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Slickdeals API endpoint

Slickdeals Search API

Searches Slickdeals (slickdeals.net), a community deal/coupon aggregator, for deal threads matching a free-text keyword query. Each result is one community-submitted deal thread with its title (which conventionally embeds the deal price), a best-effort price extracted from that title, the merchant domain, the community vote ("thumb") score, the public Slickdeals username who posted it, and when it was posted. Pair a result's thread_id or url with GET /slickdeals/deal for the full detail record, including comment count and category. An optional forum_id restricts results to one Slickdeals legacy sub-forum (e.g. Hot Deals, Coupons) -- obtain a value from GET /slickdeals/forums, a closed enum validated before the request is made. An optional deal_type_id restricts results to one Slickdeals deal-type tag (e.g. Coupon, Free / Freebie, YMMV) -- obtain a value from GET /slickdeals/deal-types, also a closed enum validated before the request is made; composes with forum_id.

GETapiKey1 credit/requestSlickdealsslickdeals.searchResponseDoc/slickdeals/search

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /slickdeals/search
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 1 credit/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: Slickdeals
Response schema: #/definitions/slickdeals.searchResponseDoc

Slickdeals Scraper API Try Slickdeals Search API in Playground Slickdeals API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Query parameters:

q (required) — free-text keyword query, e.g. laptop.
forum_id (optional) — restrict results to one Slickdeals legacy sub-forum (e.g. 9 for Hot Deals, 10 for Coupons). Must come from GET /slickdeals/forums — a closed enum validated before the request reaches upstream, not a passthrough value.
deal_type_id (optional) — restrict results to one Slickdeals deal-type tag (e.g. 1774 for Free / Freebie, 1688 for Coupon). Must come from GET /slickdeals/deal-types — also a closed enum validated before the request reaches upstream. Composes with forum_id.

Response includes query, results[], count, source_url, and fetched_at.

Each result has:

thread_id — Slickdeals' own numeric thread id.
title — the deal thread's title. Slickdeals titles conventionally embed the deal price.
url — the deal's canonical page, with tracking query parameters stripped. Pass this straight to /slickdeals/deal's url parameter.
price (optional) — a best-effort price extracted from title, not a separately structured upstream field.
store (optional) — the outbound merchant domain (e.g. ebay.com).
vote_score — the community "thumb" vote score (can be negative).
found_by (optional) — the public Slickdeals username who posted the deal.
published_at (optional) — when the deal was posted, RFC3339.

A query with no matching deals returns an empty results list, not an error.

Live monitoring

Monitored request: GET /slickdeals/search?q=laptop
Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026: 100%
Median response time: 3.37 s

Current status of every endpoint

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /slickdeals/search?q=laptop
Items in results: 25
Fields filled in every checked item: 7
Fields empty in some or all items: 1

Field	Filled in, of 25 checked	Values in the sample
thread_id	25
title	25	“Amazon – FLYTOCCA Laptop Screen Extender - $74.09 w/ Code” and 23 other values
url	25	slickdeals.net
price	25	“$74.09” and 22 other values
store	24	amazon.com (10), bestbuy.com (10), walmart.com (2) and 2 more
vote_score	25	-3 to 75, median 8
found_by	25	“CartCipher” and 15 other values
published_at	25	2026-10-12 to 2026-10-13

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
q	string	Yes	Free-text keyword query	laptop
forum_id	integer	No	Restrict results to one Slickdeals legacy sub-forum, from GET /slickdeals/forums	9
deal_type_id	integer	No	Restrict results to one Slickdeals deal-type tag, from GET /slickdeals/deal-types	1774
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes	API key required

cURL example

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/slickdeals/search?q=laptop" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "laptop",
    "results": [
      {
        "thread_id": 20015817,
        "title": "Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 13.5\" 2.5GHz/16GB/256GB - Refurb w/Warranty $358.53",
        "url": "https://slickdeals.net/f/20015817-microsoft-surface-laptop-5-13-5-2-5ghz-16gb-256gb-refurb-w-warranty-358-53",
        "price": "$358.53",
        "store": "ebay.com",
        "vote_score": -2,
        "found_by": "BML6182",
        "published_at": "2026-09-15T02:13:22Z"
      }
    ],
    "count": 1,
    "source_url": "https://slickdeals.net/newsearch.php?q=laptop&rss=1",
    "fetched_at": "2026-09-15T04:00:00Z"
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/slickdeals.searchResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required	Example	Description
code	integer	No		Code is the HTTP status code or a custom code used to indicate the result of the request @example 200
data	slickdeals.SearchResponse	No
data.count	integer	No	25
data.fetched_at	string	No
data.query	string	No	laptop
data.results	array	No
data.results[].found_by	string	No	BML6182
data.results[].price	string	No	$358.53
data.results[].published_at	string	No	2026-09-15T02:13:22Z
data.results[].store	string	No	ebay.com
data.results[].thread_id	integer	No	20015817
data.results[].title	string	No	Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 13.5" 2.5GHz/16GB/256GB - Refurb w/Warranty $358.53	Title is Slickdeals' own thread title, which conventionally embeds the deal price (e.g. "... $358.53") -- Price is a best-effort convenience field extracted from it, not a separately structured upstream field.
data.results[].url	string	No	https://slickdeals.net/f/20015817-microsoft-surface-laptop-5-13-5-2-5ghz-16gb-256gb-refurb-w-warranty-358-53
data.results[].vote_score	integer	No	16
data.source_url	string	No
msg	unknown	No		Msg is the message that describes the result of the request @example "Request successful"

Failure responses

Status	Description	Schema
400	Bad Request	#/definitions/app.Response
429	Too Many Requests	#/definitions/app.Response
503	Service Unavailable	#/definitions/app.Response

Code examples

Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/slickdeals/search?q=laptop" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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More Slickdeals endpoint docs Slickdeals Scraper API Slickdeals Categories API documentation Slickdeals Category API documentation Slickdeals Comments API documentation Slickdeals Deal Types API documentation Slickdeals Deal API documentation Slickdeals Forums API documentation

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Slickdeals API endpoint

Slickdeals Search API

GETapiKey1 credit/requestSlickdealsslickdeals.searchResponseDoc/slickdeals/search

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /slickdeals/search
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 1 credit/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: Slickdeals
Response schema: #/definitions/slickdeals.searchResponseDoc

Slickdeals Scraper API Try Slickdeals Search API in Playground Slickdeals API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Query parameters:

q (required) — free-text keyword query, e.g. laptop.
forum_id (optional) — restrict results to one Slickdeals legacy sub-forum (e.g. 9 for Hot Deals, 10 for Coupons). Must come from GET /slickdeals/forums — a closed enum validated before the request reaches upstream, not a passthrough value.
deal_type_id (optional) — restrict results to one Slickdeals deal-type tag (e.g. 1774 for Free / Freebie, 1688 for Coupon). Must come from GET /slickdeals/deal-types — also a closed enum validated before the request reaches upstream. Composes with forum_id.

Response includes query, results[], count, source_url, and fetched_at.

Each result has:

thread_id — Slickdeals' own numeric thread id.
title — the deal thread's title. Slickdeals titles conventionally embed the deal price.
url — the deal's canonical page, with tracking query parameters stripped. Pass this straight to /slickdeals/deal's url parameter.
price (optional) — a best-effort price extracted from title, not a separately structured upstream field.
store (optional) — the outbound merchant domain (e.g. ebay.com).
vote_score — the community "thumb" vote score (can be negative).
found_by (optional) — the public Slickdeals username who posted the deal.
published_at (optional) — when the deal was posted, RFC3339.

A query with no matching deals returns an empty results list, not an error.

Live monitoring

Monitored request: GET /slickdeals/search?q=laptop
Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026: 100%
Median response time: 3.37 s

Current status of every endpoint

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /slickdeals/search?q=laptop
Items in results: 25
Fields filled in every checked item: 7
Fields empty in some or all items: 1

Field	Filled in, of 25 checked	Values in the sample
thread_id	25
title	25	“Amazon – FLYTOCCA Laptop Screen Extender - $74.09 w/ Code” and 23 other values
url	25	slickdeals.net
price	25	“$74.09” and 22 other values
store	24	amazon.com (10), bestbuy.com (10), walmart.com (2) and 2 more
vote_score	25	-3 to 75, median 8
found_by	25	“CartCipher” and 15 other values
published_at	25	2026-10-12 to 2026-10-13

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
q	string	Yes	Free-text keyword query	laptop
forum_id	integer	No	Restrict results to one Slickdeals legacy sub-forum, from GET /slickdeals/forums	9
deal_type_id	integer	No	Restrict results to one Slickdeals deal-type tag, from GET /slickdeals/deal-types	1774
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes	API key required

cURL example

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/slickdeals/search?q=laptop" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "laptop",
    "results": [
      {
        "thread_id": 20015817,
        "title": "Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 13.5\" 2.5GHz/16GB/256GB - Refurb w/Warranty $358.53",
        "url": "https://slickdeals.net/f/20015817-microsoft-surface-laptop-5-13-5-2-5ghz-16gb-256gb-refurb-w-warranty-358-53",
        "price": "$358.53",
        "store": "ebay.com",
        "vote_score": -2,
        "found_by": "BML6182",
        "published_at": "2026-09-15T02:13:22Z"
      }
    ],
    "count": 1,
    "source_url": "https://slickdeals.net/newsearch.php?q=laptop&rss=1",
    "fetched_at": "2026-09-15T04:00:00Z"
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/slickdeals.searchResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required	Example	Description
code	integer	No		Code is the HTTP status code or a custom code used to indicate the result of the request @example 200
data	slickdeals.SearchResponse	No
data.count	integer	No	25
data.fetched_at	string	No
data.query	string	No	laptop
data.results	array	No
data.results[].found_by	string	No	BML6182
data.results[].price	string	No	$358.53
data.results[].published_at	string	No	2026-09-15T02:13:22Z
data.results[].store	string	No	ebay.com
data.results[].thread_id	integer	No	20015817
data.results[].title	string	No	Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 13.5" 2.5GHz/16GB/256GB - Refurb w/Warranty $358.53	Title is Slickdeals' own thread title, which conventionally embeds the deal price (e.g. "... $358.53") -- Price is a best-effort convenience field extracted from it, not a separately structured upstream field.
data.results[].url	string	No	https://slickdeals.net/f/20015817-microsoft-surface-laptop-5-13-5-2-5ghz-16gb-256gb-refurb-w-warranty-358-53
data.results[].vote_score	integer	No	16
data.source_url	string	No
msg	unknown	No		Msg is the message that describes the result of the request @example "Request successful"

Failure responses

Status	Description	Schema
400	Bad Request	#/definitions/app.Response
429	Too Many Requests	#/definitions/app.Response
503	Service Unavailable	#/definitions/app.Response

Code examples

Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/slickdeals/search?q=laptop" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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Endpoint facts

How this endpoint behaves

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Sampled response

Request parameters

cURL example

Example JSON response

Failure responses

Code examples

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Slickdeals Search API

Endpoint facts

How this endpoint behaves

Live monitoring

Sampled response

Request parameters

cURL example

Example JSON response

Failure responses

Code examples

Shared guides

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