An Indeed API Alternative You Can Sign Up For

The Problem

Indeed's APIs are partner-facing. The Job Sync and Publisher products documented on their partner site assume you are an ATS or a job board with an agreement in place, not a team that wants to read postings. Search for Indeed API access and the results tell the story: the first page is mostly vendors selling alternatives, a Reddit thread asking whether the API still works for anyone, and an API-comparison directory. Teams that need job data end up scraping a site that does not want to be scraped, or paying per-vertical for a feed that covers Indeed and nothing else.

The Scavio Solution

Scavio returns Indeed postings as structured JSON on a key you get at signup. A search returns 35 postings per page, and each row carries more than a title: the employer's Glassdoor-style rating and review count, the benefits list, the posting attributes and an apply_count all come back inline, so you can score a posting without a second call. Measured 2026-08-12: a python developer search in Austin returned 35 postings in 3.5 seconds for 2 credits. The same key covers Glassdoor and LinkedIn, so employer reviews and salary context do not need a second vendor.

Who It Is For

Job boards, recruiting tools, labour-market analysts and anyone who searched for Indeed API documentation and found a partner programme they do not qualify for.

Key Benefits

• Key issued at signup, no partner agreement
• 35 postings per search, about 3.5 seconds
• Employer rating and review count inline on every posting
• Benefits, attributes and apply_count without a second call
• Same key covers Glassdoor and LinkedIn

Python Example

import os, requests

HEADERS = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['SCAVIO_API_KEY']}"}

res = requests.post(
    "https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/indeed/search",
    headers=HEADERS,
    json={"query": "python developer", "location": "Austin, TX"},
    timeout=60,
).json()["data"]

print(res["count"], "postings")

# company_rating and company_review_count come back on the posting itself, so
# filtering for well-reviewed employers costs no extra call.
well_reviewed = [
    j for j in res["jobs"]
    if (j.get("company_rating") or 0) >= 4.0
    and (j.get("company_review_count") or 0) >= 100
]

for job in well_reviewed[:5]:
    print(job["company"], job.get("company_rating"), job.get("city"))

JavaScript Example

const res = await fetch("https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/indeed/search", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.SCAVIO_API_KEY}`,
    "content-type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({ query: "python developer", location: "Austin, TX" }),
});

const { data } = await res.json();

// Employer rating rides along on each posting -- no second lookup needed.
const wellReviewed = data.jobs.filter(
  (j) => (j.company_rating ?? 0) >= 4.0 && (j.company_review_count ?? 0) >= 100,
);

console.log(`${data.count} postings, ${wellReviewed.length} well reviewed`);

Platforms Used