I’m trying to figure out if RapidAPI offers any kind of API endpoint that lets me search through their marketplace programmatically. Instead of manually browsing their website dashboard every time I need to find a specific API, I want to create my own custom search application that can query their database directly.
I’ve been looking through their documentation but haven’t found any mention of a public API that provides access to their API directory. Maybe I’m missing something obvious, or perhaps they simply don’t offer this functionality to developers.
Has anyone successfully integrated with RapidAPI’s catalog through code? I’m hoping to automate the process of discovering and evaluating APIs for my projects rather than doing it manually through their web interface.
i feel u, it’s a real pain. was in the same boat, had no luck with those tokens either. scraping seems the only way to go! or, yeah, just keep ur faves bookmarked for now. hope they change this in the future.
As of now, RapidAPI does not provide a public API for accessing their marketplace catalog. I faced a similar challenge a while back while trying to implement an API comparison tool for our organization. Their support confirmed that the catalog endpoints are strictly internal.
My workaround involved using web scraping with tools like Selenium, which allows you to extract the necessary API listings. While not the most efficient method—given that you’d need to adapt it whenever they update their UI—it does the job. Additionally, they do offer RSS feeds for new API announcements, although those only highlight newly added APIs rather than the complete catalog. Another option is their GraphQL endpoint, but it’s not officially supported for public usage, putting it in a somewhat ambiguous legal zone.
Nope, RapidAPI doesn’t have any official API endpoints for their marketplace catalog. Hit the same wall building an internal discovery tool last year. Super frustrating since their web interface obviously has all this data. I worked around it by keeping a local database of APIs I cared about - manually grabbed the info from their marketplace to seed it. Then used their regular API management endpoints to track usage and performance for the ones I actually subscribed to. Not perfect, but way better than browsing manually every time. Might be worth checking if they have partner programs or enterprise features that give you this access, though I never looked into that.