How I Research Any Market in 30 Minutes Using Free APIs

You just had a startup idea. Before writing a single line of code, you need to know: Is there a market? Who are the competitors? What do customers want? Here's my exact workflow for researching any market in 30 minutes using free tools. Step 1: Market Overview (5 min) Google News RSS — get the latest 10 articles about your market: https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=your+industry&hl=en This tells you: Is the market growing? Any recent funding? Regulatory changes? Tool: Google News Scraper Step 2: Competitor Landscape (10 min) GitHub — search for open-source alternatives. The number of stars tells you developer interest: https://api.github.com/search/repositories?q=your+industry&sort=stars Hacker News — search Algolia API for community discussions: https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/search?query=your+industry This tells you: Who's building in this space? What technology matters? Tools: HN Scraper , GitHub Trending Step 3: Customer Voice (10 min) Reddit — search for discussions about your pr