POST/v1/scrape/stealth

Stealth Scraping API

Scrape protected sites with residential proxies and anti-bot bypass. Handle Cloudflare, Akamai, and rate limiters from $0.03/call.

Bypass anti-bot protections using residential proxies and advanced browser fingerprinting. For sites that block standard scrapers — Cloudflare, Akamai, and aggressive rate limiters.

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Try it live

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

POST /v1/scrape/stealth$0.03/call

Live testing

API Key

URL*

Output Format

Proxy Country

Response

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

{
  "ok": true,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://protected-site.com/pricing",
    "statusCode": 200,
    "content": "# Pricing\n\n## Starter Plan\n$29/month...",
    "format": "markdown"
  }
}

Features

✓Residential proxy network with geo-targeting

✓Advanced browser fingerprint rotation

✓Bypasses Cloudflare, Akamai, and similar protections

✓Full JS rendering included

✓Country-level proxy selection

Use cases

Protected Site Scraping

Access content behind Cloudflare, Akamai, and other anti-bot systems that block standard scrapers.

Price Intelligence

Monitor competitor pricing on protected e-commerce sites that actively fight automated access.

Travel & Airline Data

Scrape flight prices and hotel rates from travel sites with aggressive anti-scraping measures.

Financial Data Collection

Gather publicly available financial data from sites with strict access controls.

Market Research at Scale

Collect data from sites that rate-limit or block datacenter IPs using rotating residential proxies.

Quick start

Copy this snippet and start making calls.

const res = await fetch('https://api.yepapi.com/v1/scrape/stealth', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com",
    "format": "markdown",
    "country": "us"
  }),
});
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	$0.03	No minimum. Pay as you go.
ScrapingBee	$0.07	$49/mo minimum
Bright Data	$0.05	$500/mo minimum
Oxylabs	$0.06	$300/mo minimum

Frequently asked questions

Bypass anti-bot protections using residential proxies and advanced browser fingerprinting. For sites that block standard scrapers — Cloudflare, Akamai, and aggressive rate limiters.

Each API call costs $0.03. 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/stealth. 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.