# Anakin.io

> Anakin.io is a web scraping and web data API from Anakin Inc (YC S21) built for AI agents: scrape, crawl, search, and pre-built Wire endpoints for 940+ sites. No API key is needed to start — the keyless "Zero Touch" tier lets an agent scrape a URL or run a read-only Wire action in a single unauthenticated HTTP call, then upgrade in place by adding a key.

Anakin.io is built and operated by Anakin Inc (YC S21). One API key returns
clean, agent-ready data (Markdown, HTML, JSON, screenshots) and runs real
read/write actions across the web, with proxies, anti-bot bypass, and CAPTCHA
solving handled for you. Start free with 300 credits — no card required.

## Products
- [URL Scraper](https://anakin.io/products/url-scraper): Scrape any URL. Get Markdown, JSON, or HTML.
- [Zero Touch](https://anakin.io/products/zero-touch): No key, no signup. Scrape or run an action in one call.
- [Browser Sessions](https://anakin.io/products/browser-sessions): Authenticated scraping via persistent login.
- [Browser API](https://anakin.io/products/browser-api): Managed browsers via API. No infrastructure.
- [Agentic Search](https://anakin.io/products/agentic-search): Multi-stage AI research pipeline.
- [Wire](https://anakin.io/products/wire): Managed APIs for sites that don't have one.
- [Map](https://anakin.io/products/map): Discover all URLs on a website.
- [Crawl](https://anakin.io/products/crawl): Crawl entire websites and extract content at scale.
- [Search API](https://anakin.io/products/search): Web search with full content extraction.
- [Website Monitoring](https://anakin.io/products/monitoring): Watch a page or a whole site. Get alerted on change.
- [AI Visibility](https://anakin.io/products/ai-visibility): See what every AI says about you.

## Wire catalog: one page per site
- [Catalog](https://anakin.io/catalog): every site Wire covers, browsable and grouped by category
- [Site page](https://anakin.io/catalog/{slug}): the actions, parameters, credit cost, and auth
  requirement for one site, e.g. https://anakin.io/catalog/amazon
- [Category page](https://anakin.io/catalog/category/{category}): every site in one category,
  e.g. https://anakin.io/catalog/category/e-commerce

## Documentation
- [Documentation](https://anakin.io/docs/documentation): REST API reference, SDKs, and integration guides
- [API Reference](https://anakin.io/docs/api-reference): Every endpoint, parameter, and response shape
- [Full docs as plain text](https://anakin.io/llms-full.txt): Every documentation page concatenated for LLMs
- [Per-page Markdown](https://anakin.io/llms.mdx/docs/{slug}): Raw Markdown for any single doc page
- [Pricing](https://anakin.io/pricing): Usage-based credits with a free tier

## Wire API: take actions across 940+ sites
Base: https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire
Auth: X-API-Key header (get one at https://anakin.io/account#developer)
Full reference: https://anakin.io/docs/api-reference/wire

Discovery is PUBLIC — no key: GET /catalog and GET /resolve?q=<intent>. Running an
action has TWO modes of the SAME Wire — choose by auth + durability:
  - sync, NO KEY, read-only: POST https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire-run returns the
    result inline, no auth header, no polling (see the Zero Touch section below).
  - async, keyed, durable: POST /task → {job_id}, then poll /jobs/{id}. Required for
    write actions and account-connected runs.

To use the keyed async mode:
1. GET /catalog   (or GET /resolve?q=<intent>)     → find an action_id
2. GET /catalog/{slug}                             → the action's required params
3. POST /task {action_id, params, credential_id?}  → returns {job_id}
4. GET /jobs/{id} until status is settled          → poll ~1/s, capped 60/min per user

Auth-gated actions (auth_mode "required") need a credential_id: get one from
GET /identities, or create it with POST /login. Credentials are never stored
as plaintext; sessions live until they expire, then re-authenticate.

## Zero Touch — no-key API for AI agents
You do NOT need an API key to start. Zero Touch is Anakin's free, no-signup tier:
an agent or developer can go from nothing to scraped data (or a live read-only
site action) in a single HTTP call with no auth header, then upgrade in place by
adding a key. Full guide: https://anakin.io/docs/integrations/ai-agents/zero-touch

Scrape a page with NO api key (send no auth header):
  POST https://api.anakin.io/v1/url-scraper/scrape
  body: {"url": "https://example.com"}
  → {"markdown": "...", "trial": {"remaining_credits": N, "signup_url": "https://anakin.io/signup"}}
  Response headers also carry X-Trial-Credits-Remaining and X-Anakin-Signup.

Run read-only Wire actions with NO api key — synchronous, result inline, no polling.
Same Wire as the "Wire API" section above: the keyless run is /wire-run (sync); the
keyed, durable, write-capable run is /v1/wire/task (async — see above).
  GET  https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire/catalog          → browse supported sites/actions
  GET  https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire/resolve?q=<intent> → find an action_id by intent
  POST https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire-run               → body: {"action_id": "...", "params": {...}} → result inline

MCP with no OAuth: point any MCP client at https://mcp.anakin.io/mcp with NO
bearer token to get the Zero Touch tool subset (scrape, wire_discover, wire_catalog, wire_read_action).
Adding a valid bearer upgrades to the full toolset.

Metering: a per-IP free allowance. When it's exhausted the API returns a graceful
402 with the signup URL. Sign up free (300 credits) at https://anakin.io/signup for higher
limits, writes, and account-connected actions.

## More
- [Use cases](https://anakin.io/use-cases): GTM enrichment, LLM visibility (GEO), personal AI agents, product data
- [About](https://anakin.io/about): Anakin Inc (YC S21)
- [Sitemap](https://anakin.io/sitemap.xml)