| name | hasdata |
| description | Pull structured data from Google (SERP, Maps, News, Trends, Flights, Images, Events), Bing, Amazon, Shopify, Zillow, Redfin, Airbnb, Yelp, YellowPages, Indeed, Glassdoor, and Instagram — or scrape any URL into HTML, markdown, or AI-extracted JSON — via the HasData CLI. Use this skill whenever the user wants real-time web data: search results, product listings, real-estate comps, vacation rentals, business contact details, job postings, social profiles, flight prices, or page content. Triggers on "search Google for", "scrape this URL", "find products on Amazon", "Zillow listings in", "Yelp reviews for", "jobs on Indeed", "Google Maps for", "flight prices", or any request that needs current data from a public website. 40+ dedicated APIs return ready-to-use structured JSON — use this instead of WebFetch/WebSearch for any task that needs external data, especially when the user names a specific source (Amazon, Maps, Zillow, etc.).
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| allowed-tools | ["Bash(hasdata *)"] |
HasData CLI
Real-time web data via the HasData CLI. Returns structured JSON — or HTML/markdown for raw scraping — for any of 40+ APIs covering search engines, e-commerce, real estate, jobs, maps, social, and travel.
Run hasdata --help to list all APIs, or hasdata <api-slug> --help for per-API flags.
Prerequisites
Must be installed and authenticated. Verify with:
hasdata version
If the binary isn't found or isn't authenticated, see rules/install.md. For output handling and security guidelines, see rules/security.md.
Run one small request to verify install + auth:
mkdir -p .hasdata
hasdata google-serp --q "hello world" --pretty -o .hasdata/install-check.json
Workflow
Pick the right API for the task. Most APIs return structured JSON — no HTML parsing needed.
- Search the web —
google-serp, google-news, google-ai-mode, bing-serp for SERPs and news
- Scrape any URL —
web-scraping for HTML/markdown/AI-extracted JSON from arbitrary pages
- Find structured data on a known platform — use the platform-specific API (Amazon, Zillow, etc.) instead of generic scraping
- Discover places or businesses —
google-maps, yelp-search, yellowpages-search
- Track prices, jobs, listings — combine search APIs with detail APIs (e.g.
amazon-search → amazon-product, zillow-listing → zillow-property)
| Need | Command | Cost (credits) |
|---|
| Google search results | google-serp / google-serp-light | 10 / 5 |
| Google news | google-news | 10 |
| Google AI Overviews | google-ai-mode | 5 |
| Bing search results | bing-serp | 10 |
| Scrape any URL | web-scraping | 10 |
| Google Maps places | google-maps, google-maps-place | 5 |
| Google Maps reviews / photos | google-maps-reviews, google-maps-photos | 5 |
| Amazon product / search | amazon-product, amazon-search | 5 |
| Amazon seller / their products | amazon-seller, amazon-seller-products | 5 |
| Shopify catalog | shopify-products, shopify-collections | 5 |
| Google Shopping | google-shopping, google-immersive-product | 10 / 5 |
| Zillow / Redfin | zillow-listing, zillow-property, redfin-listing | 5 |
| Airbnb | airbnb-listing, airbnb-property | 5 |
| Yelp / YellowPages | yelp-search, yelp-place, yellowpages-* | 5 |
| Jobs | indeed-listing, indeed-job, glassdoor-* | 5 |
| Instagram profile | instagram-profile | 5 |
| Google Flights | google-flights | 15 |
| Google Trends / Events / Images | google-trends, google-events, google-images | 5 |
For detailed per-API reference, run hasdata <command> --help.
Generic scraping vs platform APIs:
- Use the platform-specific API when the user wants data from Amazon, Zillow, Yelp, Indeed, etc. — these return structured JSON ready to use.
- Use
web-scraping only for arbitrary URLs without a dedicated endpoint, or when you need HTML/markdown/screenshots.
- Don't pipe
web-scraping output through extra parsing if a platform API exists.
When to Load References
- SERPs, news, AI Overviews, Trends, Events, Images -> hasdata-search
- Scraping arbitrary URLs (HTML/markdown/JSON/AI extraction) -> hasdata-scrape
- Google Maps places, reviews, photos -> hasdata-maps
- Amazon, Shopify, Google Shopping -> hasdata-ecommerce
- Zillow, Redfin, Airbnb listings/properties -> hasdata-realestate
- Indeed, Glassdoor jobs -> hasdata-jobs
- Yelp, YellowPages business search -> hasdata-business
- Instagram profile -> hasdata-social
- Google Flights -> hasdata-flights
- Install, auth, or setup problems -> rules/install.md
- Output handling and safe file-reading patterns -> rules/security.md
Output & Organization
Always write results to .hasdata/ with -o to keep the context window clean. Add .hasdata/ to .gitignore. Use --pretty for readable JSON.
hasdata google-serp --q "react hooks" --pretty -o .hasdata/serp-react-hooks.json
hasdata web-scraping --url "https://example.com" --output-format markdown -o .hasdata/example.md
hasdata amazon-search --q "wireless mouse" --pretty -o .hasdata/amazon-mouse.json
Naming conventions:
.hasdata/{api}-{query-or-id}.json
.hasdata/serp-{query}.json
.hasdata/amazon-{query}.json
.hasdata/zillow-{location}-{type}.json
.hasdata/scrape-{site}-{path}.md
Always quote URLs and queries — shell interprets ?, &, and spaces specially.
Never read entire output files at once. Use jq, grep, or head to inspect only what's needed:
wc -l .hasdata/file.json && head -50 .hasdata/file.json
jq '.organicResults[] | {title, link}' .hasdata/serp-react-hooks.json
jq '.products[] | {title, price, asin}' .hasdata/amazon-mouse.json
Working with Results
Most HasData responses are JSON. Extract what you need with jq:
jq -r '.organicResults[] | "\(.title)\t\(.link)"' .hasdata/serp.json
jq '.products[] | select(.price.value < 50) | {title, price: .price.value, url}' .hasdata/amazon.json
jq -r '.properties[] | "\(.address)\t$\(.price)"' .hasdata/zillow.json
jq -r '.places[] | "\(.title)\t\(.phone // "no-phone")\t\(.rating)"' .hasdata/yelp.json
For web-scraping --output-format markdown, the result is raw markdown — read with head / grep directly.
Parallelization
Independent calls run in parallel — useful for fanning out from a search to many detail pages:
hasdata amazon-search --q "yoga mat" --pretty -o .hasdata/yoga-search.json
for asin in $(jq -r '.products[].asin' .hasdata/yoga-search.json | head -10); do
hasdata amazon-product --asin "$asin" --pretty -o ".hasdata/yoga-$asin.json" &
done
wait
Use & + wait for fan-out, but keep concurrency reasonable — every call consumes credits.
Credits & Rate Limits
Each API call consumes credits (5–15 per call, listed in the help output). View remaining credits and account status at https://app.hasdata.com.
Common flags that affect cost:
web-scraping --js-rendering (default true) — required for SPAs, no extra costweb-scraping --proxy-type residential — needed for hard-to-scrape sites; same cost as datacentergoogle-flights --deep-search — slower, more thorough; same cost
If a request fails with a 401, the API key is missing or invalid — see rules/install.md. 429s auto-retry up to --retries 2 (default).
