Copilot scraper API

Request

curl -X POST "https://api.answerline.dev/v1/monitor/copilot" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"prompt":"Cheapest way to send money abroad","country":"US"}'

import { Client } from "@answerline/sdk";

const client = new Client({ apiKey: process.env.API_KEY! });
const answer = await client.monitor.copilot({
  "prompt": "Cheapest way to send money abroad",
  "country": "US"
});

import os
from answerline import Client

with Client(os.environ["API_KEY"]) as client:
    answer = client.monitor.copilot(
        prompt="Cheapest way to send money abroad",
        country="US",
    )

Every request option is on the Copilot reference page.

What you get back

Full field definitions are on the Copilot reference page.

The Copilot answer versus Microsoft’s developer offerings

This endpoint returns the answer the consumer Copilot app gives a user, as text and markdown, with the sources it cites and its citation chips.

Developers used to reach Bing results through the Bing Search APIs. Microsoft’s lifecycle notice (checked 2026-09-17, learn.microsoft.com) states those APIs retired on August 11, 2025 and encourages customers to migrate to Grounding with Bing Search as part of Azure AI Agents. Grounding lets your own agent use web data when it generates a response. The answer comes from your model and instructions, not Copilot’s.

For measurement that leaves what only the consumer answer has: Copilot’s own wording (which brands it names, in which order, with which caveats) and the pages it cites for it. shoppingCards, map and searchQueries are in the contract but not returned.

An annotated response

The excerpt follows the result schema for POST /v1/monitor/copilot. Values are illustrative.

{
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "text": "The cheapest option depends on the amount and destination...",
    // Cited pages in order: url and label.
    "sources": [
      {
        "position": 1,
        "url": "https://www.example-finance.com/guides/international-transfer-fees",
        "label": "International transfer fees compared"
      }
    ],
    // One entry per (chip, source) pair; see Copilot sources. Empty when the answer shows no chips.
    "citationPills": [
      { "citationPillId": 1, "position": 1, "url": "https://www.example-finance.com/guides/international-transfer-fees", "domain": "example-finance.com", "label": "International transfer fees compared" }
    ]
  }
}

result.provenance reads searchMode forced: every answer searches the web (all fields).

Notes for this engine

sources depends on the answer and can be empty; default it to an empty list in your code. citationPills is empty when the answer shows no chips. searchQueries, shoppingCards and map are not returned.

Copilot answers in any country. A US state is accepted and answered for the whole US; only ChatGPT and Gemini answer from inside a state (states). Copilot refuses include.html and include.screenshot with a 400, before anything is billed.

Before comparing Copilot with ChatGPT or Google AI Mode, map each engine’s sources to a common record (URL, domain, position).

Copilot answers differ between runs of the same prompt and market. Take several samples per period and report rates with sample sizes; see AI answer volatility.

Related: the best Copilot scrapers compared, every request field, AI visibility tracking, monitoring Copilot, competitor analysis, the Copilot API options compared.

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Docs

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• Webhooks
• Coverage
• Pricing and failures
• Rate limits

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