Social Listening API
Monitor public forums, discussion boards, and community platforms to understand audience sentiment, trending topics, and brand perception.
How It Works
Identify communities
Target relevant forums, discussion boards, and public community spaces where your audience participates.
Extract discussions
Pull post content, upvotes, comments, and user engagement metrics from community threads.
Analyze sentiment
Process extracted discussions to identify trends, sentiment shifts, and emerging topics in your market.
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://forum.example.com/topic/product-feedback",
"extract": {
"posts": [{
"author": "string",
"content": "string",
"upvotes": "number",
"date": "string"
}]
}
}'Need an API key? — no credit card required.
Related Data Extraction Guides
Social Listening for a Specific Site
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can I monitor public forum discussions?
Yes. AlterLab extracts from any publicly accessible forum, discussion board, or community platform. Get post content, engagement metrics, and thread structure as structured data.
How do I track trending topics?
Schedule regular extractions from community front pages and trending sections. Track upvote counts, comment volumes, and new topic creation to identify emerging discussions.
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