API Calls

Basic Syntax

anysite api <endpoint> [key=value ...] [OPTIONS]

Parameters are passed as key=value pairs. The CLI automatically converts types based on the cached schema.

Examples

anysite api /api/linkedin/user user=satyanadella

anysite api /api/linkedin/company company=anthropic

anysite api /api/linkedin/search/users keywords="CTO" count=50

anysite api /api/instagram/user user=natgeo

anysite api /api/twitter/user user=elonmusk

Output Formats

Control how results are displayed with --format (or -f):

JSON (default)
CSV
JSONL
Table

anysite api /api/linkedin/user user=satyanadella --format json

{
  "name": "Satya Nadella",
  "headline": "Chairman and CEO at Microsoft",
  "urn": {
    "value": "ACoAAA8BYqEBCGLg_vT_ca6mMEqkR9bc",
    "type": "member"
  },
  ...
}

anysite api /api/linkedin/search/users keywords="CTO" count=10 --format csv

Generates a CSV file suitable for spreadsheets and further processing.

anysite api /api/linkedin/company/employees companies=anthropic --format jsonl

One JSON object per line — ideal for streaming and piping to other tools.

anysite api /api/linkedin/user user=satyanadella --format table

Human-readable table format for quick visual inspection.

Field Filtering

Include Specific Fields

Select only the fields you need:

anysite api /api/linkedin/user user=satyanadella --fields "name,headline,urn.value"

Supports dot-notation for nested fields.

Exclude Fields

Remove verbose or unnecessary fields:

anysite api /api/linkedin/user user=satyanadella --exclude "certifications,courses,honors"

Field Presets

Use built-in presets for common use cases:

anysite api /api/linkedin/user user=satyanadella --fields-preset minimal
anysite api /api/linkedin/user user=satyanadella --fields-preset contact
anysite api /api/linkedin/user user=satyanadella --fields-preset recruiting

Saving Output

Save to File

anysite api /api/linkedin/search/users keywords="CTO" count=50 \
  --format csv --output ctos.csv

Compact JSON

Minify JSON output for smaller file sizes:

anysite api /api/linkedin/user user=satyanadella --compact

Quiet Mode

Suppress progress messages for clean piping:

anysite api /api/linkedin/user user=satyanadella -q --format jsonl

Piping to Other Tools

Combine with database loading or other CLI commands:

# API → Database
anysite api /api/linkedin/user user=satyanadella -q --format jsonl | \
  anysite db insert mydb --table profiles --stdin --auto-create

# API → File
anysite api /api/linkedin/search/users keywords="engineer" count=100 \
  -q --format csv > engineers.csv

# API → jq filtering
anysite api /api/linkedin/user user=satyanadella -q | jq '.name, .headline'

Options Reference

Option	Short	Description
`--format`	`-f`	Output format: `json`, `jsonl`, `csv`, `table` (default: `json`)
`--fields`		Include only specified fields (comma-separated, dot-notation)
`--exclude`		Exclude specified fields from output
`--fields-preset`		Built-in field preset: `minimal`, `contact`, `recruiting`
`--compact`		Minify JSON output
`--output`	`-o`	Save output to file
`-q`		Quiet mode — suppress progress messages

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Basic Syntax

Examples

Output Formats

Field Filtering

Include Specific Fields

Exclude Fields

Field Presets

Saving Output

Save to File

Compact JSON

Quiet Mode

Piping to Other Tools

Options Reference

Next Steps

Batch Processing

Dataset Pipelines

​Basic Syntax

​Examples

​Output Formats

​Field Filtering

​Include Specific Fields

​Exclude Fields

​Field Presets

​Saving Output

​Save to File

​Compact JSON

​Quiet Mode

​Piping to Other Tools

​Options Reference

​Next Steps

Batch Processing

Dataset Pipelines

Basic Syntax

Examples

Output Formats

Field Filtering

Include Specific Fields

Exclude Fields

Field Presets

Saving Output

Save to File

Compact JSON

Quiet Mode

Piping to Other Tools

Options Reference

Next Steps