Overview

ScrapingDog is a proxy-based web scraping API that handles IP rotation, CAPTCHAs, and JavaScript rendering to help developers reliably extract data from websites. Send a target URL to the API endpoint and receive the full HTML response without dealing with blocks or bans. A free tier is available with 1,000 API calls per month.

Beginner Tip

Use dynamic=true only for JavaScript-rendered pages as it consumes more API credits. For most static HTML pages, the default mode is faster and more cost-effective.

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.

Use case: Integrate proxy api for web scraping data into web and mobile applications
ScrapingDog 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 ScrapingDog",
    "description": "Proxy API for Web scraping",
    "timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:00:00Z"
  }
}

Field Reference

response body Raw HTML content of the scraped page returned directly in the response body.
status HTTP status code returned by the target website.
headers Response headers from the target website included in the API response.

Implementation Example

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

Request
const url = "https://api.scrapingdog.com/scrape?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&url=https://httpbin.org/ip&dynamic=false";
// 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.

401 Unauthorized Invalid or missing api_key query parameter
Retrieve your API key from the ScrapingDog dashboard and include it as the api_key query parameter.
Credits exhausted Your free or paid plan credits have been used up
Check your usage in the dashboard. Credits reset monthly, or you can upgrade your plan for more requests.
Timeout error The target website is slow or the dynamic rendering exceeded the time limit
Retry the request, and for very slow pages use the premium=true parameter to route through higher-quality proxies.

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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