Parse provides a deterministic REST API that automatically generates typed endpoints for any public website, allowing developers to retrieve data and perform web actions via standard HTTP/JSON calls without using browsers or Selenium. The service analyzes a site’s network layer to create GET and POST endpoints for tasks such as price feeds, bookings, and form submissions, and is billed per‑call through a credit‑based subscription model.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Web developers and automation agents must write custom scrapers, maintain browser‑based bots, or integrate fragile Selenium scripts to extract data or perform actions on arbitrary websites. This approach incurs high development overhead, constant upkeep for site changes, and scalability constraints.
Solution
Parse delivers an on‑demand, deterministic REST API for any public website. By analyzing a site’s network layer, Parse automatically generates typed endpoints that expose both data retrieval (e.g., pricing, search results, monitoring) and transactional actions (e.g., booking, form submission) as standard HTTP calls. The service operates without a browser or Selenium, providing low‑latency JSON responses that can be consumed directly by applications or large‑language‑model agents via MCP. Developers pay per‑call credits, enabling elastic scaling from prototype to production without managing scraper infrastructure.
Target Audience
The primary customers are developers and product teams building AI agents, automation platforms, or SaaS solutions that need reliable, code‑free web data extraction and transactional capabilities across diverse sites.
Features
- Automatic site analysis that creates deterministic, schema‑typed GET and POST endpoints for data extraction and web actions.
- Action endpoints for common workflows: booking flights/hotels, submitting multi‑step forms, reserving appointments, and placing orders.
- Data endpoints for real‑time price feeds, searchable aggregations, and continuous monitoring of inventory or listings.
- Pure HTTP/JSON interface with no browser, Selenium, or custom SDK required; compatible with cURL, Python, and any MCP‑enabled client.
- MCP‑native integration allowing agents (Claude, Cursor, Gemini, etc.) to invoke generated APIs through a single transport layer.
- Credit‑based usage model with per‑call pricing, real‑time usage dashboards, and configurable rate limits per subscription tier.
- Secure API access via HTTPS and API‑key authentication, with role‑based access controls for enterprise deployments.
- Scalable infrastructure that handles high‑frequency calls (up to 250 req/min on Developer tier) while maintaining sub‑250 ms average latency.