crust, the CrustAPI CLI

Google and LinkedIn data from your terminal. Search, Maps, News, Shopping plus public LinkedIn profiles, companies, posts and jobs, back as clean JSON or CSV in about a second. You only pay for results that come back; empty searches are free.

Install

npm install -g crustapi-cli

Then set your key (get one free, 3,000 credits a month, no card, at crustapi.com):

export CRUSTAPI_API_KEY=key_live_xxxx

Use

crust "dentists in miami"                              # web search, shorthand
crust search "best serp api" --type web --gl us
crust search coffee --type maps --location "Austin, TX" --limit 20
crust search openai --type news | jq '.news[0]'       # pipes clean JSON
crust search plumbers --type maps --csv > leads.csv    # CSV straight to a file
crust scrape https://example.com/pricing --markdown
crust types                                            # list the surfaces

Output is JSON by default (a status line prints to stderr, so pipes stay clean). Pass --csv for CSV.

LinkedIn

Public LinkedIn data, no login and no cookies. Give it a LinkedIn URL or keywords:

crust linkedin https://linkedin.com/in/satyanadella                    # full profile
crust linkedin https://linkedin.com/company/openai --employees         # company + employee list
crust linkedin https://linkedin.com/in/satyanadella --type posts       # recent posts (--comments to include comments)
crust linkedin "sales engineer" --type jobs --location "New York"      # job listings
crust linkedin "growth marketers"                                      # people search
crust linkedin "growth marketers" --enrich --csv > people.csv          # full profile per person, straight to CSV

A URL defaults to --type profile (or company for a company URL); keywords default to --type search. Each call costs 1 credit. --enrich costs 1 credit per full profile returned. Empty results and private profiles are free.

Surfaces

Google: web · maps · places · news · shopping · images · videos · scholar · patents · autocomplete · webpage · reviews

LinkedIn (crust linkedin): profile · company · posts · jobs · search

Flags

| flag | what it does | |---|---| | -t, --type | which surface (default web for search, profile/search for linkedin) | | -l, --location | where to search from, e.g. "Miami, FL" (maps/places) or "New York" (linkedin jobs) | | --gl / --hl | country / language code (Google) | | --limit | how many results (maps 100, posts 100, jobs 50, people search 15) | | -n, --num | reviews: per page (max 50) | | --page | results page (Google) | | --start | linkedin jobs: result offset | | --enrich | linkedin search: full profile for each person (1 credit each) | | --employees | linkedin company: include the employee list | | --comments | linkedin posts: include comments | | --csv | output CSV instead of JSON | | -k, --key | API key (or set CRUSTAPI_API_KEY) |

Full docs at crustapi.com/docs.