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A template is a job someone already worked out for you. Pick one, such as Google Maps leads or Amazon keyword rank for a product, fill in a short form, and get a table with the columns you’d expect. There are no selectors, prompts or schemas to write. Open Templates in the dashboard sidebar, or run any template from the API.

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What you can run

There are over 90 templates. A few of them: The Templates page groups them by category and by site, with a search box. List Templates returns the full list.

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Run a template

  1. Open a template. Its page shows what you get, its columns, and what it can’t do.
  2. Fill in the form. Countries and languages are dropdowns, dates have a date picker, and airports come from a searchable list. Optional settings are folded under the main inputs.
  3. Check the cost line above Run. It’s an estimate before anything runs.
  4. Press Run. The results show in a table under the form.
Each template’s page says what it can and can’t return, for example that a Google Maps search page has up to 20 places, and how to get more.

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The results

  • Table and JSON views. The table starts with the template’s columns.
  • Columns adds any other field the run returned, or hides one. Rows have many more fields than the default columns (a Google Maps place has about 50).
  • CSV and JSON download what you see.
  • Pages that couldn’t be read are listed under the table. They aren’t charged.
Some templates have a second step you can switch on. Google Maps leads, for example, can visit each business’s website and its contact page to add emails and Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn links.

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Save it, watch it, or run it from code

  • Save as preset keeps the inputs and your column choice, so you can run it again in one click from Presets. Opening a preset shows its columns before you run anything; from there, Update preset saves your changes.
  • Watch for changes turns the template into a monitor: run it on a schedule and get told about new or changed rows.
  • The API tab shows the exact request for the inputs you’ve filled in.
See Run a Template and Get a Template Run for the full request and response.

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What it costs

A template costs what the same job costs with the tool behind it, usually 1 credit per page read. Google Maps leads for one area is 1 credit for up to 20 places. Most templates use no AI; the few that do say so, and add token credits. The cost line shows the estimate before you run, and Estimate a Template Run gives it over the API. Pages that fail are free. When a site can’t be read at all, the run fails and costs nothing, instead of returning an empty table.

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Good to know

  • Templates read public pages the way a signed-out visitor sees them. Nothing that needs a login.
  • Sites change their pages. If a template stops working, it’s paused with a notice on its page while it’s fixed, and runs are refused without charging.