Olostep Answers endpoint
Search the web with natural language. Get structured JSON back.
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From question to structured data
Three steps from question to clean, sourced JSON — no scraping pipelines to maintain.
Step 1
Ask a question
Send a natural language question or a data point you want enriched — a company name, a person, a URL, anything.
Step 2
Olostep searches & validates
Our engine runs live web searches, reads the most relevant pages, and cross-validates across multiple sources.
Step 3
Get structured JSON with sources
Receive clean, typed JSON in the exact shape you specified — plus the URLs used to generate the answer.
POST /v1/answers
{
"task": "What is the funding stage of Acme Corp?",
"json": {
"funding_stage": "",
"investors": []
}
}
Built for reliable data extraction
The /v1/answers endpoint is designed for production use — with built-in safeguards against hallucinations and missing data.
Custom JSON schema
Define exactly the shape of data you want back. The API maps every web-sourced fact into your schema automatically.
NOT_FOUND for uncertainty
When data can't be verified on the web, the field returns NOT_FOUND — never a hallucinated guess.
Sources included
Every answer comes with the URLs that were read to generate it. Full traceability, zero black-box outputs.
Real-time web data
Searches the live web on every call. No stale training data, no knowledge cutoff — always current.
What you can build with it
From spreadsheet enrichment to AI-powered research — the Olostep Answers endpoint powers it all.
Enrich spreadsheets
Upload a list of company names and get funding stage, headcount, tech stack, and more — all filled in automatically.
Ground your LLM product
Give your AI assistant real-world data to work with. Prevent hallucinations by anchoring outputs to live web sources.
Research automation
Replace manual research workflows. Ask any question and get a sourced, structured answer in milliseconds.
Lead intelligence
Enrich CRM records with verified data from the web: funding rounds, hiring signals, key contacts, and more.
Competitive monitoring
Track competitor pricing, feature launches, and news — returned as structured JSON you can pipe anywhere.
Fact verification
Verify claims against live web sources. Get back a structured verdict plus the sources that support it.
One API call. Real data.
Ask a question. Get structured JSON.
Pass a natural language question with an optional JSON schema and get back a structured, sourced answer — grounded in live web data.
{
"task": "What is Stripe's latest
valuation and funding round?",
"json": {
"valuation_usd": 0,
"latest_round": "",
"round_date": "",
"lead_investors": []
}
}{
"valuation_usd": 95000000000,
"latest_round": "Series I",
"round_date": "2023-03-15",
"lead_investors": [
"Andreessen Horowitz",
"Founders Fund"
],
"sources": [
"https://techcrunch.com/...",
"https://crunchbase.com/..."
]
}Uncertainty is handled explicitly
"NOT_FOUND" — never a hallucinated value. You always know exactly what was found and what wasn't.Frequently asked questions
Product & Capabilities
The Olostep Answers endpoint lets you ask any natural language question about the web and receive AI-powered, structured JSON back. It searches live sources, reads relevant pages, cross-validates results, and returns NOT_FOUND when data cannot be verified — never a hallucinated guess.
Unlike LLMs that rely on static training data, the Answers endpoint searches the live web on every call powered by the Olostep scraping and crawling API. You get real-time, source-backed answers grounded in actual web pages — not knowledge that may be months or years out of date.
When the endpoint cannot verify a data point from live web sources, it returns NOT_FOUND for that specific field rather than guessing. This gives you full confidence in what was actually found versus what is unknown.
Usage & Automation
json parameter with an object describing the fields you want. For example: {"funding_stage": "", "investors": []}. The API will map every found fact into your schema automatically.Yes. Every answer includes the URLs that were read to generate it. You get full traceability — no black-box outputs. You can verify every claim against the original source.
Answers costs 20 credits per request. The first 500 credits are free — no credit card required. Paid plans start from $9/month.
Pricing & Plans
Yes. Feed in a list of companies, people, or URLs and get back a fully enriched dataset in structured JSON. This is ideal for CRM enrichment, lead intelligence, and research automation workflows.
Yes. The endpoint is designed as a drop-in tool for any LLM pipeline. Use it to ground your AI assistant with real-world data, prevent hallucinations, or enrich context before passing it to your model.
Start answering with the web
500 free credits to try
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