Web Scraping API

Financial Data Extraction API

Extract stock quotes, financial statements, fund data, and economic indicators from public financial sources and regulatory filings.

$17B by 2027 Alternative data market78% of hedge funds Firms using alt data$4.2B Financial data APIs market

How It Works

1

Identify data sources

Target financial portals, regulatory filing sites, and public market data pages.

2

Extract financial data

Pull stock prices, earnings data, fund holdings, and economic indicators into structured format.

3

Power analysis

Feed extracted data into quantitative models, dashboards, and research platforms.

Quick Start

cURL
curl -X POST https://alterlab.io/api/v1/scrape \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://finance-portal.com/stock/AAPL",
    "extract": {
      "ticker": "string",
      "price": "number",
      "change_percent": "number",
      "market_cap": "string",
      "volume": "number"
    }
  }'

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Responsible Use

AlterLab is designed for extracting publicly available data. Always review the terms of service for any website you access, respect robots.txt directives, and ensure your use case complies with applicable laws in your jurisdiction.

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terminal
curl -X POST https://api.alterlab.io/v1/scrape \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"url": "https://example.com", "formats": ["markdown"]}'

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