foundit API

Search foundit, formerly Monster India, and get jobs with salaries, skills and experience as JSON.

The API.SH foundit API turns public foundit.in job search results into structured JSON. foundit is the job site formerly known as Monster India. Search by keywords and location with experience, freshness and sort, and filter further by salary range in INR per year, job type (such as work from home or contract), employer type, industry and function. Each job has title, company, locations, experience range, salary range when shown, skills, industries, roles, qualifications, posting and closing dates, applicant count, walk-in and urgent flags, and job and apply links.

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foundit job search

GET https://api.api.sh/foundit/v1/search

{ "success": true }

1 credit · $1 per 1,000 calls

What you can build with the foundit API

India job market research

Search a role across cities and read the site's total counts, skills and industries to see where demand is growing.

/search

Salary benchmarking

Collect salary ranges in INR and experience ranges for a title to benchmark offers.

/search

Job board feeds

Pull fresh jobs filtered by freshness, job type and function into a niche job board, with apply links.

/search

Recruiter and consultant tracking

Filter by employer type to separate company postings from consultants and track who is hiring.

/search

foundit data you get

Field names from real responses. Numbers come parsed, URLs absolute, dates in ISO 8601.

foundit API endpoints and prices

Every foundit endpoint costs 1 credit per call: credits are $1 per 1,000 on a monthly plan, $2 pay-as-you-go. Pricing

Search and discovery1

foundit job search

/foundit/v1/search

$1 · $2 PAYG

1 credit

Call the foundit API

foundit job search: GET https://api.api.sh/foundit/v1/search

curl "https://api.api.sh/foundit/v1/search?q=python" \
  -H "x-api-key: $APISH_KEY"

import os, requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.api.sh/foundit/v1/search",
    params={"q": "python"},
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["APISH_KEY"]},
    timeout=120,
)
res.raise_for_status()
data = res.json()

const url = new URL("https://api.api.sh/foundit/v1/search");
url.searchParams.set("q", "python");

const res = await fetch(url, { headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.APISH_KEY } });
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${res.status} ${await res.text()}`);
const data = await res.json();

# Google Sheets (API.SH add-on)
=APISH("/foundit/v1/search", "q", "python")

# Zapier, Make, n8n (verified node): pick the API.SH app,
# choose "foundit" and "foundit job search".

# AI agents (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor): add the
# API.SH MCP server https://api.sh/mcp

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Send the requestJSON back in one call. Add output=csv or output=ndjson for files.

Why API.SH for foundit data

Public data only: no foundit login, cookies or account needed
One key and one response shape for foundit and 481 other platforms
Built and maintained by API.SH, not third-party publishers
Pay per call; errors on our side cost nothing
Live status for every endpoint

API.SH vs the official foundit API

foundit does not offer a public job search API; its paid products are recruiter plans and resume database access. API.SH reads public foundit job listings and returns them as JSON.

Most foundit scraper results are Apify actors with different output formats and prices. API.SH gives one key, one JSON shape across job sites and a fixed price per call.

foundit API questions

What foundit data can I get?+

Job search (/foundit/v1/search): title, company, locations, experience and salary ranges, skills, industries, functions, qualifications, dates, applicant count and apply link, with filters and paging.

How much does the foundit API cost?+

Every foundit endpoint costs 1 credit per call. On a monthly plan 1,000 credits cost $1 (Starter is $50/month for 50,000 credits). Pay-as-you-go is $2 per 1,000 credits, with top-ups from $15 that never expire.

Is there a free trial?+

Yes. Every account gets 1,000 free credits every month. That is 1,000 calls to /foundit/v1/search at 1 credit each.

Is there an official foundit API?+

Not a public one. foundit sells recruiter plans and resume database access, not a job data API. API.SH covers public job listings.

Is there a free foundit API?+

Every API.SH account gets 1,000 free credits each month, so you can test foundit search before you pay.

Can I get salary data from foundit?+

Yes, when the job shows it. Each job has a salary range in INR per year, and you can filter by salary_min and salary_max.

Do I need a foundit account or login?+

No. API.SH reads public job listings only. No endpoint uses a login, cookies or anyone's account, and no applicant or resume data is returned.

How do I get started?+

1. Sign up at api.sh. 2. Copy your API key. 3. Call /foundit/v1/search with q=python and location=bangalore, then pass next_page back as page. Request examples and every parameter are in the docs at https://api.sh/docs. You can also use the JS or Python SDK, Google Sheets, Zapier, Make, n8n or the MCP server at https://api.sh/mcp.