1327,"listingCover":1328,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fbing-search-api-retired-alternatives","Bing Search API Retired: What Actually Replaces It","Microsoft turned the Bing Search APIs off in August 2025 and the endpoints now return 410. What a replacement has to do, and which route fits which job.",[1323,1324,1325,1107,1326],"search","web","api","agents","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbing-search-api-retired-alternatives.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbing-search-api-retired-alternatives-card.png",{"path":1330,"title":1331,"description":1332,"publishedAt":784,"author":6,"category":876,"tags":1333,"readTime":807,"cover":1337,"listingCover":1338,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fingest-mixed-documents-llm-embedding","Ingesting Mixed Documents for LLM Embedding: PDF to Markdown","PDFs, Office files and HTML all become one clean format before chunking. Where the pipeline actually breaks, and which endpoint handles which format.",[1107,1334,1335,1336,1227],"embeddings","pdf","ocr","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fingest-mixed-documents-llm-embedding.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fingest-mixed-documents-llm-embedding-card.png",{"path":1340,"title":1341,"description":1342,"publishedAt":784,"author":6,"category":800,"tags":1343,"readTime":785,"cover":1348,"listingCover":1349,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Finstagram-follower-engagement-api","Instagram Follower and Engagement Data: Which API in 2026?","Follower counts are accurate. What trackers build on top is inference. Which endpoints return which fields, and how to tell a real signal from a guess.",[1344,1345,1325,1346,1347],"instagram","social","creators","engagement","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Finstagram-follower-engagement-api.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Finstagram-follower-engagement-api-card.png",{"path":1351,"title":1352,"description":1353,"publishedAt":784,"author":6,"category":826,"tags":1354,"readTime":785,"cover":1360,"listingCover":1361,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fllm-gateway-vs-mcp-gateway","LLM Gateway vs MCP Gateway: Four Families, One Word","An LLM gateway routes prompts to models. An MCP gateway routes tool calls to vendors. Four gateway families, and which problem each one solves.",[1355,1356,1357,1358,1359],"llm gateway","ai gateway","mcp","agent tools","routing","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fllm-gateway-vs-mcp-gateway.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fllm-gateway-vs-mcp-gateway-card.png",{"path":586,"title":1363,"description":1364,"publishedAt":784,"author":6,"category":826,"tags":1365,"readTime":785,"cover":1366,"listingCover":1367,"image":779},"MCP vs API for AI Agents: Who Does the Wrapping?","MCP is not an alternative to APIs, it wraps them. The real question is who does the wrapping, and the answer decides how much code you write.",[1357,1325,1358,792,1158],"\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fmcp-vs-api-for-ai-agents.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fmcp-vs-api-for-ai-agents-card.png",{"path":1369,"title":1370,"description":1371,"publishedAt":784,"author":6,"category":826,"tags":1372,"readTime":807,"cover":1376,"listingCover":1377,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fn8n-data-layer-scraping-enrichment","The Data Layer for n8n: One Key Instead of a Node Per Vendor","n8n workflows rarely break at the logic. They break at the data source. Build the scraping and enrichment layer so a dead provider is a config change.",[1373,1374,1375,1005,1326],"n8n","automation","enrichment","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fn8n-data-layer-scraping-enrichment.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fn8n-data-layer-scraping-enrichment-card.png",{"path":1379,"title":1380,"description":1381,"publishedAt":784,"author":6,"category":826,"tags":1382,"readTime":785,"cover":1384,"listingCover":1385,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fopenrouter-alternatives-after-stripe","OpenRouter Alternatives in 2026: Models, and Then Tools","Stripe agreed to buy OpenRouter for over $7 billion. The real alternatives on the model side, and the routing layer nobody is selling yet.",[1383,1355,1358,1357,1359],"openrouter","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fopenrouter-alternatives-after-stripe.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fopenrouter-alternatives-after-stripe-card.png",{"path":1387,"title":1388,"description":1389,"publishedAt":784,"author":6,"category":826,"tags":1390,"readTime":785,"cover":1392,"listingCover":1393,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fopenrouter-mcp-server-tool-layer","Is OpenRouter an MCP Server? What It Actually Exposes","Yes, OpenRouter has an MCP server, and it exposes OpenRouter. Here is what it does, what it does not, and how to give the same agent real tools.",[1383,1357,1358,1391,1158],"claude code","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fopenrouter-mcp-server-tool-layer.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fopenrouter-mcp-server-tool-layer-card.png",{"path":783,"title":5,"description":776,"publishedAt":784,"author":6,"category":774,"tags":1395,"readTime":785,"cover":775,"listingCover":780,"image":779},[789,790,791,792],{"path":1397,"title":1398,"description":1399,"publishedAt":784,"author":6,"category":774,"tags":1400,"readTime":785,"cover":1404,"listingCover":1405,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fproxycurl-shutdown-linkedin-data-alternatives","Proxycurl Shut Down: Where LinkedIn Data Goes Now","Proxycurl closed in July 2025 to settle with LinkedIn. What a replacement has to return, which endpoints cover which half, and the risk to read first.",[1401,1375,1325,1402,1403],"linkedin","sales","leads","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fproxycurl-shutdown-linkedin-data-alternatives.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fproxycurl-shutdown-linkedin-data-alternatives-card.png",{"path":1407,"title":1408,"description":1409,"publishedAt":784,"author":6,"category":800,"tags":1410,"readTime":785,"cover":1415,"listingCover":1416,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Ftiktok-data-behind-an-ai-video-ad","Oumomo Generates the Ad. TikTok Data Decides Which One.","An AI video tool makes whatever you ask. One TikTok search call returned twenty videos with a fifteenfold spread in likes, and that spread is the brief.",[1411,1412,1413,1414],"tiktok data api","ai video ads","tiktok shop","creative research","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Ftiktok-data-behind-an-ai-video-ad.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Ftiktok-data-behind-an-ai-video-ad-card.png",{"path":1418,"title":1419,"description":1420,"publishedAt":784,"author":6,"category":800,"tags":1421,"readTime":785,"cover":1423,"listingCover":1424,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Ftiktok-scraper-catalogue-audit","Oumomo Remakes the Winner. A TikTok Scraper Tells You Which.","Fourteen videos, twenty one days, and one was 65 percent of the account. You cannot see that in the clips. One call puts the catalogue in a table.",[1135,1422,1413,1412],"content audit","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Ftiktok-scraper-catalogue-audit.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Ftiktok-scraper-catalogue-audit-card.png",{"path":1426,"title":1427,"description":1428,"publishedAt":784,"author":6,"category":826,"tags":1429,"readTime":1431,"cover":1432,"listingCover":1433,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fwhat-is-an-mcp-gateway","What Is an MCP Gateway? Two Products, One Name","An MCP gateway is one endpoint that fronts many tools. Two very different products share the name, and the difference decides which one you need.",[1357,1430,1358,792,1359],"mcp gateway","13 min","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fwhat-is-an-mcp-gateway.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fwhat-is-an-mcp-gateway-card.png",{"path":1435,"title":1436,"description":1437,"publishedAt":784,"author":6,"category":800,"tags":1438,"readTime":785,"cover":1442,"listingCover":1443,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fx-intent-search-social-selling","Monid Finds the Tweet. Volumn Tells You Who Sent It.","A tightened X search returned 19 of 20 keyword-relevant tweets. Only 2 were someone actually asking. Keyword match is not intent, and that gap is the work.",[1439,1440,981,1441],"twitter scraper","x api","lead generation","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fx-intent-search-social-selling.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fx-intent-search-social-selling-card.png",{"path":705,"title":1445,"description":1446,"publishedAt":1447,"author":6,"category":876,"tags":1448,"readTime":807,"cover":1452,"listingCover":1453,"image":779},"Apify Alternatives: You Probably Want a Different Way to Buy It","Every AI answer to this question names Apify. We ran an Apify actor without an Apify account to show what the real alternative is.","2026-08-19",[1449,932,1450,1451],"apify alternatives","actors","pay per call","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fapify-alternatives.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fapify-alternatives-card.png",{"path":1455,"title":1456,"description":1457,"publishedAt":1447,"author":6,"category":915,"tags":1458,"readTime":807,"cover":1462,"listingCover":1463,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fconnect-claude-to-amazon-search-data","Connect Claude to Amazon Search Data: OpenWeb Ninja and Monid","Amazon has no keyword API for sellers. Here is what a search endpoint actually returns, how to hand it to an agent, and which route fits which job.",[1459,1460,1461,792],"amazon search api","amazon keyword data","ecommerce","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fconnect-claude-to-amazon-search-data.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fconnect-claude-to-amazon-search-data-card.png",{"path":1465,"title":1466,"description":1467,"publishedAt":1447,"author":6,"category":774,"tags":1468,"readTime":807,"cover":1472,"listingCover":1473,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fenrich-a-list-from-email-addresses","Enriching a List When All You Have Is Email Addresses","We enriched four real email addresses and one returned a person. The misses billed nothing. What that changes about how you plan a batch.",[1469,1217,1470,1471],"email enrichment","zoominfo alternatives","lead data","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fenrich-a-list-from-email-addresses.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fenrich-a-list-from-email-addresses-card.png",{"path":1475,"title":1476,"description":1477,"publishedAt":1447,"author":6,"category":876,"tags":1478,"readTime":807,"cover":1481,"listingCover":1482,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Ffree-api-extract-page-content-rag","A Free API to Extract Page Content for RAG: Read This First","We scraped a Wikipedia page and got 74,552 characters starting with the nav menu. The official API gave 689 clean ones. When each is right.",[1107,969,1479,1480],"chunking","llm context","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Ffree-api-extract-page-content-rag.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Ffree-api-extract-page-content-rag-card.png",{"path":1484,"title":1485,"description":1486,"publishedAt":1447,"author":6,"category":889,"tags":1487,"readTime":807,"cover":1491,"listingCover":1492,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fgoogle-maps-scraper-alternatives","Google Maps Scraper Alternatives: Building a Local Lead List","Two Google Maps actors, same catalogue, different jobs. One returned nothing on a plausible query. What the fields tell you about a business, measured.",[1488,1489,1127,1490],"google maps scraper","local leads","lead list","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fgoogle-maps-scraper-alternatives.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fgoogle-maps-scraper-alternatives-card.png",{"path":1494,"title":1495,"description":1496,"publishedAt":1447,"author":6,"category":1024,"tags":1497,"readTime":807,"cover":1502,"listingCover":1503,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fmeta-ad-library-longest-running-ads","Mining the Meta Ad Library with Wireflow: Ninety Days Means It Works","Run duration is the profitability signal competitors publish by accident. How to read it, when it lies, and how to turn a long runner into creative.",[1498,1499,1500,1501],"meta ad library","competitor ads","ad creative","facebook ads","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fmeta-ad-library-longest-running-ads.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fmeta-ad-library-longest-running-ads-card.png",{"path":1505,"title":1506,"description":1507,"publishedAt":1508,"author":6,"category":826,"tags":1509,"readTime":807,"cover":1511,"listingCover":1512,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fai-agent-needs-two-integrations","A Model Is Half an Agent: AIHubMix for Models, Monid for Tools","A model gateway gets your agent talking. It still cannot look anything up. How to wire both halves, with AIHubMix on models and Monid on tools.","2026-08-18",[792,1510,1358,1357],"model gateway","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fai-agent-needs-two-integrations.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fai-agent-needs-two-integrations-card.png",{"path":582,"title":1514,"description":1515,"publishedAt":1508,"author":6,"category":826,"tags":1516,"readTime":807,"cover":1519,"listingCover":1520,"image":779},"The Best API Marketplace for AI Agents in 2026","Marketplaces were built for developers who integrate once. An agent chooses at run time. One ordinary task touched five providers across four steps.",[1517,792,1357,1518],"api marketplace","tool use","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fapi-marketplace-for-ai-agents.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fapi-marketplace-for-ai-agents-card.png",{"path":1522,"title":1523,"description":1524,"publishedAt":1508,"author":6,"category":774,"tags":1525,"readTime":807,"cover":1530,"listingCover":1531,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fbusiness-entity-search-api","Business Entity Search by API: What Exists and What Does Not","State registries are the most searched company lookup and the least available by API. We ran the US endpoint on a private company and it returned nothing.",[1526,1527,1528,1529],"business entity search","company registry","sec edgar","company data","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbusiness-entity-search-api.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbusiness-entity-search-api-card.png",{"path":1533,"title":1534,"description":1535,"publishedAt":1508,"author":6,"category":876,"tags":1536,"readTime":807,"cover":1540,"listingCover":1541,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fscraper-blocked-what-gets-through","Your Scraper Is Blocked: What Actually Gets Through in 2026","A raw request to a Cloudflare-protected page returns 403. We ran the same URL through a managed endpoint and read what came back, field by field.",[932,1537,1538,1539],"cloudflare","proxies","blocked","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fscraper-blocked-what-gets-through.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fscraper-blocked-what-gets-through-card.png",{"path":1543,"title":1544,"description":1545,"publishedAt":1508,"author":6,"category":876,"tags":1546,"readTime":807,"cover":1548,"listingCover":1549,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fweb-scraping-api-for-ai-agents","The Best Web Scraping API for AI Agents in 2026","An agent cannot pick a scraper from a list it has never seen. What changes when the catalogue is discoverable at run time, measured across three phrasings.",[1547,792,1357,1374],"web scraping api","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fweb-scraping-api-for-ai-agents.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fweb-scraping-api-for-ai-agents-card.png",{"path":1551,"title":1552,"description":1553,"publishedAt":1554,"author":6,"category":774,"tags":1555,"readTime":807,"cover":1559,"listingCover":1560,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fapi-to-find-a-company-website","The Best API to Find a Company's Website From Its Name","Name to homepage is a resolution problem, not a search one. Which endpoint does it, why fuzzy matches are a feature, and how to pick the right row.","2026-08-17",[1556,1557,1558,1375],"company website api","company lookup","domain resolution","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fapi-to-find-a-company-website.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fapi-to-find-a-company-website-card.png",{"path":1562,"title":1563,"description":1564,"publishedAt":1554,"author":6,"category":876,"tags":1565,"readTime":807,"cover":1569,"listingCover":1570,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fcompany-news-api-press-releases","PR Newswire API: How to Read Releases, Not Send Them","The newswires sell distribution, not access. Reading a company's releases and its coverage is a different endpoint, and one field separates the two.",[1566,1567,1250,1568],"company news api","press release api","signals","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fcompany-news-api-press-releases.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fcompany-news-api-press-releases-card.png",{"path":1572,"title":1573,"description":1574,"publishedAt":1554,"author":6,"category":774,"tags":1575,"readTime":807,"cover":1579,"listingCover":1580,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fcrunchbase-api-alternatives-funding-data","Crunchbase API Alternatives: Getting Funding Data by the Call","Crunchbase and PitchBook sell seats. If you only need funding fields on a domain, an enrichment call carries them. What it returns, and what it gets wrong.",[1576,1577,1578,1215],"crunchbase api","pitchbook api","funding data","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fcrunchbase-api-alternatives-funding-data.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fcrunchbase-api-alternatives-funding-data-card.png",{"path":1582,"title":1583,"description":1584,"publishedAt":1554,"author":6,"category":774,"tags":1585,"readTime":807,"cover":1587,"listingCover":1588,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fjob-postings-api-hiring-signals","Job Postings API: Turning Hiring Into a Buying Signal","A job ad says what a company is building before its website does. Which endpoint returns postings, what the record contains, and the fields nobody reads.",[1061,1062,1586,1170],"jobs data","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fjob-postings-api-hiring-signals.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fjob-postings-api-hiring-signals-card.png",{"path":1590,"title":1591,"description":1592,"publishedAt":1554,"author":6,"category":774,"tags":1593,"readTime":807,"cover":1597,"listingCover":1598,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Ftechnographic-data-platforms-vs-per-call","Technographic Data Platforms vs One API Call: What You Give Up","We ran a stack detection on a major site and half the fields came back empty. What per-call detection sees, and when a platform earns its price.",[1594,1595,1596,1170],"technographic data","tech stack detection","b2b targeting","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Ftechnographic-data-platforms-vs-per-call.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Ftechnographic-data-platforms-vs-per-call-card.png",{"path":1600,"title":1601,"description":1602,"publishedAt":1603,"author":6,"category":800,"tags":1604,"readTime":807,"cover":1607,"listingCover":1608,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fbest-social-media-scraping-api-2026","What Is the Best API for Social Media Scraping in 2026?","No single best one, because the platforms are not one problem. Which endpoint covers which network, and where a per-call bill differs from per-result.","2026-08-14",[1605,805,1606,1344],"social media scraping api","tiktok","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbest-social-media-scraping-api-2026.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbest-social-media-scraping-api-2026-card.png",{"path":1610,"title":1611,"description":1612,"publishedAt":1603,"author":6,"category":876,"tags":1613,"readTime":807,"cover":1615,"listingCover":1616,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fmcp-server-live-web-data-agents","Which MCP Server Gives an AI Agent Live Web Data?","Most MCP servers wrap one vendor. The question is whether your agent needs a scraper or a catalogue it can search at runtime, and how to tell which.",[1156,792,1157,1614],"model context protocol","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fmcp-server-live-web-data-agents.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fmcp-server-live-web-data-agents-card.png",{"path":620,"title":1618,"description":1619,"publishedAt":1603,"author":6,"category":826,"tags":1620,"readTime":971,"cover":1623,"listingCover":1624,"image":779},"Which Data API Lets You Pay Per Call Instead of a Subscription?","Metered beats a subscription when your usage is bursty and loses when it is steady. The shapes, the crossover, and the measurement that decides it.",[1451,1621,1517,1622],"data api pricing","metered billing","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fpay-per-call-data-api-vs-subscription.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fpay-per-call-data-api-vs-subscription-card.png",{"path":459,"title":1626,"description":1627,"publishedAt":1603,"author":6,"category":774,"tags":1628,"readTime":807,"cover":1630,"listingCover":1631,"image":779},"People Data Labs, Apollo, ZoomInfo: Which Should You Actually Buy?","Four providers, one honest split: search versus enrich versus contract. What each is genuinely best at, and why the price gap is not what it looks like.",[1217,1629,1216,1213],"apollo alternatives","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fpeople-data-labs-apollo-zoominfo-alternatives.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fpeople-data-labs-apollo-zoominfo-alternatives-card.png",{"path":1633,"title":1634,"description":1635,"publishedAt":1603,"author":6,"category":800,"tags":1636,"readTime":971,"cover":1640,"listingCover":1641,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Freddit-scraping-api-alternatives","Is There an Alternative to Apify for Scraping Reddit?","Yes, several. The more useful question is why a Reddit scraper returns posts that miss your keywords, because that is a search problem, not a scraper one.",[1637,1638,1639,1449],"reddit api","reddit scraper","social listening","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Freddit-scraping-api-alternatives.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Freddit-scraping-api-alternatives-card.png",{"path":669,"title":1643,"description":1644,"publishedAt":1645,"author":6,"category":774,"tags":1646,"readTime":807,"cover":1649,"listingCover":1650,"image":779},"What Is the Best LinkedIn Scraper API in 2026?","There is no single best LinkedIn scraper API. There are three jobs, and the honest answer is which endpoint fits which job, and what each one gets wrong.","2026-08-12",[1647,1401,1402,1648],"linkedin scraper api","data","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbest-linkedin-scraper-api-2026.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbest-linkedin-scraper-api-2026-card.png",{"path":230,"title":1652,"description":1653,"publishedAt":1654,"author":6,"category":774,"tags":1655,"readTime":807,"cover":1660,"listingCover":1661,"image":779},"Apollo Scraper: Export Apollo.io Leads Safely by API in 2026","An Apollo scraper extension can get your account flagged. How to pull the same Apollo.io people and company data by metered API, with search free.","2026-08-10",[1656,1657,1658,1659],"apollo scraper","apollo.io","lead-generation","b2b-data","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fapollo-scraper.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fapollo-scraper-card.png",{"path":1663,"title":1664,"description":1665,"publishedAt":1654,"author":6,"category":800,"tags":1666,"readTime":807,"cover":1669,"listingCover":1670,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Freddit-scraper","Reddit Scraper: How to Get Reddit Data After the API Lockdown","Reddit closed self-service API access in 2025. The honest split between the licensed Data API and a public-page scraper you run metered per call.",[1638,1667,1668,1345],"reddit data api","web-scraping","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Freddit-scraper.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Freddit-scraper-card.png",{"path":1672,"title":1673,"description":1674,"publishedAt":1654,"author":6,"category":774,"tags":1675,"readTime":971,"cover":1679,"listingCover":1680,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Ftechnographic-data-api","Technographic Data API: Detect Any Website's Tech Stack in One Call","Skip the enterprise technographic platform for one domain. Detect a site's CMS, framework, analytics, CDN and payments by metered API call.",[1676,1677,1678,1659],"technographic data api","tech stack","company-enrichment","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Ftechnographic-data-api.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Ftechnographic-data-api-card.png",{"path":1682,"title":1683,"description":1684,"publishedAt":1685,"author":6,"category":800,"tags":1686,"readTime":807,"cover":1688,"listingCover":1689,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fapify-instagram-scraper","The Apify Instagram Scraper: Which Actor to Use in 2026","Apify has five Instagram scrapers, not one. Which actor fits which job, how to run them without getting blocked, and what two measured runs actually cost.","2026-08-04",[1687,1344,1668,1326],"apify instagram scraper","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fapify-instagram-scraper.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fapify-instagram-scraper-card.png",{"path":1691,"title":1692,"description":1693,"publishedAt":1694,"author":6,"category":774,"tags":1695,"readTime":785,"cover":1697,"listingCover":1698,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fbest-linkedin-outreach-tools-2026","The Best LinkedIn Outreach Tools in 2026","LinkedIn outreach tools split into two layers in 2026: the data layer that finds and verifies people, and the sending layer that sequences the messages.","2026-07-29",[1696,1401,1402,1648],"linkedin outreach","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbest-linkedin-outreach-tools-2026.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbest-linkedin-outreach-tools-2026-card.png",{"path":1700,"title":1701,"description":1702,"publishedAt":1703,"author":6,"category":915,"tags":1704,"readTime":1707,"cover":1708,"listingCover":1709,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Famazon-pa-api-alternatives","Amazon's PA-API Retires in 2026: How to Move to Monid","PA-API retired in May 2026. Which endpoints actually replace GetItems and SearchItems, tested on the day of writing, including one returning empty prices.","2026-07-21",[1705,1706,1648,1461],"amazon product advertising api","pa-api alternative","9 min","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Famazon-pa-api-alternatives.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Famazon-pa-api-alternatives-card.png",{"path":1711,"title":1712,"description":1713,"publishedAt":1714,"author":6,"category":915,"tags":1715,"readTime":1431,"cover":1717,"listingCover":1718,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fbest-amazon-reviews-api-2026","The Best Amazon Reviews API in 2026 (We Tested Them)","There is no official Amazon reviews API. Here are the real ways to get review text, what all of them costs, and the pagination limit nobody mentions.","2026-07-09",[1716,1648,1326,1461],"amazon reviews api","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbest-amazon-reviews-api-2026.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbest-amazon-reviews-api-2026-card.png",{"path":1720,"title":1721,"description":1722,"publishedAt":1714,"author":6,"category":774,"tags":1723,"readTime":785,"cover":1726,"listingCover":1727,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fbest-email-verification-api-2026","Best Email Verification API in 2026: ZeroBounce, NeverBounce, Kickbox, or One Call on Monid?","ZeroBounce, NeverBounce, Kickbox, Bouncer, a DIY SMTP check and Strale compared: credit packs versus one metered per-call endpoint.",[1724,1648,1326,1725],"email verification api","email","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbest-email-verification-api-2026.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbest-email-verification-api-2026-card.png",{"path":1729,"title":1730,"description":21,"publishedAt":1731,"author":779,"category":826,"tags":1732,"readTime":779,"cover":1735,"listingCover":779,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fakta-pro-is-now-available-on-monid","Akta Pro Is Now Available On Monid","2026-07-07",[1326,1733,1734,1648],"partner-tools","private-markets","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fakta-pro-is-now-available-on-monid-v2.png",{"path":1737,"title":1738,"description":1739,"publishedAt":1740,"author":779,"category":826,"tags":1741,"readTime":779,"cover":1744,"listingCover":779,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fyour-claude-code-can-now-make-phone-calls","Your Claude Code can now make phone calls","Saperly is now available on Monid. Your agent can now make phone calls for you.","2026-07-05",[1326,1733,1742,1743],"voice","phone","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fyour-claude-code-can-now-make-phone-calls.png",{"path":1746,"title":1747,"description":1748,"publishedAt":1749,"author":779,"category":826,"tags":1750,"readTime":779,"cover":1753,"listingCover":779,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fintroducing-suzanne-chatgpt-for-3d-models","Introducing\nClaude for 3D models","Suzanne is now available on Monid. Turn any idea into a production-ready 3D model in one prompt.","2026-06-25",[1751,1326,1752],"3d","creative-tools","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fintroducing-suzanne-chatgpt-for-3d-models.png",{"path":1755,"title":1756,"description":1757,"publishedAt":1758,"author":779,"category":826,"tags":1759,"readTime":779,"cover":1762,"listingCover":779,"image":779},"\u002Fblog\u002Fminimax-is-now-available-on-monid","MiniMax is now available on Monid","Create images and music with MiniMax models through Monid.","2026-06-24",[1326,1752,1760,1761],"image-generation","music-generation","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fminimax-is-now-available-on-monid.png",1788552966900]