Diffbot API Documentation

This is the complete API documentation for connecting to the Diffbot API using MindCloud's Universal API. If you are new to MindCloud, start with the Introduction to see how one API can sit in front of many different apps.

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Meet Diffbot: Diffbot extracts structured web content, queries the Knowledge Graph, enriches person and organization records, and manages crawl and bulk extraction jobs through the official Diffbot APIs. Keep reading to get started.

Quickstart

Before you run your first Diffbot request, you need three things:

1. A MindCloud account — sign in or create an account at MindCloud.
2. A MindCloud API Key — create one in API Keys. Keep it on your server.
3. At least one Diffbot connection — create or choose one in Connections. Note its connectionId.

Every Diffbot action uses the same URL pattern:

POST https://connect.mindcloud.co/v2/universal/apps/diffbot/actions/{actionSlug}/run

You need a MindCloud API Key and a Diffbot connection. Then call an action such as Get Account:

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v2/universal/apps/diffbot/actions/get-account/run" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_KEY" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
  "connectionId": "$CONNECTION_ID",
  "arguments": {}
}'

Every response comes back in the same envelope, with your rows in a data array:

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    { "id": "1042", "name": "Ava" }
  ],
  "meta": {}
}

After your first request works, use Shape your requests to control arguments, pagination, filtering, fields, and errors.

Authenticate with a MindCloud API Key plus a connectionId for your Diffbot account. See Diffbot API Authentication for the full flow and how to get your connection credentials.

Diffbot actions

All 33 published actions for this Diffbot version. Each page documents the endpoint, arguments, and response controls.

• GETAnalyze Page
• GETCombine Enhancements
• GETDownload Enhance Bulkjob Coverage Report
• GETDownload Enhance Bulkjob Result
• GETDownload Enhance Bulkjob Results
• GETDownload Enhance Bulkjob Results (POST)
• GETEnhance Entity
• GETEnhance Entity (POST)
• GETExtract Article
• GETExtract Discussion
• GETExtract Event
• GETExtract Image
• GETExtract Job
• GETExtract List
• GETExtract Product
• GETExtract Video
• GETExtract With Custom API
• GETGet Account
• GETGet Bulk Extract Job
• GETGet Crawl Job
• GETGet DQL Coverage Report By ID
• GETGet DQL Coverage Report By Query
• GETList Bulk Extract Jobs
• GETList Crawl Jobs
• GETList Enhance Bulkjobs
• GETPoll Enhance Bulkjob Status
• GETProcess Text
• GETRetrieve Bulk Extract Job Data
• GETRetrieve Crawl Job Data
• GETRetrieve Custom APIs
• GETSearch Crawl Or Bulk Job
• GETSearch With DQL
• GETSearch With DQL (POST)

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