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Black Hair API is a purpose-built REST API that puts comprehensive hair care data at your fingertips. Search thousands of products, analyze ingredient lists for curl-friendliness, get AI-powered personalized recommendations, and receive alerts when a favorite product changes its formula — all through a single, easy-to-integrate API.

Quick Start

Make your first API call in under five minutes

Authentication

Get your API key and learn how to authenticate requests

API Reference

Explore every endpoint with full parameter and response documentation

AI Recommendations

Personalize product results using hair type, porosity, and concerns

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What you can build

Black Hair API covers the full product discovery and analysis workflow for textured hair:

Product Search

Filter by hair type, category, and ingredients

Brand Discovery

Browse brands with a Black-owned business filter

Ingredient Analysis

AI-enriched safety and porosity data per ingredient

Personalized Recs

GPT-4o ranking matched to hair profiles

Reformulation Alerts

Get notified when product formulas change

Plans & Limits

Starter through Enterprise tiers

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Get started in three steps

1

Subscribe to a plan

Choose a plan on the pricing page — Starter is free to try. You’ll receive your API key by email after checkout.
2

Authenticate your requests

Pass your API key in the X-API-Key header on every request. See Authentication for details.
3

Make your first call

Call GET /v1/products/ to search the product catalog, or follow the Quick Start guide for a full walkthrough.