API Terms of Use

The terms governing programmatic access to the MAP verification API.

Last updated: October 2026

1. Scope

These API Terms of Use govern access to and use of the Media Alert Press LLC (“MAP”) API, including the public endpoints under https://mediaalertpress.com/wp-json/map/v1/ — /feed/signals, /ledger/stats, /record/{id} and /record?url= — and the keyed verification endpoint POST https://apimediaalertpress.com/v1/verify, which provide URL and publisher verification and MAP Verified™ context records across seven dimensions: Origin, Attribution, Specificity, Timing, Framing, Context Change, and Information Relationships. These terms supplement, and are subject to, our general Terms of Service.

2. License grant

Subject to these terms, MAP grants you a limited, non-exclusive, revocable, non-transferable license to query the API for the purpose of verifying URLs and publishers and retrieving MAP signal data for your own use or for display within your own products, with attribution as required in Section 6. This license does not include any right to sublicense, resell, or redistribute raw API responses as a standalone data product without a separate commercial data license from us.

3. Rate limits

API access is limited to protect service availability for all users. The keyed verification API (POST https://apimediaalertpress.com/v1/verify) applies a weekly plan quota — currently 50 verifications per week on the Plus plan and 250 per week on the Professional plan; limits are set per plan and may change with notice — and returns an HTTP 429 response when the quota is exceeded. The free on-site URL checker is limited per IP address. The public GET endpoints are limited per client: /feed/signals — 20 requests per 60 seconds; /ledger/stats — 30 requests per 60 seconds. Requests exceeding these limits receive an HTTP 429 response. These limits may change as we tune the service for reliability; we will not reduce them without reasonable notice to customers on a paid plan.

4. Prohibited uses

You may not: resell, sublicense, or redistribute raw API data as a standalone product without a commercial data license; scrape, crawl, or otherwise circumvent the API to extract data in bulk outside the documented endpoints and rate limits; reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract our verification methodology or underlying code beyond what is disclosed on our methodology page; use the API to build a directly competing verification or scoring service; or use the API in any way that violates applicable law or infringes the rights of others.

5. Intellectual property

MAP Verified™ and MAP Context™ are trademarks of Media Alert Press LLC. The API, its documentation, and our verification methodology are our proprietary property. MAP ledger statistics made available at https://mediaalertpress.com/wp-json/map/v1/ledger/stats are published as open data under CC-BY 4.0; all other API output, including record and feed data, remains subject to these terms.

6. Attribution

If you publish or display MAP Verified™ context records or signal data obtained through the API, you must attribute Media Alert Press LLC / MAP Verified™ as the source.

7. Disclaimer of warranties

The API and all data it returns are provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranty of any kind, express or implied. MAP does not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted, or error-free availability of the API. Context records are produced automatically by rule-based extraction code that reads a page’s HTML and metadata; no generative AI model writes record text. Each record is a point-in-time snapshot and is informational in nature; extraction is structural and can miss or misread information on a page. Records are not certified fact, legal determinations, or professional advice, and MAP does not warrant their accuracy or completeness. You are responsible for independently verifying any result before relying on it for a consequential decision.

8. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Media Alert Press LLC’s aggregate liability for any claim arising from your use of the API will not exceed the greater of the fees you paid us for API access in the twelve months before the claim, or $100. We are not liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages, including lost profits or data, arising from your use of or inability to use the API. This limitation does not apply to liability for gross negligence, willful misconduct, or fraud.

9. Termination

We may suspend or terminate your API access at any time, with or without notice, for violation of these terms, for abusive or excessive use, for non-payment where a paid plan applies, or to protect the security or integrity of the service. You may stop using the API at any time. Sections covering intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, and governing law survive termination.

10. Governing law

These API Terms of Use are governed by Wyoming law, consistent with our Terms of Service. Disputes are subject to the arbitration and injunctive-relief provisions of our Terms of Service.

11. Access and support

To request API access or higher rate limits, or for any support question, contact legal@mediaalertpress.com.

12. Contact

Media Alert Press LLC, 15050 Elderberry Lane, Fort Myers, FL 33907. Email: legal@mediaalertpress.com | Phone: (800) 423-9379