Overview

WebScraping.AI is a web scraping API that handles JavaScript rendering, proxy rotation, and CAPTCHA bypassing automatically, so you get clean HTML or text from any webpage with a single request. It removes the complexity of managing headless browsers and proxy infrastructure yourself. A free tier is available for testing, making it accessible for beginners who need structured web data.

Beginner Tip

Use the ?url= parameter to target any webpage, and add &js=true to enable JavaScript rendering for sites that load content dynamically — but note that JS rendering uses more credits.

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.

WebScraping.AI 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 WebScraping.AI",
    "description": "Web Scraping API with built-in proxies and JS rendering",
    "timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:00:00Z"
  }
}

Field Reference

response body (HTML) Full HTML source of the target page, optionally rendered with JavaScript
HTTP 200 Successful scrape; the body contains the page content
X-Proxies-Used header Indicates which proxy was used to fetch the page

Implementation Example

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

Request
const url = "https://api.webscraping.ai/html?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&url=https://example.com";
// 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 API key is missing or invalid
Include your api_key as a query parameter: ?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY; find your key in the WebScraping.AI dashboard
422 Invalid URL The target url parameter is malformed or missing the protocol
Ensure the url value is URL-encoded and includes the full protocol, e.g., https://example.com
429 Too Many Requests or credits exhausted Free-tier credit limit reached
Monitor your credit usage in the dashboard; reduce JS rendering usage (&js=false) to conserve credits, or upgrade your plan

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 YES
Category Development
Difficulty Intermediate
Listing details not endpoint-verified

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