```yaml
product: AlterLab
title: "Web Scraping API by Industry — E-Commerce, Finance, Real Estate & More | AlterLab"
comparison_context: "AlterLab is an alternative to Firecrawl, ScrapingBee, and Bright Data."
source_url: https://alterlab.io/industries
```

Industries

# Web Data Extraction by Industry

Industry-specific data extraction guides for B2B teams and developers. From e-commerce price intelligence to financial research pipelines — one API, every vertical.

[E-CommerceExtract product listings, pricing, availability, and reviews from e-commerce platforms at scale to power price intelligence, catalog management, and competitive analysis.Product title and SKUCurrent price and currency](https://alterlab.io/industries/ecommerce)[Real EstateCollect property listings, price history, neighbourhood statistics, and rental data from real estate portals to power market analytics, investment tools, and automated valuation models.Property address and coordinatesListing price and price history](https://alterlab.io/industries/real-estate)[FinanceCollect market prices, earnings reports, economic indicators, and financial news from public web sources to power quantitative research, risk models, and investment analytics.Asset prices and trading volumesEarnings per share and revenue figures](https://alterlab.io/industries/finance)[TravelExtract flight prices, hotel rates, availability calendars, and travel package data from public travel portals to power fare comparison tools, revenue management systems, and travel analytics.Flight price and availability by dateHotel room rates and inclusions](https://alterlab.io/industries/travel)[RecruitmentCollect job postings, salary data, skills demand signals, and employer hiring patterns from public job boards to power talent intelligence platforms, compensation benchmarking, and workforce analytics.Job title and seniority levelEmployer name and location](https://alterlab.io/industries/recruitment)[ResearchGather publicly available data from research databases, government portals, academic repositories, and news archives to support quantitative research, policy analysis, and data journalism.Statistical tables and time seriesLegislative text and regulatory documents](https://alterlab.io/industries/research)[MarketingCollect competitor ad creative, SEO ranking data, content performance signals, and market positioning intelligence from public web sources to inform marketing strategy and campaign optimisation.Page titles and meta descriptionsHeading structure and body copy](https://alterlab.io/industries/marketing)[News & MediaCollect articles, headlines, publication metadata, and media content from news portals and publishers to power media monitoring, content aggregation, research archives, and AI training datasets.Article headline and sub-headlinePublication date and last updated timestamp](https://alterlab.io/industries/news)

### Looking for use-case specific guides?

Browse our [use case guides](https://alterlab.io/use-cases) for price monitoring, lead generation, market research, and AI training data — with code samples and workflow examples.

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Just a POST request.

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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