Freelancer

About Freelancer

The Freelancer API provides programmatic access to Freelancer.com's freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace, allowing applications to post projects, contests, or services and hire freelancers directly from a website, app, or software. It supports project-based, contest-based, and service-based work models with fixed-price or hourly payment options, and includes a milestone payment system that holds payment until work is approved.

The platform is built for developers integrating on-demand freelance labor into their own products, including use cases such as content translation, on-demand service delivery, task automation, and workforce scaling. Freelancer.com itself reports 89 million users across 247 countries and territories, with over 25 million jobs posted across 3,000 categories. The company charges employers 3% per accepted job with no minimum project fee, while posting, bidding, and chat are free.

The API includes reference documentation, step-by-step guides, a versioning system, and a sandbox environment for testing without affecting production data. SDKs are available for Python and Android. The API is also positioned as a companion offering for Freelancer Enterprise customers.

Key features

• Post projects, contests, or hourly/fixed-price jobs programmatically via API
• Sandbox environment to test applications without touching production data
• Versioning system to keep app integrations stable as new features are added
• Milestone payments so funds are released only when work is satisfactory
• AI-driven reputation system that ranks freelancers for job matching
• Open source SDKs available for Python and Android

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