Whether you’re providing applications to customers or leveraging internal tools for strategic decision-making, our APIs offer a powerful way to integrate innovation intelligence directly into your workflows.

MAPEGY APIs are oriented toward providers of innovation and research applications, such as idea and innovation management tools, strategic consulting firms, corporate R&D departments, industrial solution providers, or crowdsourcing platforms. 

These APIs provide direct access to structured data, research insights, and interactive visual panels, making it easier to discover and apply critical innovation trends.

MAPEGY API suite consists of three offerings:

• Autosuggest API: for topic and organization recommendations.
• Documents API: for retrieving innovation-related publications.
• Panel API: for embedding interactive panels.

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Autosuggest API (returns JSON)

The Autosuggest API improves search and discovery by generating topic or organization suggestions based on user input. Just enter a term to receive related topics and organizations.

This API is particularly useful for building intelligent search experiences, as seen in our SCOUT query builder, where users can input a topic and receive recommended related topics to refine their queries.

These suggestions help construct complex search queries, which can then be used within the Panel API and Documents API to retrieve relevant innovation insights.
However, using the Autosuggest API is not mandatory—you can also build search queries on your own if preferred.

To learn more about integrating the Autosuggest API, check out this article.

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Documents API (returns JSON)

The Documents API provides access to a vast repository of innovation-related publications, including:

• News: Stay updated with the latest trends in technology and innovation. We also offer the following subtypes:
  
  • Startup. News related to startups, investors, business angels, business launches, the new economy.
  • Forecasts. Predictions on market trends and emerging technologies.
  • Conference. Updates from industry events and expert discussions.
  • Funding. News on grants and funding for R&D projects.
  • Legal. Any news related to legislation, lawsuits, IP infringement etc.
  • M&A. News on mergers & acquisitions, business relations or partnerships between companies, research collaborations.
  • Report. In-depth analyses on tech and market developments.
  • Product. Consumer news, product reviews, etc.
  • Signal. News that indicate a general tendency for hype or buzz, "breaking news", articles on disruptive, emerging technologies; innovative solutions and the new economy, future and market studies, scientific breakthroughs and technological advancement.
    
• Patents: Explore intellectual property insights and emerging technologies.
  
• Scientific publications: Gain research-backed knowledge for deep technology exploration. These subtypes are also available: 
  
  • Article: Published research findings on specific topics.
  • Book: Comprehensive studies and expert analyses.
  • Conference: Research presented at academic and industry events.
• Standards. Monitor industry standards, ensure regulatory compliance, and align innovations with current practices.
  
• Projects. Access funded research projects from European and U.S. funding bodies, providing insights into ongoing and completed research.
  
• Player descriptions. Get detailed descriptions into organizations, including their expertise, innovation focus, and contributions to technology and industry advancements.

By integrating the Documents API into your application, you can retrieve structured and filtered data based on specific search queries. This API is particularly useful for applications that require access to diverse, high-quality publications to analyze trends, track competitor activities, or monitor advancements in specific fields.

To learn more about integrating the Documents API, check out this article.

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Analytics API (returns JSON)

The Analytics API gives you access to important indicators for your queries. This is helpful to understand how interest, innovation, and investment in a particular topic or organization are evolving over time. 

By tracking publication activity you can identify emerging trends, measure visibility, and assess innovation momentum. In addition, company-related indicators like startup funding, research funding, and the number of active companies provide valuable context on market maturity, technological development, and commercial potential. 

Whether you're analyzing a competitive landscape, scouting for innovation, or evaluating market dynamics, the Analytics API offers critical insights to support data-driven decisions.

To learn more about integrating the Analytics API, check out this article.

With this API you can access the following indicators: 

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Publication Activity 

Tracks news, research, and patent estimated publications related to a queried topic or organization, with insights on growth trends. Insights on publication trends reveal how activity in a particular field or organization is evolving, helping users identify emerging opportunities or threats.

• News. The estimated number of news articles about the queried topic or organization in the past 10 years. A high number may indicate high public visibility of the topic or organization.
  News Growth. Tracks the publication rate of news articles over the past year and compares it to the average publication rate from previous years. By comparing the current year's growth to this average, you get an understanding of how much more or less news is being generated in the field compared to the past.
• Research. The estimated number of research publications about the queried topic or authored by members of the queried organization in the past 10 years. A high number may indicate high research activity in the field or by the organization.
  Research Growth. Compares the number of publications from the past year to the prior average publication rate from previous years. It serves as a historical baseline to understand how the current year's publication rate compares to past trends.
• Patents. The estimated number of patent publications about the queried topic or filed by the queried organization in the past 10 years. A high number may indicate high patenting activity in the field or by the organization.
  Patents Growth. Compares the publication count from the past year with the average publication rate from earlier years. We also account for the patent publication gap, as patents are often made public only three years after they are filed. For many queries, this means the patent count for the past three years may be zero or very low. To address this, we omit the past three years from the comparison to ensure that patent data accurately reflects the true level of innovation activity.
• Number of publications by year, month, quarter. You can use facets to retrieve the number of news, patents, research publications and their publication subtypes for any given query.

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Company indicators

For topic searches, Company KPIs can also be retrieved. 

• Established companies. Estimate of the total number of companies that show activity in the space, and startups, covering the past 10 years. It helps assess technology maturity, market saturation, commercialization potential, innovation stage. A high number may indicate a high technological maturity since the topic has moved on from early adoption to becoming more widespread among its target audience.
• Startup funding. Estimate of the total funding in USD received by startups in the past 10 years. It indicates market potential, investor confidence, helps spot early-stage opportunities. A high number may indicate high market potential, as investors are willing to fund volatile enterprises.
• Research funding. Estimate of the total funding in EUR that research projects have received in the past or will receive in the near future. Indicates technology development, and innovation stage. Reveals government or institutional priorities. A high number may indicate a high technology push, as large financial resources are being put into research.

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Panel API (returns HTML for Iframes)

The Panel API enables direct integration of SCOUT panels into your applications, providing an interactive way to visualize and explore innovation trends.
This API delivers HTML-based iframes that embed seamlessly into your digital platforms.

With the Panel API, you can:

• Integrate interactive visualizations and rankings with contextual indicators directly into your website or application.
• Provide real-time insights with up-to-date information on industry trends, competitor activities, and emerging technologies.
• Allow your users to apply filters and refine results for more focused insights.
• Access publication references directly from panel views for deeper exploration of the underlying sources.

By using the Panel API, you can offer your users a more intuitive, engaging way to explore innovation data while ensuring that key insights are easily accessible across applications.

To learn more about integrating the Panel API, check out this article.