Scrapfly.io is a web data API platform for developers that enables reliable scraping, AI-powered extraction, screenshot capture, and proxy optimization from any website.

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🚀 Overview

Scrapfly is a developer-focused platform offering APIs for web scraping, structured data extraction with AI and LLMs, screenshot generation, and smart proxy usage. It handles complex challenges like anti-bot protections, JavaScript rendering, and data parsing automatically, ensuring high success rates even on protected sites.

What problem does this project solve?

• Unreliable web scraping due to blocks, CAPTCHAs, fingerprints, and JS-heavy sites; inefficient proxy management and manual data extraction.

Who is it built for?

• Developers, data teams, and businesses in AI/ML, eCommerce, finance, and lead gen needing scalable web data collection.

Why did you build it? Founded in 2017 by developers tired of brittle scrapers, it was made publicly available in 2020 to provide reliable, efficient tools 'built for developers.'

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✨ Key Features

• Web Scraping API: Bypasses anti-scraping protections, rotates 130M+ proxies worldwide, renders JavaScript with cloud browsers, converts to Markdown/JSON (why it matters: 98%+ success on tough sites like LinkedIn).
• Extraction API: AI auto-extraction for products/articles, LLM prompts for custom queries, CSS/regex templates (structured data without manual parsing).
• Screenshot API: Captures full pages/elements, auto-bypasses blocks, browser controls like ad-blocking (visual data collection).
• Proxy Saver: Optimizes bandwidth, applies fingerprints, auto-retries (cost-effective scaling).
• Optional: Dashboard with API playground, monitoring, webhooks; SDKs for easy integration.

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🛠 Tech Stack

• Frontend: Custom Web UI (Dashboard, API Player, Playground)
• Backend: RESTful APIs (GET/POST with JSON)
• Database: Not publicly disclosed
• Auth: API Keys / Dashboard login
• Hosting: Scalable cloud infrastructure
• SDKs: Python, TypeScript (Node.js/Deno/Bun), Scrapy

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👥 Who Is This For?

This project is useful for:

• Developers who want to scrape websites reliably without building/maintaining proxies or browsers
• Teams looking for scalable data pipelines with AI extraction for ML training
• Indie makers building _apps needing real-time web data like prices or news

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📸 Screenshots / Demo

• Live demo: https://scrapfly.io/dashboard/playground/web-scraper (free sign-up for testing)
• GitHub: https://github.com/scrapfly

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🔥 Project Status

• 🟢 Actively building

Last updated: 2026-03-24

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❓ FAQ

Is this project free?

Freemium – 1,000 free API credits on sign-up; paid plans from $30/mo (Discovery: 200k credits) to $500/mo (Enterprise: 5.5M credits), with pay-as-you-go overages.

(Explain briefly.)

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Is the source code available?

Partially — SDKs (Python/TS/Scrapy), example scrapers open source: https://github.com/scrapfly Core service proprietary.

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Can I contribute?

Yes – Open issues/PRs on GitHub for SDKs, scrapers, docs. Feedback via support or blog comments.

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📬 Contact & Links

• Website: https://scrapfly.io
• GitHub: https://github.com/scrapfly
• Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/scrapfly_dev
• Email: support@scrapfly.io

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