No Public API for Cannabis Strain Data Forces Developers to Re-Scrape It
Developers building cannabis-related products repeatedly scrape strain data such as effects, terpenes, and cannabinoid content from sites like Leafly, AllBud, and Weedmaps because none of the major strain-data sources expose a public API, creating duplicated scraping effort and inconsistent data quality across projects.
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