Overview

ScraperApi is a web scraping infrastructure service that handles proxy rotation, browser rendering, and CAPTCHA solving so developers can extract data from websites with a simple GET request. It supports both raw HTML scraping and structured data extraction for common sites. Plans include a free tier with 1,000 API calls per month.

Beginner Tip

Use the render=true parameter only when the page requires JavaScript—it consumes more credits. Start with render=false for static HTML pages to preserve your free-tier quota.

Available Data

The kind of data this API exposes, based on its documentation. We could not call the endpoint to confirm the exact field names.

ScraperApi data via REST API

Example Response

Illustrative shape only — we were not able to call this endpoint (it requires credentials or exposes no public sample URL), so the fields below show the kind of data this API returns rather than a recorded response.

JSON Response · Illustrative
{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "result": "Data from ScraperApi",
    "description": "Easily build scalable web scrapers",
    "timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:00:00Z"
  }
}

Field Reference

response body Raw HTML of the scraped page returned directly as the response body.
X-Attempts Number of attempts made before a successful response was returned.
X-Status-Code HTTP status code returned by the target website.

Implementation Example

Calls a real endpoint of this API. Replace any placeholder credentials with your own key.

Request
const url = "http://api.scraperapi.com/?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&url=https://httpbin.org/ip";
// Replace headers or query params with the values required by this API.
const response = await fetch(url, {
  headers: {
  "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
  }
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

What Can You Build?

Note: These code examples are AI-generated and unverified. Always refer to the official API documentation for accurate usage.

Common Errors & Troubleshooting

Generated guidance based on this API's documentation, not observed by us. Treat it as a starting point and check against the provider's own error reference.

403 or blocked response from target The target site uses advanced bot detection that ScraperApi's default settings do not bypass
Add premium=true or country_code=us to the request to use premium proxies targeting a specific region.
500 Internal Server Error The scrape request timed out waiting for the target page to respond
Retry the request. For JS-heavy pages, add render=true and ensure the target URL is correct and publicly accessible.
401 Unauthorized Invalid or missing API key
Double-check your API key from the ScraperApi dashboard and pass it as the api_key query parameter.

Metadata Score Breakdown

Estimated from metadata — endpoint not independently tested

This score is estimated from observable metadata — HTTPS support, authentication model, declared CORS, and documentation reachability — because the API requires authentication or exposes no publicly testable endpoint. The five-signal breakdown is only shown for live-tested APIs.

Metadata estimate · endpoint not independently tested

Technical Specifications

Auth API Key
HTTPS REQUIRED
CORS UNKNOWN
Category Development
Difficulty Intermediate
Listing details not endpoint-verified

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