Show HN: Open Web API – Access any website without getting blocked

openwebapi.com

14 points·soheil··9 comments

- No terms of use (404)

- No privacy policy (404)

- Contact leads to about:blank

- Unclear of what it actually costs

Nah thanks, I do business only with valid partners. Seems to me this is a product that actually isn't available, and that this is just a landing page.

As a European, I can certainly not use it if your service isn't GDPR conform (so that's also important).

While I like the general idea, a lot of pages in the blog (documentation!?!?) seem incomplete, too.

I have no idea what the SDK is for, or how to try it out with the first "free requests".

also the `thecomputer` and typing an invalid command (emoji) rubbed me the wrong way

In general I think “Show HN” can be a WIP or a beta (for example the ruby/python/JavaScript libs all say “coming soon”). I do agree that if judged as a sales page and not a WIP it is half-baked

I like how whenever I start losing faith in HN out of the blue encouragements in the form of your comment manifest.

Fixed the 404s and included GDPR.

To see the cost a free account needs to be created first.

The page Usage explains what the SDKs are for, you don't have to use them if you're ok with using _curl_, etc.

[0] pricing page

[0] https://openwebapi.com/pricing

I would be very impressed if this works with actively scraping hostile sites like LinkedIn, there are not much detail on the site about how this works.

Interesting! How does this compare to https://www.browserless.io/?

Suggest checking the home page for typos, e.g. gaurantee -> guarantee

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