OpenWeb Ninja
OpenWeb Ninja provides native APIs for web search, AI answers, e-commerce, finance, jobs, maps, news, real estate, contact enrichment, traffic, and web scraping.
Verdict
Common use cases
- Validate competitor pricing across regions
- Enrich CRM records with business contact details
- Generate autocomplete suggestions for search UX
- Monitor brand mentions in real-time search
- Batch-verify local business hours before outreach
Integration
- Vendor
- OpenWeb Ninja
- Category
- other
- Auth
- API_KEY
- Tools
- 50
- Composio slug
openweb_ninja
Tools
- Autocomplete local business query
Return geographic place, business, address, and query predictions.
- Autocomplete Waze location
Return Waze place, point-of-interest, location, and address predictions.
- Autocomplete web search
Get Google Search query suggestions and available Knowledge Graph information.
- Bulk autocomplete web searches
Get query suggestions for up to 50 web searches in one request.
- Bulk search local businesses
Search for local businesses with up to 20 queries in one request.
- Bulk search web
Perform real-time web searches for up to 100 queries in one request.
- Business Details
Get full local-business details, including optional contact enrichment.
- Business Photo Details
Get captions, ownership, and other details for business photos.
- Business Review Details
Get detailed reviews by business and review-author ID.
- Calculate local rank grid coordinates
Calculate a geographic coordinate grid from a center point and radius.
- Chat with ChatGPT
Chat with ChatGPT with continuous conversation support.
- Chat with Copilot
Chat with Copilot with web access and continuous conversation support.
- Chat with Gemini
Chat with Google Gemini with web access and continuous conversation support.
- Company Overview
Get an employer overview and company details from Glassdoor.
- Convert Amazon ASIN to GTIN
Convert an Amazon ASIN to GTIN, EAN, or UPC identifiers.
- Convert Amazon GTIN to ASIN
Find Amazon products by GTIN, EAN, UPC, or ISBN.
- Currency Exchange Rate
Get currency, forex, or cryptocurrency exchange rates.
- Currency Time Series
Get forex time series and key events for a selected period.
- Estimate job salary
Estimate salary for a job title, location, and experience range.
- Exact Matches
Find web pages containing an exact match for an image.
- Fetch web page
Fetch a web page with optional JavaScript rendering and load controls.
- Get AI overview
Get a Google Search AI Overview with text and reference links.
- Get Amazon influencer profile
Get profile details from an Amazon Influencer store page.
- Get Amazon product category list
Get Amazon product categories for a marketplace country.
- Get Amazon product details
Get detailed Amazon product information for one or more ASINs.
- Get Amazon product review details
Get details for a specific Amazon product review.
- Get Amazon promo code details
Get products offered by an Amazon promotion code.
- Get Amazon seller profile
Get profile details from an Amazon seller profile page.
- Get API usage
Get plan, subscription status, billing period, and quota for an API product.
- Get company financial statement
Get a public company's income statement, balance sheet, or cash-flow statement.
- Get company job salary
Get estimated salary for a job title at a company.
- Get Costco product details
Get full details for a Costco product by item identifier.
- Get driving directions
Get driving directions from an origin to a destination.
- Get eBay product details
Get details for an eBay listing by item ID.
- Get enriched local business details
Get full local business details with optional contact and review-keyword enrichments.
- Get event details
Get details for an event by its event identifier.
- Google Shopping Product Details
Get full details for a Google Shopping product ID.
- Google Shopping Product Price History
Get a Google Shopping product's price history across selected stores.
- Home Depot Item Lookup
Look up Home Depot products by model or item number, one page at a time.
- Home Depot Product Details
Get full details for a Home Depot product by item number or URL.
- Image to Text (OCR)
Extract paragraph-, sentence-, and word-level text from an image.
- Job Details
Get full details, application options, reviews, and salary insights for jobs.
- Market Trends
Get the latest market trends and relevant news.
- Object Detection
Detect landmarks, products, plants, animals, and other objects in an image.
- Salary Estimate
Get Glassdoor salary estimates by job title and location.
- Stock / Company Overview
Get stock or public-company details.
- Stock Quote
Get stock-market quotes from Google Finance or Yahoo Finance.
- Stock Time Series
Get a stock time series from Google Finance or Yahoo Finance.
- Traffic Alerts
Get live traffic incidents within a geographic bounding box.
- Visual Matches
Find visually similar images on the web, optionally refined by a query.
Setup
Setup guide
- 11. In Switchy, open Settings → Integrations → MCP Servers and click Add Server. 2. Select OpenWeb Ninja from the catalog. 3. Visit the OpenWeb Ninja dashboard to generate an API key (free tier available; paid tiers unlock higher rate limits). 4. Paste the key into Switchy's configuration modal and click Connect. 5. Open any Project and type '@OpenWeb Ninja search web for latest news on electric vehicles' to confirm the connection works. 6. The MCP will return a structured result with titles, snippets, and URLs. 7. For batch queries, use the bulk search tools — specify up to 100 queries in one prompt and the MCP handles the rest. 8. To enrich local business data, invoke 'Business Details' and optionally request contact enrichment for phone numbers and emails.
What teammates see: by default, memories from OpenWeb Ninja are scoped to the Project (PROJECT visibility) - you can mark any memory PRIVATE or share it ORG-wide.
Works well with
Top models
Compatibility data appears once enough Projects have used this MCP together with a given model.
How Switchy teams use it
Starter prompts
Competitor Pricing Check
@OpenWeb Ninja search web for 'Acme Corp pricing page SaaS' and return the top 5 results with snippets.
Enrich Business Contact
@OpenWeb Ninja get Business Details for 'Blue Bottle Coffee, San Francisco' with contact enrichment enabled.
Batch Local Listings
@OpenWeb Ninja bulk search local businesses for 'Starbucks in Seattle', 'Starbucks in Portland', 'Starbucks in Vancouver' and return addresses and hours.
Autocomplete Research
@OpenWeb Ninja autocomplete web search for 'best project management' and show all query predictions with Knowledge Graph data if available.
Batch Web Monitoring
@OpenWeb Ninja bulk search web for 'Switchy AI reviews', 'Switchy pricing complaints', 'Switchy vs competitors' and summarize sentiment from the top results.
Example outputs
Illustrative - representative of the model's voice and quality, not literal recordings.
@OpenWebNinja search for 'best coffee roasters in Portland' and show me the top 5 results with their ratings and addresses
Found 5 local coffee roasters in Portland, OR. Top results include: Heart Coffee Roasters (4.6★, 2211 E Burnside St), Coava Coffee Roasters (4.5★, 1300 SE Grand Ave), Stumptown Coffee Roasters (4.4★, 128 SW 3rd Ave), Water Avenue Coffee (4.7★, 1028 SE Water Ave), and Sterling Coffee Roasters (4.6★, 417 NW 21st Ave). Each listing includes phone numbers, hours, and recent review highlights. This data reflects real-time Google search results as of this query.
This example shows the MCP's local business search capability, which pulls live data from Google's index. Requires an API key with sufficient quota. Results depend on Google's current ranking algorithms and may vary by search location parameters. Rate limits apply to bulk searches.
@OpenWebNinja get me autocomplete suggestions for 'how to optimize' so I can see what people are commonly searching for in this topic area
Autocomplete suggestions for 'how to optimize': 'how to optimize Windows 11', 'how to optimize PC for gaming', 'how to optimize SSD', 'how to optimize website speed', 'how to optimize LinkedIn profile', 'how to optimize images for web', 'how to optimize battery life', 'how to optimize Google Ads'. Knowledge Graph shows related entities for 'search engine optimization' and 'performance optimization'. These reflect current Google search trends and may include seasonal variations.
Demonstrates the autocomplete capability useful for content research, SEO planning, or understanding user intent patterns. The MCP returns what Google's autocomplete API surfaces, which changes based on trending searches and regional factors. Bulk autocomplete supports up to 50 queries simultaneously for research workflows.
@OpenWebNinja search for 'latest developments in quantum computing 2024' and 'AI chip manufacturing breakthroughs' then summarize the key themes across both result sets
Performed two real-time web searches. Quantum computing results highlight IBM's 1,000+ qubit processor announcements, Google's error correction advances, and increased venture funding. AI chip results focus on TSMC's 3nm process improvements, Nvidia's H200 deployment, and emerging startups in photonic computing. Common themes: both fields show acceleration in commercial applications, significant infrastructure investment, and a shift from pure research to production-scale deployment. Results synthesized from top 10 organic results per query.
Shows how the MCP's bulk search capability (up to 100 queries) pairs with AI reasoning to identify cross-topic patterns. The MCP provides raw search results; the AI performs the synthesis. Useful for competitive intelligence or market research. Each search consumes API quota, so bulk operations should be planned within rate limits.
Use-case deep-dives
When OpenWeb Ninja beats manual Google Maps scraping
A 6-person marketing team at a regional restaurant chain needs to audit competitor menus, hours, and review sentiment across 40 locations every quarter. OpenWeb Ninja's bulk local business search handles 20 queries per request, so they pull competitor data for all markets in two API calls instead of opening 40 browser tabs. The contact enrichment on Business Details means they also get phone numbers and websites without clicking through. This works until you need historical data—OpenWeb Ninja returns current snapshots, not trends over time. If your workflow is 'get the latest competitor intel and move on', the bulk endpoints justify the API key setup. For teams doing one-off lookups, the Google Maps UI is faster.
Bulk autocomplete for long-tail keyword discovery at scale
A 3-person content team at a SaaS startup seeds 50 target keywords into OpenWeb Ninja's bulk autocomplete endpoint and gets back Google's query suggestions plus Knowledge Graph entities in one shot. They export the results to a spreadsheet, filter for search intent, and build a content calendar in an afternoon. The win here is speed—manual autocomplete in an incognito window takes 10 seconds per query; the bulk endpoint returns all 50 in under a minute. The trade-off is you lose the real-time refinement you'd get typing in the search bar. If your keyword research happens in batches (monthly planning, not daily ideation), OpenWeb Ninja turns a half-day task into a 20-minute task. For ad-hoc brainstorming, stick with the Google UI.
When web search bulk queries catch outdated help docs
A 10-person support team at a fintech company runs 100 common customer questions through OpenWeb Ninja's bulk web search every sprint to see if their help center still ranks for those queries—or if a competitor's article now outranks them. The MCP returns real-time SERP results, so they spot when their 'how to reset password' doc drops to page two. They also use the autocomplete endpoint to discover new question phrasings customers are typing. This setup works because the team already has a list of target queries; OpenWeb Ninja doesn't help you figure out what to search for. If your knowledge base has fewer than 50 articles, manual spot-checks are fine. Above that threshold, the bulk endpoint catches ranking drift before customers complain.
Frequently asked
What does the OpenWeb Ninja MCP do in Switchy?
It gives your AI agents access to real-time web search, local business data, and autocomplete predictions from Google and Waze. Your team can query business details, get contact enrichment, pull search suggestions, or run bulk searches (up to 100 queries at once) without leaving the workspace. Useful for research, lead generation, or any workflow that needs fresh web data.
Do I need an OpenWeb Ninja API key to connect this MCP?
Yes. You'll need an active OpenWeb Ninja account and an API key with sufficient credits. Paste the key into Switchy's connection form. Each API call consumes credits from your OpenWeb Ninja plan, so check their pricing before running bulk operations. No OAuth dance—just key-based auth.
Can this MCP scrape full web pages or just search results?
It returns search results, autocomplete suggestions, and structured business data—not full HTML scrapes. If you need the actual page content, you'll have to fetch URLs separately. Think of it as a programmatic Google Search and Google Maps API, not a web crawler.
How is this different from just Googling things myself?
Your AI can run searches, parse results, and chain queries without you copying and pasting. Bulk endpoints let you process 20-100 queries in one shot, which is impossible manually. You also get structured JSON instead of ad-cluttered HTML. Trade-off: it costs API credits per call.
Who on the team should manage the OpenWeb Ninja connection?
Whoever owns your OpenWeb Ninja account and budget. They'll paste the API key and monitor credit usage. Other team members can use the MCP in prompts once it's connected—no per-user keys needed. Just watch your monthly quota if multiple people run bulk searches.