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Re:Show HN: Open Web API – Access any website without gettin... by cookiengineer on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @01:13AM (#25055963)
- 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".

Re:Show HN: Open Web API – Access any website without gettin... by bdcravens on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @09:35AM (#25058711)
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
Re:Show HN: Open Web API – Access any website without gettin... by soheil on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @06:43PM (#25064383)
I like how whenever I start losing faith in HN out of the blue encouragements in the form of your comment manifest.
Re:Show HN: Open Web API – Access any website without gettin... by soheil on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @06:25PM (#25064249)
Contact us is mailto: link, if you don't have a default mail handler in your browser that maybe the issue.

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.

Re:Show HN: Open Web API – Access any website without gettin... by soheil on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @10:36PM (#25066133)
[0] pricing page

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

Re:Show HN: Open Web API – Access any website without gettin... by purplecats on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @08:35AM (#25058243)
also the `thecomputer` and typing an invalid command (emoji) rubbed me the wrong way
Re:Show HN: Open Web API – Access any website without gettin... by lpellis on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @06:07AM (#25057374)
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.
Re:Show HN: Open Web API – Access any website without gettin... by nocodelowcode on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @12:44AM (#25055825)
Interesting! How does this compare to https://www.browserless.io/?
Re:Show HN: Open Web API – Access any website without gettin... by rahimnathwani on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @12:51AM (#25055863)
Suggest checking the home page for typos, e.g. gaurantee -> guarantee