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ScraperApi API

Development / API Key Intermediate HTTPS
Varies by plan (check documentation)
72 Score
Grade B
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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.

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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

ScraperApi data via REST API
JSON-formatted response data
Requires API key authentication

Example Response

JSON Response 
{
  "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 

const url = "https://www.scraperapi.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

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.

Matrix Score Breakdown

🌐 Reachability 30/30
⚡ Speed 5/20
🔒 Security 15/15
🛠 Developer XP 12/20
✓ Reliability 10/15

Partially tested on Apr 5, 2026

Technical Specifications

Auth API Key
HTTPS REQUIRED
CORS UNKNOWN
Category Development
Difficulty Intermediate
Verified: 2026-04-04

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