Is Adzuna API legit?
Yes. The Adzuna API is the official developer interface of Adzuna, a job search engine that launched in the United Kingdom in 2011 and now operates in many countries. It is documented publicly, issues keys through self-serve registration, and its data powers a job vacancy index published by the UK Office for National Statistics.
Being legitimate does not settle whether it fits your project, and three things are worth checking. First, the terms of service: they permit publishing listings and salary estimates with a Jobs by Adzuna attribution, set default call limits per key, and give commercial, government and academic organisations a trial period before a licence agreement is needed. Second, the record shape: search results carry a description excerpt and a redirect_url that routes the click through Adzuna, not the full advert and a direct employer link. Third, salaries: the salary_is_predicted flag marks figures Adzuna has estimated because the advert stated none, which is fine for aggregates and misleading if shown as the employer's number. Its derived endpoints for salary histograms, top companies, regional counts and salary history are a real strength for labour-market research.
JobsPipe covers a different need. It collects postings from LinkedIn, Indeed, Y Combinator, Naukri and employer-hosted boards such as Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workable, SmartRecruiters and Paylocity, and returns the full normalised record. POST /v1/jobs/search filters with job_title_or, company_name_or, skills_or, posted_at_gte, status and max_ghost_score, source_or names the board a record came from, and salary fields are filled only when the posting states a range.
A fair test is to pick one role in one country, pull it from Adzuna, and check the excerpt length, the share of predicted salaries and the attribution your interface would need. If you need complete descriptions or open and closed status, run the same role through the JobsPipe sandbox search endpoint, which needs no key. The comparison is at jobspipe.dev/alternatives/adzuna.
The full treatment is on Job board and ATS APIs.
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Is the Adzuna API free?
Registration and a key are free, and the default call limits are enough for research, a study or a small prototype. The terms of service treat ongoing commercial, government and academic use differently: those organisations get a trial period and then need a licence agreement with Adzuna. Higher call volumes are arranged directly rather than bought from a public price list.
Who uses Adzuna data?
Adzuna says its vacancy data powers a real-time job vacancy index produced with the UK Office for National Statistics, first published as part of that office's faster indicators during 2020. The developer terms also describe researchers and publishers of job listings as intended users, which matches the shape of the API: search plus aggregate salary and vacancy endpoints.
Are Adzuna salary figures accurate?
They are a mix of stated and estimated values. When an advert gives a pay range, the salary fields reflect it. When it does not, Adzuna predicts a figure and sets salary_is_predicted so you can tell the two apart. Use predicted values for aggregate analysis, and avoid presenting them to job seekers as the employer's offer.
Does Adzuna link directly to the employer's job page?
Search results include a redirect_url, which takes the user to the advert by way of Adzuna rather than straight to the employer's applicant tracking system. That is normal for an aggregator and supports the attribution its terms require. If your product needs the original employer posting and its full description, check that a source provides them before committing.
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