Thomasnet API

Search Thomasnet's North American industrial suppliers and pull full supplier profiles as JSON.

The API.SH Thomasnet API turns public Thomasnet.com pages into structured JSON. Search suppliers for a product or service and get each one's type (manufacturer, distributor, service company), tier, phone, website, employees, annual sales, year founded, address with coordinates, capabilities, categories and products, plus related categories, the total supplier count and the site's filters. Narrow by region, supplier validation, production scale, catalogs or brand, then fetch a supplier's full profile with catalogs, videos, news and locations.

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Thomasnet supplier search

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

{ "success": true }

1 credit · $1 per 1,000 calls

What you can build with the Thomasnet API

Supplier sourcing

Search a process such as CNC machining or injection molding, narrow by region and production scale, and shortlist suppliers with their capabilities.

/search

B2B lead generation

Build lists of manufacturers and distributors with phone, website, employees and annual sales for sales outreach.

/search /supplier

Supplier due diligence

Pull a supplier's profile with year founded, business details, locations and news headlines before you send an RFQ.

/supplier

Industrial market mapping

Use matched and related categories and supplier counts to see how crowded a product category is in each region.

/search

Procurement tools and agents

Give a sourcing tool or AI agent supplier search and profile lookups so it can suggest vendors for a part.

/search /supplier

Thomasnet data you get

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

Thomasnet API endpoints and prices

Every Thomasnet 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

Thomasnet supplier search

/thomasnet/v1/search

$1 · $2 PAYG

1 credit

Profiles and accounts1

Thomasnet supplier profile

/thomasnet/v1/supplier

$1 · $2 PAYG

1 credit

Call the Thomasnet API

Thomasnet supplier search: GET https://api.api.sh/thomasnet/v1/search

curl "https://api.api.sh/thomasnet/v1/search?q=cnc+machining" \
  -H "x-api-key: $APISH_KEY"

import os, requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.api.sh/thomasnet/v1/search",
    params={"q": "cnc machining"},
    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/thomasnet/v1/search");
url.searchParams.set("q", "cnc machining");

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("/thomasnet/v1/search", "q", "cnc machining")

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

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

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Why API.SH for Thomasnet data

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

Thomasnet does not publish a public data API; its help center covers advertiser tools such as catalogs and order manager, and supplier-data APIs that rank for the term come from other companies. API.SH returns public Thomasnet supplier search and profile data as JSON.

Instead of copying supplier lists by hand, buying a separate supplier database or running an Apify export, API.SH gives one key, one JSON shape and a fixed price per call.

Thomasnet API questions

What Thomasnet data can I get?+

Supplier search with capabilities, contacts, filters and category data (/thomasnet/v1/search) and one supplier's full profile with products, catalogs, videos, news, business details and locations (/thomasnet/v1/supplier).

How much does the Thomasnet API cost?+

Every Thomasnet 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 /thomasnet/v1/search at 1 credit each.

Is there an official Thomasnet API?+

No public one. Thomasnet's tools are for buyers using the site and suppliers advertising on it. API.SH reads public Thomasnet pages and returns them as JSON.

Do I need a Thomasnet account or login?+

No. API.SH reads public pages only. Search returns the first page of suppliers that Thomasnet shows to visitors who are not signed in, so narrow large searches with region and the other filters.

Can I export Thomasnet supplier leads?+

Yes. Each supplier comes with phone, website, address, employees, annual sales and capabilities. Export results as JSON, CSV or NDJSON, or send them to Google Sheets.

Does it cover suppliers outside North America?+

It covers whatever Thomasnet lists, which is mainly North American manufacturers, distributors and service companies.

How do I get started?+

1. Sign up at api.sh. 2. Copy your API key. 3. Call /thomasnet/v1/search with q=cnc machining, then pass a supplier profile url to /thomasnet/v1/supplier. 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.