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ScrapingDog API

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

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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

Use case: Integrate proxy api for web scraping data into web and mobile applications
ScrapingDog data via REST API
JSON-formatted response data
Requires API key authentication

Example Response

JSON Response 
{
  "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 

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

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.

Matrix Score Breakdown

🌐 Reachability 30/30
⚡ Speed 2/20
🔒 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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