Crawl API

Automate content extraction from any domain. Simply define the root URL and retrieve the full website content as Markdown, Text, HTML, or JSON files.

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  • Supports dynamic data collection
  • Retrieve data as Markdown, Text, HTML, or JSON files
  • Customize crawling with advanced parameters
  • Also available in no-code mode
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const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer ', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '[{"url":"https://il.linkedin.com/company/bright-data"}]'
};

fetch('https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/trigger', options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
import requests

url = "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/trigger"

payload = [{"url": "https://il.linkedin.com/company/bright-data"}]
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer ",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.request("POST", url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

Easy to start, easier to scale

  1. Choose target domain
    Define target URL and connect to the API with a single line of code
  2. Send request
    Edit crawl parameters and insert your custom logic using Python or JavaScript
  3. Get your data
    Retrieve website data as Markdown, Text, HTML, or JSON files
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Developer-first experience

Quick Start

Connect to the Crawl API with a single line of code, or use the control panel to get results directly through the Control Panel.

Custom Collection

Use request parameters to customize collection and delivery, including pagination, scheduling and log collection.

Data Parsing

Efficiently converts raw HTML into structured data files, delivered as Markdown, Text, HTML, or JSON, directly to your database.

Crawl API pricing

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