Liquad is the single API that gives your AI agents licensed access to a growing network of European publishers — with clear terms, real-time authentication, and full compliance.
The challenge
More publishers are blocking AI bots via robots.txt. Your crawlers lose access to critical knowledge sources every month.
Negotiating individually with each publisher requires legal teams, months of back-and-forth, and custom technical integrations.
From the NYT lawsuit to the Anthropic settlement — using unlicensed content exposes your company to significant legal and reputational risk.
The platform
Liquad is the AI content licensing marketplace. Publishers define their terms. You access their content through a single, authenticated API.
Single API
No more publisher-by-publisher integrations. Liquad provides a single transactional API that gives your agents licensed access to all content in the network.
Batch URL requests — get signed tokens for thousands of URLs in one call
Licensed access
Each content retrieval is backed by a signed token tied to your agent, the URL, and a timestamp. Full audit trail for compliance teams.
HMAC-SHA256 signed tokens — cryptographically verifiable, bot-bound, non-transferable
Fresh knowledge
Access up-to-date editorial content directly from publisher sites. Structured, indexed, and available the moment it's published.
Ideal for RAG pipelines, agentic workflows, and real-time knowledge retrieval
How it works
Sign up and get your API key. Define which AI agents will access content through Liquad.
Add funds to your EUR balance. Each content access is debited at the publisher's price. Free content costs nothing.
Submit a list of URLs your agents need to access. Liquad resolves each URL to its publisher, catalog, and pricing — and returns signed access tokens.
Your agents present the signed token in the HTTP header when accessing publisher sites. The SDK verifies locally in 0.01ms — zero latency for publishers, instant access for you.
Already working with a publisher?
Some publishers issue API keys directly to their AI partners — no account needed on your side, they cover the cost. Talk to your publisher contact or reach out to ours.
Why Liquad
Liquad handles the licensing framework. You access content under publisher-defined terms without negotiating individual deals.
Every publisher sets their own price per catalog. You see the cost before you commit. No hidden fees, no surprise invoices.
Request thousands of URLs in a single call. Multi-publisher, multi-domain — resolved and tokenized in one response.
GDPR-native, EU Copyright Directive aligned, full audit trail. Every access is logged, signed, and traceable.
As more publishers join, your single integration gives you access to more content. No additional work on your side.
Designed for agentic AI workflows, RAG pipelines, and real-time knowledge retrieval — not just training crawling.
Developer experience
POST /api/consumer/authorize
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
Content-Type: application/json
{
"urls": [
"https://publisher-a.com/article/123",
"https://publisher-b.com/research/ai-trends",
"https://publisher-c.com/unknown-article"
],
"max_price_eur": 0.50
}
# Bot identity is derived from your API key — no agent_id needed.
# max_price_eur is optional: skip URLs that exceed your ceiling.{
"results": [
{
"url": "https://publisher-a.com/article/123",
"token": "dG9rZW4tZXhhbXBsZS1obWFjLXNpZ...",
"price_eur": 0.10,
"catalog_id": "cat_abc123",
"expires_at": "2026-04-24T13:00:00Z",
"cached": false,
"allowed_ips": ["203.0.113.0/24", "198.51.100.42/32"]
},
{
"url": "https://publisher-b.com/research/ai-trends",
"token": "dG9rZW4tZXhhbXBsZS1obWFjLXNpZ...",
"price_eur": 0.25,
"catalog_id": "cat_def456",
"expires_at": "2026-04-24T13:00:00Z",
"cached": true,
"allowed_ips": ["203.0.113.0/24"]
}
],
"unmatched": [
{
"url": "https://publisher-c.com/unknown-article",
"reason": "no_match"
}
],
"total_cost_eur": 0.10,
"balance_remaining_eur": 99.90
}Pricing
Prepaid EUR balance. Each content access costs what the publisher charges — from free to a few cents. No platform fee, no minimum commitment during beta.
Get API Access →FAQ
Each publisher defines a price per content catalog (a group of URL patterns). Some catalogs are free, others cost a few cents per access. You see the price before committing credits.
Liquad is in early access. We're onboarding European publishers across media, trade press, and expert content. The network grows every week.
When you purchase access to a URL, Liquad generates an HMAC-SHA256 signed token bound to your bot's identity, the specific URL, and an expiration. The token is verified locally by the publisher's SDK in under 0.1ms — no network call needed.
Yes — that's the primary use case. Liquad provides real-time, licensed access to fresh publisher content. Ideal for retrieval-augmented generation, AI agents that need authoritative sources, and any workflow requiring up-to-date knowledge.
If your bot is on a publisher's watchlist but not authorized on any catalog, you'll get an error explaining why. Purchasing access through Liquad's API is how you get authorized — the publisher defines the terms, you accept them by buying credits.
No — not if a publisher partner has already issued you a key. You can start calling the API in minutes with their key, and they cover the cost for content accessed on their site. Create your own account when you want multi-publisher access, your own billing, or a custom bot identity.
You can create a custom bot identity in your Liquad account. Each publisher must explicitly enable it on their catalogs. For standard bots (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, etc.), you inherit access from publishers who already opted-in to those presets — no per-publisher negotiation needed.
One API key. Thousands of publishers. Full compliance. Get access to licensed content your AI agents can trust.