crustapi-cli

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.