Web Scraping API

Supply Chain Monitoring API

Monitor supplier availability, component pricing, shipping delays, and procurement market signals from public supplier portals, logistics trackers, and industry news sources.

$184B/year Supply chain disruption costs globally$9.9B by 2028 Supply chain analytics market54% Companies with inadequate supply visibility

How It Works

1

Identify data sources

Map supplier portals, component distributor sites, and logistics provider status pages relevant to your supply chain.

2

Extract availability signals

Pull stock levels, lead times, pricing, and shipping status from targeted pages on a scheduled basis.

3

Alert on disruptions

Compare extractions over time to detect stockouts, price spikes, and lead time extensions before they impact operations.

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://distributor.example.com/component/IC-4567",
    "extract": {
      "stock_level": "number",
      "lead_time_weeks": "number",
      "unit_price": "number",
      "last_updated": "string"
    }
  }'

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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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