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Dev tools · April 28, 2016

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Jam API, turn any site into a JSON api using CSS selectors

Jam API, turn any site into a JSON api using CSS selectors launched on April 28, 2016 with 300 votes, #52 of 4,301 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

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In plain words

Jam API is a developer tool that converts any website into a JSON API by using CSS selectors to extract data. Launched in 2016, it allows developers to quickly access structured data from web pages without building custom scrapers. The tool is designed for programmers who need to integrate data from existing websites into their applications or workflows, offering a straightforward way to transform HTML content into machine-readable JSON format.

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