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Show HN: After 5 Days Coding, I built my first AI-tool API endpoint

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Can you please explain what does this tool does?

Currently, I've developed a /scrape endpoint. I will develop more tools like validating data, extracting data via AI models, converting data into a specific format, receiving real-time notifications, and more. I also plan to open-source the code of the core functionalities but offer on top of it a cloud platform.

Is there a concrete example? Can I download the rainfall in NY during 2024 as a csv file?

Hi gus_massa! Thanks for asking about Norns.ai. Let me give you a concrete example of what you can do with our API.

While we don't directly provide rainfall data, Norns.ai is a web scraping and mapping API that helps you extract data from websites. Here's a practical example:

1. Let's say you want to get weather data from weather.gov for NY: ```bash curl -X POST https://api.norns.ai/v0/map \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "url": "https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=40.7145&lon=-7...", "search": "rainfall", "limit": 100 }' ```

This will return all URLs containing rainfall data. You can then use our `/scrape` endpoint to extract the specific data from each page.

We've just launched two new features to make data analysis easier: 1. Download your API activity logs as CSV, including all URLs scraped, tokens used, and timestamps 2. Download the raw JSON response for each API call, which includes the full extracted data

Every API call is logged in your dashboard where you can: - View the exact URLs processed - Download the raw response data as JSON - Export your entire activity history as CSV - Track token usage per request

You can try it out at norns.ai - we offer a free tier to get you started. Let me know if you have any other questions!

By the way, I am building the trigger to credit the users with 100 initial credits, I will let you know once I finish it.

Now, every new user will receive 100 initial credits to test the API and see if there is a fit for it. Let me know your thoughts on it.

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