21–27 September 2026
What changed that week, dated, in the order it happened.
A demo that always answers the same, and jobs that finish
curl "https://api.scrapefield.com/v1/tiktok/profile?username=anyone&demo=true"Changed
- Demo mode (demo=true, or the MCP server without a key) gives one fixed sample answer per endpoint, about one invented café, whatever you ask, marked cached. Validation, limit, cursor and type still behave exactly as they do live.
- linkedin/posts is documented but not available yet. Calls are refused with not_available_yet (HTTP 501) and nothing is charged, it is no longer offered as an MCP tool, and every page that lists it says so.
Improved
- A batch job of any size finishes. It works a few minutes at a time and carries on from the inputs that have no result yet, including after a restart. Only a job still unfinished a day after it started is given up, with job_interrupted and a refund for what it never reached.
New
- demo_limit: demo calls are limited to 60 a minute from one address, with Retry-After saying how long to wait. Keyed calls are still limited by concurrency only.
Fixed
- Error responses carry the x-request-id header, as successful ones always did.
Comparisons, guides and a clearer price list
New
- Ten comparison pages: other scraping APIs, the platforms' own APIs, tools you run by hand, and building it yourself. Each says where the other option is better, and every figure on it is dated.
- Guides for Zapier (LinkedIn profiles into a Google Sheet) and n8n (every new LinkedIn job for a search, all pages of it).
Improved
- Pricing shows what every endpoint costs on every pack, one platform at a time.
- Every page is sent with headers that stop other sites framing it, and /.well-known/security.txt says where to report a vulnerability.
Changed
- The privacy notice names data among the service providers we share with, alongside hosting, payments and email.
- The contact page says what you get back, and no longer promises how fast.
Fixed
- The Markdown version of a page only ever serves pages of this site.
Each platform in its own shape
curl "https://api.scrapefield.com/v1/tiktok/profile?username=nasa&demo=true"Changed
- There is no longer one "profile" and one "post" for every platform. Each platform returns its own objects, named after its own developer API: Google Maps after the Places API, Instagram after the Graph API, TikTok after its Display and Research APIs. LinkedIn, which has none, uses the words on its pages.
- platform_fields is gone: what was in it is now a documented field at the top level.
- Ids are the platform's own: a Google place_id, an Instagram shortcode, a TikTok video id.
- Parameters follow the same words: username on TikTok (was handle), vanity_name on LinkedIn (was public_id and slug), workplace_type on LinkedIn jobs (was remote). The old names are refused with a pointer to the new one.
New
- Google Maps places carry popular times, the rating breakdown, the About tab and whether the listing is claimed. LinkedIn profiles carry experience, education and skills; Instagram posts, the paid-partnership label; TikTok videos, the sound and a play URL.
- Response objects in the docs, every field of every object. Each endpoint page lists its own.
- Every documented key is present on every call, and nothing undocumented ever is: the gateway drops any field that is not on the list.
A dashboard, and signing in without a password
New
- Sign in with a link we email you — there is no password. A session lasts thirty days from its last use, and any of them can be ended from Settings.
- API keys: up to ten active, each named, each limited to the platforms it calls if you like, and each revocable without touching the rest. A key is still shown once.
- Every request, filterable by endpoint, outcome and key; usage by day, endpoint and key; batch jobs with their results; receipts; and an email when your balance falls below a line you set.
Changed
- A key is made on the dashboard after you confirm your address, rather than handed out at signup.
- The credits you get on confirming are credits to try it, once. There is no free tier: when they run out, you buy a pack.
Fixed
- A refunded call in /v1/usage is a row costing 0, with credits_refunded saying what it gave back. It used to read as a negative charge, so summing the ledger came out below what was spent.
- Calls made by a batch job are in the ledger at what they cost the job, so batch spend adds up too.
- Signing up with an address that already had an account made a new key on it. That address is now sent a sign-in link instead.
A new site, and a mark
New
- The site is rebuilt: a ruled page, a warm monochrome palette, and particle fields in place of illustrations.
- The mark — three parallel strokes — in the top bar, the favicon and the hero, where it lights up in spectrum colour under the pointer.
- Integrations, a blog and this changelog.
Improved
- Every code sample in the documentation is syntax-coloured.
- The contact form writes an email to support rather than opening a ticket.
Every page is Markdown, and there is an agent skill
curl https://scrapefield.com/docs/google-maps/places.mdNew
- Add .md to any URL on the site and get the page as Markdown. The documentation is written for a model and generated from the same table the API runs on.
- /skill.md: when to reach for this API, when not to, and the three mistakes an agent makes on its first call. Works as a Claude Skill or a Cursor rule.
Fixed
- llms.txt linked to twenty-two documentation pages as .md files that did not exist. They all exist now.
- llms.txt printed a literal ${brand.keyPrefix} where the key prefix should have been.
Credits only: no plans, and credits never expire
Changed
- There are no plans or tiers. You buy credits in packs — 50,000 for $39 up to 5,000,000 for $1,999 — and spend them on any endpoint.
- Credits never expire, because there is no billing period for them to expire at the end of.
- A cached answer costs the same as a fetched one. You pay for the answer, not for how we produced it; cached responses still say cached: true and carry the original fetched_at.
Fixed
- Thirteen places across the site, the docs, the MCP tool descriptions and the terms still said cache hits were free. They all say what is true now.
Signup with email verification
New
- Free credits are granted when you verify your email, not when you sign up. Your key works immediately; only the credits wait for the click.
- One account per email address. Disposable-email domains are refused.
Improved
- An unverified account that calls the API is told to click the link in the email, instead of being told it has no credits.