API Documentation

WhatPeoplePayFor provides a REST + SSE API for querying gig economy market data. Authenticate with a Bearer token, bootstrap to discover available data, then ask questions or query raw snapshots.

Base URL

https://api.whatpeoplepayfor.com

Authentication

All requests require a Bearer token in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer wpp_live_...

Get your API key from the dashboard.

Quick example

$ curl -H "Authorization: Bearer wpp_live_..." \
    https://api.whatpeoplepayfor.com/agent/bootstrap

{
  "data": {
    "months": ["2026-03"],
    "categories": 274,
    "endpoints": { "ask": "/agent/ask", "query": "/agent/query/*" }
  }
}