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Developer builds free API for Romania's company registry data

A developer has created a free API for Romania's company registry, which previously lacked programmatic access. The solution involves processing a large CSV dump into a searchable SQLite database with a custom full-text index that handles diacritics. This data is then exposed via both a REST API and an MCP server, making it accessible to AI agents. AI

IMPACT Makes Romanian company data accessible to AI agents for lead generation and analysis.

RANK_REASON Developer built a tool to access public data.

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Developer builds free API for Romania's company registry data

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  1. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Oaida Adrian ·

    Romania's company registry has no free API — so I built one (4.2M firms, MCP + REST)

    <h1> Romania's company registry has no free API — so I built one (4.2M firms, MCP + REST) </h1> <p>I run a side hustle building data tools for AI agents. A few weeks ago I needed<br /> Romanian company data — the kind of thing every lead-gen tool wants: who's<br /> registered, th…