India Government Data API: How to Pull Any data.gov.in Dataset Without the Documentation Confusion
data.gov.in has 10,000+ datasets including mandi prices, foreign trade, and census data. The OGD API works but has quirks that are not documented anywhere.
How to Scrape IndiaMART B2B Suppliers in Python (Phone, Price, Leads)
IndiaMART is India's largest B2B marketplace with no public API. Learn how to extract supplier names, phone numbers, cities, product categories, and price indications as structured JSON for sales prospecting and market research.
Instagram Profile Data Without the Meta API: Followers, Bio, and Posts at Scale
Meta restricts the Instagram Graph API to your own accounts. For researching public third-party profiles at scale, here is what data is available and how to collect it.
How to Scrape JustDial Business Listings in Python (Phone, Address, Ratings)
JustDial is India's largest local business directory with no public API. Learn how to extract business names, phone numbers, addresses, geo-coordinates, and review data by city and category as structured JSON.
How to Scrape LinkedIn Employees Without Login or Sales Navigator
LinkedIn has no public API for employee data. Learn how to pull B2B leads, employee lists, and org chart data from LinkedIn company pages without a LinkedIn account or Sales Navigator subscription.
How to Scrape the Meta Ad Library in Python (Facebook and Instagram Ads, No Login)
The Meta Ad Library has no official scraping API. Learn how to extract ad copy, creative URLs, advertiser details, platforms, and run dates from Facebook and Instagram ads by keyword or advertiser, as structured JSON.
How to Query Norway BRREG Business Register in Python (Companies, Officers, AML)
Norway's BRREG business register is public and free, but navigating the API to get companies plus officer roles requires multiple calls per entity. Learn how to extract company status, industry, address, and full officer rosters as structured JSON.
OpenAlex API: 250 Million Research Papers, Free, No Rate-Limit Workarounds Needed
OpenAlex replaced the defunct Microsoft Academic Graph with 250M+ scholarly works. The API is free, well-documented, and returns structured data including citations and author affiliations.
PACER vs CourtListener: Accessing US Court Records Without Paying $0.10 Per Page
PACER charges $0.10 per page for federal court documents. CourtListener is free for opinions and some dockets. Here is what each covers, what they do not, and when to use both.
NPI Registry API: How to Look Up Any US Healthcare Provider Programmatically
CMS publishes the National Provider Identifier registry as a free API. Here is how to search by provider name, specialty, location, and NPI number, and what the data contains.
How to Scrape Pinterest Profiles in Python (Followers, Pins, Boards Without Login)
Pinterest has no public API for scraping profiles. Learn how to extract follower counts, monthly views, board lists, recent pins with save counts, and profile metadata as structured JSON without login or API key.
Reddit Official API vs Reddit Scraper in 2025: Costs, Limits, and What You Actually Get
Reddit changed its API pricing in 2023 to $0.24 per 1,000 calls. Here is what that means for data collection workloads, and how scraping compares on cost and data coverage.
SEC EDGAR Full-Text Search API: Search Every Filing Since 2001
The free EFTS endpoint searches every SEC filing since 2001. The parts that break scripts: a required User-Agent, 100 hits per page, and a hard 10,000-result cap.
Socrata API: How to Pull CDC, HHS, NYC, and 200+ Government Data Portals
Socrata powers data portals for the CDC, HHS, Chicago, New York City, Texas, and 200+ other government entities. One API, same query syntax, all of them.
Threads Has No Public API in 2026: Here Is How to Get Post and Profile Data Anyway
Every field you can collect from Threads without an API: post text, engagement counts, media, profiles. No login required, from $1 per 1,000 posts, plus a comparison of the scrapers that do it.
How to Scrape Trustpilot Reviews by Company Domain (Python Guide)
Trustpilot has no public API for review data. Learn how to pull business reviews, star ratings, trust scores, and business replies from any Trustpilot company page using Python.
USASpending.gov API: How to Pull Federal Contracts, Grants, and Awards Programmatically
USASpending.gov tracks every federal dollar spent. The API is public and free but the endpoint structure is non-obvious. Here is how to actually use it in Python.
World Bank API in Python 2025: GDP, Inflation, and 1,400 Indicators Without the SOAP Hell
The World Bank has a REST API but it returns XML by default, uses quirky pagination, and has undocumented quirks. Here is how to actually use it in Python.