POST/v1/scrape

Web Scraping API

Scrape any URL and get clean markdown, HTML, or plain text. Fast lightweight scraping for blogs, docs, and static pages from $0.01/call.

Fetch the content of any public webpage and get it back in your preferred format. Fast, lightweight scraping without JavaScript rendering — ideal for blogs, docs, and static pages.

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Try it live

Fill in the fields and hit Run to see a real response.

POST /v1/scrape$0.01/call

Live testing

API Key

URL*

Output Format

CSS Selector

Optional. Extract only a specific element.

Response

Example response — hit "Run" to see a live result

{
  "ok": true,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "statusCode": 200,
    "content": "# Example Domain\n\nThis domain is for use in illustrative examples...",
    "format": "markdown"
  }
}

Features

✓Return content as markdown, HTML, or plain text

✓CSS selector targeting for specific elements

✓Automatic proxy rotation

✓Fast response — no JS rendering overhead

✓Resolved URL and status code included

Use cases

Content Monitoring

Track changes on competitor pages, pricing tables, or documentation by scraping and diffing content periodically.

Data Pipeline Ingestion

Feed webpage content into ETL pipelines, data warehouses, or AI systems as clean markdown or text.

SEO Content Analysis

Scrape competitor pages to analyze structure, headings, word count, and content gaps.

Research Automation

Automate the collection of information from multiple sources for market research or reporting.

RAG Knowledge Bases

Build retrieval-augmented generation knowledge bases by scraping and indexing relevant web pages.

Quick start

Copy this snippet and start making calls.

const res = await fetch('https://api.yepapi.com/v1/scrape', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "format": "markdown",
    "selector": "article, .main-content"
  }),
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

Why YepAPI is cheaper

No monthly minimums. No enterprise plans. Just pay per call.

Provider	Cost / call	Catch
YepAPI	$0.01	No minimum. Pay as you go.
ScrapingBee	$0.01	$49/mo minimum
Firecrawl	$0.00	$19/mo plan
Apify	$0.01	$49/mo plan

Frequently asked questions

Fetch the content of any public webpage and get it back in your preferred format. Fast, lightweight scraping without JavaScript rendering — ideal for blogs, docs, and static pages.

Each API call costs $0.01. No monthly minimums or subscriptions — you only pay for what you use.

Sign up for a free API key, then send a POST request to /v1/scrape. Check the code example above for a ready-to-use snippet in JavaScript, cURL, or Python.

YepAPI bundles SEO, AI, and web scraping APIs under one key with no monthly minimums. You get lower per-call pricing, a unified dashboard, and one billing account instead of managing multiple providers.