Web Scraper API can deliver data in raw HTML or structured JSON from any web page, including e-commerce marketplaces and SERPs. Additionally, it leverages the JavaScript rendering feature to retrieve data from websites using JavaScript for dynamic content loading.

Yes, with the free Scheduler feature, you can automate recurring scraping jobs by scheduling them. Simply put, you don't need to send new requests with identical parameters to receive regular updates. Also, there's no need to create or maintain your scheduling scripts.

Check our documentation to learn more about the Scheduler feature.

Web Scraper API can deliver real-time results from almost any website worldwide. The delivery time highly depends on a requested target. For more details regarding specific targets, please get in touch with your Account Manager or contact our support team.

Web scraping services may be legal in cases where it is done without breaching any laws regarding the source targets or data itself. We have explored this subject in one of our blog posts, and we highly recommend that you read it and consult with your legal advisor before any scraping project to avoid any potential risks.

Using Web Scraper API consists of three main steps:

• First, create a request and add the necessary information, such as the endpoint URL, user credentials, and the payload.

• Second, send the request to the API. 

• Finally, receive the results—you can retrieve them via the API or have them delivered to the storage solution of your choice. To see how Web Scraper API looks in action, check out our video here.

Want to explore no-code tools instead? Check out our blog post on best no-code web scrapers for effortless data extraction.

While scrapers and parsers go hand-in-hand, they have different functionalities. Simply put, scrapers retrieve the information from the web, while parsers focus on analyzing text based on predefined rules and syntax.

Yes, Web Scraping API comes with a specific job submission rate limit. The rate at which you can submit jobs depends on your plan size. For example, the free plan comes with 5K results, you can submit 5 total jobs per second, and for rendered jobs, you can submit one job per second. On the other hand, Web Scraper API can bypass rate limiting that websites implement as anti-bot measures.

To see the specifics for each plan, please refer to our documentation.

Yes, Web Scraper API is ISO/IEC 27001:2017 certified. This certification demonstrates our commitment to maintaining a robust Information Security Management System (ISMS) that adheres to internationally recognized standards for data security. To learn more about what ISO/IEC 27001:2017 certification means for our product and users, please read here.

Try out Web Scraper API with Postman before using it at scale. You can import our API collection to Postman and start scraping right away.