# LinkDigest, free, POST /api/v1/digest, Read a social link as text: Web scraping API

> Article text and metadata.

LinkDigest's web scraping API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. LinkDigest's docs list 2 of the 7 fields on our checklist: Markdown, Links.
We haven't run LinkDigest through [our web scraping API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 2,491 plans for web scraping APIs by price. Half the plans cost $2.00 per 1,000 pages or less. [See how many web scraping API plans are free.](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
[GuGuData's CNY 83 (about $12) monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/gugudata/cny-83-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 pages. GuGuData's CNY 83 (about $12) monthly plan charges nothing per call. You get as many pages as GuGuData's rate limit allows.
[80legs's $29 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/80legs/29-monthly/llms.txt) covers any number of pages. 80legs's $29 monthly plan costs more up front than GuGuData's CNY 83 (about $12) monthly plan.
[WebScraping.AI](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/webscraping-ai/29-monthly-personal-get-html-get-page-html-datacenter-proxy-no-js-rendering/llms.txt), [ScraperAPI](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scraperapi/299-monthly-business-get-sync-api/llms.txt) and [Scrappey](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrappey/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-api-v1-direct-request/llms.txt) are the best web scraping API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text
- [Web scraping API: 110+ scraper providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://linkdigest.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://linkdigest.dev/api/v1/digest`, Read a social link as text
- API key: with the plan, on https://linkdigest.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://linkdigest.dev/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Sold by: LinkDigest (https://linkdigest.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 29%
- Markdown: ✓
- Links: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 pages: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Repeat free: no limit
- Extra fields: translation: +$0.00 · viral breakdown: +$0.00 · consumer insight: +$0.00 · answer to a question: +$0.00
- Also pays for: from the same budget: POST /digest/batch · POST /capture · POST /search · POST /watch

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Article text and metadata.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Digest public content you have a legitimate reason to read. Do not use LinkDigest to circumvent access controls, to bulk-harvest a platform, or to process content you are barred from accessing. We may suspend keys used this way. [...] You are responsible for how you use a digest, including any copyright or platform terms that apply to the source post.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 10 credits
- Enough for: 10 calls

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.017
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call or by polling
- Median: 9.00 s

## The call

- You send: url. Optional: format, breakdown, ask, insight, translate_to, max_credits, partial_ok, depth
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/v1/digest

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone who signs in, no card

## The 11 fields the plan's answer can hold

page title, author, published date, page markdown, key points, page links, image descriptions, source URL, credits used, credits remaining, from cache

## LinkDigest's plans (6)

- [LinkDigest, free, POST /api/v1/digest, Read a social link as text](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 29% complete
- [LinkDigest, $1.50 pack, First top-up, POST /api/v1/digest, Read a social link as text](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkdigest/1-50-pack-first-top-up-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text/llms.txt): $30.00 per 1,000, 29% complete
- [LinkDigest, $5 pack, Credit pack, POST /api/v1/digest, Read a social link as text](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkdigest/5-pack-credit-pack-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text/llms.txt): $20.00 per 1,000, 29% complete
- [LinkDigest, CNY 288 pack, Volume pack for buyers in China, POST /api/v1/digest, Read a social link as text](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkdigest/cny-288-pack-volume-pack-for-buyers-in-china-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text/llms.txt): $21.537 per 1,000, 29% complete
- [LinkDigest, $9 monthly, Dev, POST /api/v1/digest, Read a social link as text](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkdigest/9-monthly-dev-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text/llms.txt): $18.00 per 1,000, 29% complete
- [LinkDigest, $49 monthly, Studio, POST /api/v1/digest, Read a social link as text](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkdigest/49-monthly-studio-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text/llms.txt): $14.00 per 1,000, 29% complete

## LinkDigest's calls for this API (4)

- `POST /api/v1/digest`, Read a social link as text: [LinkDigest, free, POST /api/v1/digest, Read a social link as text](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text/llms.txt)
- `POST /api/v1/digest`, Read a social link as text, full: [LinkDigest, free, POST /api/v1/digest, Read a social link as text, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text-full/llms.txt)
- `POST /api/v1/digest/batch`, Read up to 200 links at once: [LinkDigest, free, POST /api/v1/digest/batch, Read up to 200 links at once](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-batch-read-up-to-200-links-at-once/llms.txt)
- `POST /api/v1/digest/batch`, Read up to 200 links at once, full: [LinkDigest, free, POST /api/v1/digest/batch, Read up to 200 links at once, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-batch-read-up-to-200-links-at-once-full/llms.txt)

## LinkDigest's APIs (6)

- [LinkDigest: video search API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/linkdigest/free/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Bilibili video API pricing, 6 plans, digest, Read a social link as text](https://datacircle.dev/bilibili-video-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Bilibili video API pricing, 6 plans, digest, Read a social link as text, full](https://datacircle.dev/bilibili-video-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text-full/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Bilibili video API pricing, 6 plans, digest/batch, Read up to 200 links at once](https://datacircle.dev/bilibili-video-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-batch-read-up-to-200-links-at-once/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Bilibili video API pricing, 6 plans, digest/batch, Read up to 200 links at once, full](https://datacircle.dev/bilibili-video-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-batch-read-up-to-200-links-at-once-full/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Douyin video API pricing, 6 plans, digest, Read a social link as text](https://datacircle.dev/douyin-video-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Douyin video API pricing, 6 plans, digest, Read a social link as text, full](https://datacircle.dev/douyin-video-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text-full/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Douyin video API pricing, 6 plans, digest/batch, Read up to 200 links at once](https://datacircle.dev/douyin-video-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-batch-read-up-to-200-links-at-once/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Douyin video API pricing, 6 plans, digest/batch, Read up to 200 links at once, full](https://datacircle.dev/douyin-video-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-batch-read-up-to-200-links-at-once-full/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: web scraping API pricing, 6 plans, digest, Read a social link as text](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Weibo post API pricing, 6 plans, digest, Read a social link as text](https://datacircle.dev/weibo-post-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Weibo post API pricing, 6 plans, digest, Read a social link as text, full](https://datacircle.dev/weibo-post-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text-full/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Weibo post API pricing, 6 plans, digest/batch, Read up to 200 links at once](https://datacircle.dev/weibo-post-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-batch-read-up-to-200-links-at-once/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Weibo post API pricing, 6 plans, digest/batch, Read up to 200 links at once, full](https://datacircle.dev/weibo-post-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-batch-read-up-to-200-links-at-once-full/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Xiaohongshu note API pricing, 6 plans, digest, Read a social link as text](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-note-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Xiaohongshu note API pricing, 6 plans, digest, Read a social link as text, full](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-note-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text-full/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Xiaohongshu note API pricing, 6 plans, digest/batch, Read up to 200 links at once](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-note-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-batch-read-up-to-200-links-at-once/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Xiaohongshu note API pricing, 6 plans, digest/batch, Read up to 200 links at once, full](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-note-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-batch-read-up-to-200-links-at-once-full/llms.txt)

## LinkDigest: web scraping API alternatives

- [Spidra, $35 pack, 5,000 credit top-up, POST /scrape, Start a scrape, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/spidra/35-pack-5000-credit-top-up-post-scrape-start-a-scrape-full/llms.txt): $14.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Social Fetch, pay as you go, x402, GET /v1/web/html](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/social-fetch/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-web-html/llms.txt): $14.00 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Urlbox, $630 monthly, Business (45,000 renders a month), POST /v1/render/async](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/urlbox/630-monthly-business-45000-renders-a-month-post-v1-render-async/llms.txt): $14.00 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [ScrapeUp, $14 monthly, Lite Basic, POST /, Premium scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapeup/14-monthly-lite-basic-post-premium-scrape/llms.txt): $14.00 per 1,000, 43% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-07.

- https://linkdigest.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://linkdigest.dev/api/v1/health/platforms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://linkdigest.dev/china-social-media-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://linkdigest.dev/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://linkdigest.dev/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://linkdigest.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://linkdigest.dev/privacy?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://linkdigest.dev/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing