Recruitment Data API
Collect job listing data, skills in demand, salary ranges, hiring velocity, and talent market signals from public job boards and company career pages.
How It Works
Target job boards and career pages
Access public job listings from aggregators, niche boards, and company careers pages for comprehensive market coverage.
Extract structured listing data
Pull job title, location, salary range, required skills, seniority, and company metadata from each listing.
Analyze hiring trends
Aggregate data to identify in-demand skills, competitive salary benchmarks, and hiring velocity by role or region.
Quick Start
curl -X POST https://alterlab.io/api/v1/scrape \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"url": "https://jobs.example.com/search?q=data+engineer&location=remote",
"extract": {
"jobs": [{
"title": "string",
"company": "string",
"salary_range": "string",
"skills": "string[]",
"location": "string"
}]
}
}'Need an API key? — no credit card required.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What data fields can I extract from job listings?
Job title, company name, location, salary range, posting date, required skills, experience level, employment type, benefits, and application URL are all extractable from standard job listing pages.
Can I track hiring velocity for specific companies?
Yes. Monitor a company's job board or careers page over time to count active postings, track new listings, and measure how quickly positions are filled or removed.
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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Pricing
From $0.0002/request. No subscriptions. Balance never expires.
Your first scrape.
Sixty seconds.
$1 free credit — up to 5,000 scrapes. No credit card.
Just a POST request.
No credit card required · $1 free credit, up to 5,000 scrapes · Balance never expires