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API Guides

Google Maps Scraper Alternative That Returns JSON

Tired of brittle Google Maps scrapers that break? Get local business leads as clean JSON from one API built for automation and AI agents. See the workflow, start free.

May 25, 202615 min read
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The Google Maps Platform terms distilled into clear scraping, caching, and attribution rules next to structured business data.
API Guides

Google Places API Terms: What You Can Scrape, Store + Cache

What Google's Maps Platform terms really allow: the no-scraping clause, what you may cache and store, attribution rules, and the compliant path to storable data.

Jul 10, 202611 min read
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A startup data API returning company profiles, funding rounds, and growth signals as structured JSON records.
API Guides

What Is a Startup Data API? Definition, Fields + When You Need One

What a startup data API is, the fields it returns (funding rounds, investors, firmographics), how it differs from a business data API, and how to choose one in 2026.

Jul 10, 202610 min read
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A Google Places search for local businesses turning into clean, deduped JSON records with emails and 20+ structured fields.
API Guides

Google Places Scraper: How to Extract Business Data (2026)

Want to scrape Google Places? Compare DIY scrapers, the Places API, and a JSON business-data API that returns emails and 20+ fields. Start free.

Jul 3, 202616 min read
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A website page source transforming into a clean, deduped list of business contact emails.
API Guides

How to Extract Emails From Any Website (2026 Guide)

Extract emails from any website: manual methods, regex, Python scripts, plus how to pull deduped on-domain contact emails at scale from a city search.

Jun 13, 202615 min read
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A Make.com scenario connecting an API request, polling loop, iterator, and a lead spreadsheet.
Automation

Make.com Lead Generation Workflow for Local Business Data

Build a Make.com scenario that finds local businesses, polls the job, splits results, and writes verified leads to Google Sheets or your CRM. Full build.

Jun 12, 202615 min read
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A Zapier Zap with webhook, delay, poll, and filter steps feeding local business leads into a sheet.
Automation

Zapier Lead Generation Workflow for Local Business Leads

Build a Zapier Zap that finds local businesses and emails, then writes them to Sheets or HubSpot. Honest about Zapier polling limits, with the full setup.

Jun 11, 202614 min read
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An MCP-style tool definition handing live, structured local business leads to an AI agent loop.
AI Agents

MCP Server for Business Data: Give Agents Live Leads

Give AI agents live local-business leads. How an MCP-style tool, an OpenAPI 3.1 spec, llms.txt, stable JSON, and wait:true make biz collect agent-callable.

Jun 10, 202614 min read
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An AI agent workspace with tool calls, business contact records, and structured lead data.
AI Agents

How to Build an AI Lead Generation Agent (2026)

Build an AI lead gen agent in Claude, ChatGPT, or Codex that finds local businesses, verifies contacts, and writes clean CRM records. Tool schemas, prompts, and code.

May 24, 202616 min read
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A no-code automation canvas connecting an API request, polling loop, lead rows, and a spreadsheet.
Automation

n8n Lead Generation Workflow (Step-by-Step, 2026)

Build an n8n workflow that finds local businesses, polls the job, filters contacts, and sends verified leads to Google Sheets or your CRM. Full step-by-step build.

May 23, 202615 min read
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