# Malt — Wrapped API

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> |---|---|---|---|
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> Search and discover freelancers on Malt.fr by their expertise, view detailed profile information, and get autocomplete suggestions to refine your searches. Find the right freelancer for your project with access to comprehensive professional profiles and skills data.

**Category:** Business Directories | **Website:** [malt.fr/](https://malt.fr/) | **Docs:** [parse.bot/marketplace/3eb3edef-7cb1-4f73-8a78-af7be70fbf2b/malt-fr-api](https://parse.bot/marketplace/3eb3edef-7cb1-4f73-8a78-af7be70fbf2b/malt-fr-api)

Pay-per-use API proxy for Locus Pro. Each call burns credits from your workspace balance.

## Access

**Base URL:** `https://api.beta.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/credits/malt/`
**Auth:** `Authorization: Bearer <LOCUS_CREDITS_SECRET_KEY>` (an `lcr_` secret key or a scoped `lcac_` agent credential)
**Required header:** `Idempotency-Key: <fresh UUID per call>`. A retry with the same key replays the stored result without a new charge.
**Response:** the provider response after any endpoint-specific normalization. `X-Locus-Credits-Charged` carries the charge and `X-Locus-Credits-Balance` the remaining balance. Insufficient credits return `402` before the provider is called.
**Pricing:** estimated costs below are USD. Locus debits the credit equivalent at your workspace rate.

Full call contract: https://docs.paywithlocus.com/api-reference/introduction

> Using a Pay With Locus wallet key (`claw_` prefix)? Wallet routes are documented separately: https://docs.paywithlocus.com/wrapped-apis/for-agents

## Endpoints

### Autocomplete

Get search autocomplete suggestions for a query prefix. Returns up to 15 specialty and skill suggestions that match the given prefix, useful for refining search queries before calling search_freelancers.

**Estimated cost:** Metered

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `query` | string | Yes | Search query prefix to get suggestions for (e.g., 'dev', 'design', 'data') |

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.beta.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/credits/malt/autocomplete \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LOCUS_CREDITS_SECRET_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"<string>"}'
```

### Get profile

Retrieve detailed profile information for a specific freelancer by their username/alias. Returns full name, expertise headline, description, pricing, skills, languages, location, ratings, experience level, and badge status. The username corresponds to the path segment in a Malt profile URL.

**Estimated cost:** Metered

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `username` | string | Yes | Profile username/alias as it appears in the Malt.fr profile URL path (e.g., 'virgilerietsch', 'diegoalart') |

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.beta.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/credits/malt/get-profile \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LOCUS_CREDITS_SECRET_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"username":"<string>"}'
```

### Search freelancers

Search for freelancers by keyword or expertise on Malt.fr. Returns up to 24 profiles per page with name, headline, skills, pricing, location, ratings, and availability. Pagination metadata indicates total results and page count. Location filter narrows results to a specific city.

**Estimated cost:** Metered

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `location` | string | No | City name to filter results by location (e.g., 'Paris', 'Lyon') |
| `query` | string | Yes | Search query for freelancer expertise (e.g., 'developpeur frontend', 'designer graphique', 'data scientist') |

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.beta.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/credits/malt/search-freelancers \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LOCUS_CREDITS_SECRET_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"location":"<string>","query":"<string>"}'
```

## Next steps

- [All wrapped API providers](https://beta.paywithlocus.com/wapi/index.md): pick another provider.
- [Find and call tools](https://beta.paywithlocus.com/agent/tools.md): price ceilings, async results, and errors.
- [Credits and billing](https://beta.paywithlocus.com/agent/billing.md): what a call costs and how to add credits.
- [Agent docs index](https://beta.paywithlocus.com/agent/index.md): every Locus agent page.