UseScraper

What is UseScraper?

UseScraper is an API built for web crawling and scraping. It converts any website into plain text or markdown, making it useful for training AI models and setting up RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) systems.

Key features include:

• Fast crawling: Process thousands of pages per minute with a crawler that scales instantly.
• Markdown & text extraction: Convert website content into markdown, plain text, or HTML. Markdown output is well-suited for AI systems.
• Full browser rendering: Uses headless Chrome to render JavaScript, so it can handle complex websites.
• Automatic rotating proxies: Rotates proxies to help avoid blocks and rate limiting.
• Multiple sites per job: Include several websites in a single crawl job request.
• URL exclusion: Exclude specific URLs from a crawl.
• CSS selectors: Write CSS selectors to remove repetitive content from pages.
• Webhook notifications: Get notified about crawl job status and completion.
• Data storage: Crawler results are stored in a data store accessible via an API, with optional auto-expiry for saved data.

Who created UseScraper?

UseScraper was founded by a team with experience building scraping and crawling tools, designed specifically for efficient data collection.

What is UseScraper used for?

UseScraper is aimed at people who need structured web content, particularly for AI-related work:

• AI developers and people building AI systems
• Data scientists
• Web developers
• Marketers
• Business analysts

Pricing

UseScraper offers flexible pricing plans, and new users get $25 in free credits to get started — no credit card required.