PeoplePerHour API

Search PeoplePerHour freelancers and open projects and pull rates, ratings and budgets as JSON.

The API.SH PeoplePerHour API returns public data from the UK-based freelance marketplace PeoplePerHour as structured JSON. Search freelancers by skill with the site's sort and filters, and open a profile for hourly rate, rating, reviews, projects, response time, certification level and skills. List open freelance projects by category or skill, with filters for experience level, fixed or hourly pricing, urgent and remote, and open a project for its budget, proposals count and full description.

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4 endpoints
from $1 / 1,000 calls
1,000 free credits / month
failed calls free

PeoplePerHour freelancer search

GET https://api.api.sh/peopleperhour/v1/freelancers

{ "success": true }

2 credits · $2 per 1,000 calls

What you can build with the PeoplePerHour API

Freelance rate benchmarking

Search freelancers for a skill and compare hourly rates, ratings and completed projects to price your own services.

/freelancers

Lead alerts for freelancers and agencies

Watch new projects in your category with low or no proposals and send them to your team.

/jobs /job

Talent sourcing

Shortlist freelancers by skill, rating and certification and open each profile for full details before you contact them on the platform.

/freelancers /freelancer

Demand research

Count open projects and budgets per category and skill to see which services clients are hiring for.

/jobs

PeoplePerHour data you get

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

PeoplePerHour API endpoints and prices

PeoplePerHour endpoints cost 1 to 2 credits per call: credits are $1 per 1,000 on a monthly plan, $2 pay-as-you-go. Pricing

Search and discovery1

PeoplePerHour freelancer search

/peopleperhour/v1/freelancers

$2 · $4 PAYG

2 credits

Profiles and accounts3

PeoplePerHour freelancer profile /peopleperhour/v1/freelancer	$1 · $2 PAYG 1 credit
PeoplePerHour freelance project /peopleperhour/v1/job	$1 · $2 PAYG 1 credit
PeoplePerHour freelance projects /peopleperhour/v1/jobs	$1 · $2 PAYG 1 credit

Call the PeoplePerHour API

PeoplePerHour freelancer search: GET https://api.api.sh/peopleperhour/v1/freelancers

curl "https://api.api.sh/peopleperhour/v1/freelancers?q=wordpress" \
  -H "x-api-key: $APISH_KEY"

import os, requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.api.sh/peopleperhour/v1/freelancers",
    params={"q": "wordpress"},
    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/peopleperhour/v1/freelancers");
url.searchParams.set("q", "wordpress");

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("/peopleperhour/v1/freelancers", "q", "wordpress")

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

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Why API.SH for PeoplePerHour data

Public data only: no PeoplePerHour login, cookies or account needed
One key and one response shape for PeoplePerHour 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 PeoplePerHour API

PeoplePerHour does not offer a public API. API.SH returns its public freelancer profiles and project listings as JSON with one key.

Instead of building your own PeoplePerHour scraper, use API.SH: one key, the site's own filters and a fixed price per call.

PeoplePerHour API questions

What PeoplePerHour data can I get?+

Freelancer search (/peopleperhour/v1/freelancers), one freelancer profile (/peopleperhour/v1/freelancer), open freelance projects with filters (/peopleperhour/v1/jobs) and one project with budget and full description (/peopleperhour/v1/job).

How much does the PeoplePerHour API cost?+

Per call: /peopleperhour/v1/freelancer, /peopleperhour/v1/job and /peopleperhour/v1/jobs cost 1 credit; /peopleperhour/v1/freelancers costs 2 credits. 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 /peopleperhour/v1/freelancer at 1 credit each.

Is there an official PeoplePerHour API?+

No public one. API.SH reads public PeoplePerHour pages and returns freelancers and projects as JSON.

Do I need a PeoplePerHour account or login?+

No. API.SH reads public pages only. It cannot send proposals or messages, and project listings don't name the client, only their country and member-since date.

Is there a free PeoplePerHour API?+

Every API.SH account gets 1,000 free credits each month to try it. That is 1,000 calls to /peopleperhour/v1/freelancer at 1 credit each.

Can I track new freelance jobs automatically?+

Yes. Call /peopleperhour/v1/jobs for your category or skill on a schedule and keep the projects you haven't seen; the Zapier, Make and n8n connectors can do this without code.

How do I get started?+

1. Sign up at api.sh. 2. Copy your API key. 3. Call /peopleperhour/v1/jobs with a category or skill, or /peopleperhour/v1/freelancers with q set to a skill. 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.