A job feed for freelancers
For freelancers. It searches new postings for their skill within a budget or hourly range and sends the matches. Uses search.
Ideas · Upwork
10 things to build with Upwork data.
Upwork data is good for finding work that fits, judging clients and seeing what the market pays for a skill. Each idea below names the operations it calls, so you can quote it and run it.
- Operations
- 2
- Price
- from $0.0027 per record
- Free to start
- $0.10
Updated 21 October 2026
The ideas
A lead finder for agencies
For small agencies. It searches postings with larger budgets from clients with a hiring history. Uses search.
An hourly rate benchmark
For freelancers setting rates. It reads hourly ranges on postings for a skill and summarises them. Uses search.
A competition check
For freelancers deciding where to bid. It charts proposals and interviews on postings from the stored series, which is free. Uses search and history.
A skill demand tracker
For course creators and freelancers. It counts postings for a skill every week. Uses search.
A client quality filter
For freelancers. It keeps postings from clients with a hiring history and reads the client profile on each. Uses search.
A proposal drafting assistant
For freelancers. An agent reads a posting and drafts a reply for the freelancer to edit and send. Uses search.
A long-term work finder
For freelancers who want steady work. It searches ongoing projects with full-time hours. Uses search.
A client location report
For agencies. It searches postings by client location to see where demand for a service comes from. Uses search.
An expert-level demand dataset
For researchers and educators. It keeps postings by skill and experience level in a table. Uses search.
Each idea and what it calls
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| Idea | Operations | One call returns | Main operation price |
|---|---|---|---|
| A job feed for freelancers | search | Up to 100 postings | search: $0.0027 per record |
| A lead finder for agencies | search | Up to 100 postings | search: $0.0027 per record |
| An hourly rate benchmark | search | Up to 100 postings | search: $0.0027 per record |
| A competition check | search, history | Up to 100 postings | search: $0.0027 per record |
| A skill demand tracker | search | Up to 100 postings | search: $0.0027 per record |
| A client quality filter | search | Up to 100 postings | search: $0.0027 per record |
| A proposal drafting assistant | search | Up to 100 postings | search: $0.0027 per record |
| A long-term work finder | search | Up to 100 postings | search: $0.0027 per record |
| A client location report | search | Up to 100 postings | search: $0.0027 per record |
| An expert-level demand dataset | search | Up to 100 postings | search: $0.0027 per record |
How to start
- Sign up. An agent registers itself with one POST and starts with $0.10 of free credit; a person can sign up on the site instead.
- Quote the first call for free: send the search request with "estimateOnly": true and read the price before anything is spent.
- Run the same call with "maxUsd" set as a ceiling, and keep the rows it returns.
- Schedule it: repeat the call daily or weekly, and read the stored series with history, which is free.
Operations used
Questions people ask.
Can I filter by fixed price and hourly work?
Yes. search can include hourly and fixed-price postings, with minimum and maximum rates or budgets.
Do I need a Upwork account to build these?
No. The API reads public data and never asks for your login, password or cookie.
What does a run cost?
Upwork records are priced from $0.0027 per record. A call can carry a minimum, so send it first with "estimateOnly": true. The quote is free and is the most the call can cost.
Can an AI agent build and run these on its own?
Yes. It signs itself up with one call and gets $0.10 free, quotes each call before it spends, and pays from a prepaid balance. "maxUsd" caps every call, and only a person can add money.
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Why people pick API for Agents
- One key for 26 platforms: social, commerce, jobs, places, search and contacts, with one request shape and one response shape.
- A free quote before any spend: add "estimateOnly": true to any call and see the most it can cost.
- Pay per record in US dollars. No subscription, nothing expires, top-ups from $5.
- $0.10 free to try, no card. An AI agent can sign itself up in one request; a person claims it later.
- Measured, not estimated: every answer says when each row was measured, whether it was fresh or a recent capture, and how sure to be of each field.
- Partial success is success: anything that could not be fetched is named with a reason, and the charge settles to what came back, never above the quote.
- Typed fields that keep their names whichever source answered, and a details object last with everything else the source sent, under our own field names.
- Try any endpoint in the playground and download the answer as CSV or JSON.
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