Technologies

The Technologies API provides access to adoption data for hundreds of web technologies. Look up individual technologies or search across the full catalog.

The technology model

Each technology object contains metadata about a web technology including its description, website, install counts, and trends.

Properties

Name
name
Type
string
Description
The name of the technology (e.g., "Wordpress").
Name
description
Type
string
Description
A brief description of the technology.
Name
url
Type
string
Description
The official website URL for the technology.
Name
icon_url
Type
string
Description
URL to the technology's icon image, if available.
Name
categories
Type
string[]
Description
Array of categories the technology belongs to (e.g., "CMS", "Advertising").
Name
total_installs
Type
integer
Description
Total number of domains currently using this technology.
Name
new_installs
Type
integer
Description
Number of new domains that adopted this technology in the current period.
Name
uninstalls
Type
integer
Description
Number of domains that removed this technology in the current period.
Name
net
Type
integer
Description
Net change in installations (new_installs - uninstalls).

GET/json/api/v1/technology/:name

Get a technology

Retrieve detailed information about a specific technology by name. The lookup is case-insensitive.

Path parameters

Name
name
Type
string
Description
The technology name to look up (e.g., "Wordpress").

Request

GET

/json/api/v1/technology/:name

curl -s https://websitedata.app/json/api/v1/technology/Wordpress \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {your-api-key}"

Response

{
  "technology": {
    "name": "Wordpress",
    "description": "Everything you need to build and grow any website—all in one place.",
    "url": "https://wordpress.com/",
    "icon_url": "/technologies/img/Wordpress.png",
    "categories": [
      "CMS"
    ],
    "total_installs": 30889091,
    "new_installs": 579237,
    "uninstalls": 167568,
    "net": 411669
  }
}

POST/json/api/v1/technology/search

Search technologies

Search across all tracked technologies with pagination. Results are ordered by total installs by default.

Request body

Name
pageSize
Type
integer
Description
Number of results to return per page. Maximum depends on your plan.
Name
page
Type
integer
Description
Page number (0-indexed). Use with pageSize for offset-based pagination.

Response fields

Name
results
Type
Technology[]
Description
Array of technology objects matching your query.
Name
total
Type
integer
Description
Total number of matching technologies.
Name
page
Type
integer
Description
Current page number (0-indexed).
Name
pages
Type
integer
Description
Total number of pages.

Request

POST

/json/api/v1/technology/search

curl -s -X POST https://websitedata.app/json/api/v1/technology/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {your-api-key}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"pageSize": 2}'

Response

{
  "results": [
    {
      "name": "Wordpress",
      "description": "Everything you need to build and grow any website—all in one place.",
      "url": "https://wordpress.com/",
      "icon_url": "/technologies/img/Wordpress.png",
      "categories": [
        "CMS"
      ],
      "total_installs": 30889091,
      "new_installs": 579237,
      "uninstalls": 167568,
      "net": 411669
    },
    {
      "name": "Google Tag Manager",
      "description": "Google Tag Manager is a tag management system (TMS) that allows you to quickly and easily update tracking codes and related code fragments collectively known as tags on your website or mobile app.",
      "url": "https://tagmanager.google.com/",
      "total_installs": 28687368,
      "new_installs": 743447,
      "uninstalls": 192366,
      "net": 551081
    }
  ],
  "total": 580,
  "page": 0,
  "pages": 290
}