Getting started

Vector by Phoenix is one API for the public web: 100+ ready-to-run actors for scraping, data extraction, and public APIs â€” plus location intelligence and profile authenticity checks. One key, one consistent JSON shape, everything cited.

1. Get an API key

Every request uses an X-API-Key header. Grab a key from your dashboard, or self-host and issue one:

curl -X POST "https://api.buildwithapi.io/v1/admin/keys?name=my-app&tier=pro" \
  -H "X-Admin-Token: $ADMIN_TOKEN"

2. Make your first call

curl "https://api.buildwithapi.io/v1/actors" -H "X-API-Key: vk_live_..."

3. Run an actor

curl -X POST "https://api.buildwithapi.io/v1/actors/github-repo/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
  -H "X-API-Key: vk_live_..." -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"owner":"torvalds","repo":"linux"}'

Every response is the same shape: { actor, status, stats, items, brand, copyright }. Point your app at items and you're done.