Web Scraping with just-scrape

AI-powered web scraping CLI by ScrapeGraph AI. Get an API key at dashboard.scrapegraphai.com.

Setup

Always install or run the @latest version to ensure you have the most recent features and fixes.

npm install -g just-scrape@latest           # npm
pnpm add -g just-scrape@latest              # pnpm
yarn global add just-scrape@latest          # yarn
bun add -g just-scrape@latest               # bun
npx just-scrape@latest --help               # run without installing
bunx just-scrape@latest --help              # run without installing (bun)

export SGAI_API_KEY="sgai-..."

API key resolution order: SGAI_API_KEY env var → .env file → ~/.scrapegraphai/config.json → interactive prompt (saves to config).

Command Selection

Common Flags

All commands support --json for machine-readable output (suppresses banner, spinners, prompts).

Scraping commands share these optional flags:

• --stealth — bypass anti-bot detection (+4 credits)
• --headers <json> — custom HTTP headers as JSON string
• --schema <json> — enforce output JSON schema

Commands

Smart Scraper

Extract structured data from any URL using AI.

just-scrape smart-scraper <url> -p <prompt>
just-scrape smart-scraper <url> -p <prompt> --schema <json>
just-scrape smart-scraper <url> -p <prompt> --scrolls <n>     # infinite scroll (0-100)
just-scrape smart-scraper <url> -p <prompt> --pages <n>       # multi-page (1-100)
just-scrape smart-scraper <url> -p <prompt> --stealth         # anti-bot (+4 credits)
just-scrape smart-scraper <url> -p <prompt> --cookies <json> --headers <json>
just-scrape smart-scraper <url> -p <prompt> --plain-text

# E-commerce extraction
just-scrape smart-scraper https://store.example.com/shoes -p "Extract all product names, prices, and ratings"

# Strict schema + scrolling
just-scrape smart-scraper https://news.example.com -p "Get headlines and dates" \
  --schema '{"type":"object","properties":{"articles":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"object","properties":{"title":{"type":"string"},"date":{"type":"string"}}}}}}' \
  --scrolls 5

# JS-heavy SPA behind anti-bot
just-scrape smart-scraper https://app.example.com/dashboard -p "Extract user stats" \
  --stealth

Search Scraper

Search the web and extract structured data from results.

just-scrape search-scraper <prompt>
just-scrape search-scraper <prompt> --num-results <n>     # sources to scrape (3-20, default 3)
just-scrape search-scraper <prompt> --no-extraction       # markdown only (2 credits vs 10)
just-scrape search-scraper <prompt> --schema <json>
just-scrape search-scraper <prompt> --stealth --headers <json>

# Research across sources
just-scrape search-scraper "Best Python web frameworks in 2025" --num-results 10

# Cheap markdown-only
just-scrape search-scraper "React vs Vue comparison" --no-extraction --num-results 5

# Structured output
just-scrape search-scraper "Top 5 cloud providers pricing" \
  --schema '{"type":"object","properties":{"providers":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"object","properties":{"name":{"type":"string"},"free_tier":{"type":"string"}}}}}}'

Markdownify

Convert any webpage to clean markdown.

just-scrape markdownify <url>
just-scrape markdownify <url> --stealth         # +4 credits
just-scrape markdownify <url> --headers <json>

just-scrape markdownify https://blog.example.com/my-article
just-scrape markdownify https://protected.example.com --stealth
just-scrape markdownify https://docs.example.com/api --json | jq -r '.result' > api-docs.md

Crawl

Crawl multiple pages and extract data from each.

just-scrape crawl <url> -p <prompt>
just-scrape crawl <url> -p <prompt> --max-pages <n>      # default 10
just-scrape crawl <url> -p <prompt> --depth <n>           # default 1
just-scrape crawl <url> --no-extraction --max-pages <n>   # markdown only (2 credits/page)
just-scrape crawl <url> -p <prompt> --schema <json>
just-scrape crawl <url> -p <prompt> --rules <json>        # include_paths, same_domain
just-scrape crawl <url> -p <prompt> --no-sitemap
just-scrape crawl <url> -p <prompt> --stealth

# Crawl docs site
just-scrape crawl https://docs.example.com -p "Extract all code snippets" --max-pages 20 --depth 3

# Filter to blog pages only
just-scrape crawl https://example.com -p "Extract article titles" \
  --rules '{"include_paths":["/blog/*"],"same_domain":true}' --max-pages 50

# Raw markdown, no AI extraction (cheaper)
just-scrape crawl https://example.com --no-extraction --max-pages 10

Scrape

Get raw HTML content from a URL.

just-scrape scrape <url>
just-scrape scrape <url> --stealth          # +4 credits
just-scrape scrape <url> --branding         # extract logos/colors/fonts (+2 credits)
just-scrape scrape <url> --country-code <iso>

just-scrape scrape https://example.com
just-scrape scrape https://store.example.com --stealth --country-code DE
just-scrape scrape https://example.com --branding

Agentic Scraper

Browser automation with AI — login, click, navigate, fill forms. Steps are comma-separated strings.

just-scrape agentic-scraper <url> -s <steps>
just-scrape agentic-scraper <url> -s <steps> --ai-extraction -p <prompt>
just-scrape agentic-scraper <url> -s <steps> --schema <json>
just-scrape agentic-scraper <url> -s <steps> --use-session   # persist browser session

# Login + extract dashboard
just-scrape agentic-scraper https://app.example.com/login \
  -s "Fill email with user@test.com,Fill password with secret,Click Sign In" \
  --ai-extraction -p "Extract all dashboard metrics"

# Multi-step form
just-scrape agentic-scraper https://example.com/wizard \
  -s "Click Next,Select Premium plan,Fill name with John,Click Submit"

# Persistent session across runs
just-scrape agentic-scraper https://app.example.com \
  -s "Click Settings" --use-session

Generate Schema

Generate a JSON schema from a natural language description.

just-scrape generate-schema <prompt>
just-scrape generate-schema <prompt> --existing-schema <json>

just-scrape generate-schema "E-commerce product with name, price, ratings, and reviews array"

# Refine an existing schema
just-scrape generate-schema "Add an availability field" \
  --existing-schema '{"type":"object","properties":{"name":{"type":"string"},"price":{"type":"number"}}}'

Sitemap

Get all URLs from a website’s sitemap.

just-scrape sitemap <url>
just-scrape sitemap https://example.com --json | jq -r '.urls[]'

History

Browse request history. Interactive by default (arrow keys to navigate, select to view details).

just-scrape history <service>                     # interactive browser
just-scrape history <service> <request-id>        # specific request
just-scrape history <service> --page <n>
just-scrape history <service> --page-size <n>     # max 100
just-scrape history <service> --json

Services: markdownify, smartscraper, searchscraper, scrape, crawl, agentic-scraper, sitemap

just-scrape history smartscraper
just-scrape history crawl --json --page-size 100 | jq '.requests[] | {id: .request_id, status}'

Credits & Validate

just-scrape credits
just-scrape credits --json | jq '.remaining_credits'
just-scrape validate

Common Patterns

Generate schema then scrape with it

just-scrape generate-schema "Product with name, price, and reviews" --json | jq '.schema' > schema.json
just-scrape smart-scraper https://store.example.com -p "Extract products" --schema "$(cat schema.json)"

Pipe JSON for scripting

just-scrape sitemap https://example.com --json | jq -r '.urls[]' | while read url; do
  just-scrape smart-scraper "$url" -p "Extract title" --json >> results.jsonl
done

Protected sites

# JS-heavy SPA behind Cloudflare
just-scrape smart-scraper https://protected.example.com -p "Extract data" --stealth

# With custom cookies/headers
just-scrape smart-scraper https://example.com -p "Extract data" \
  --cookies '{"session":"abc123"}' --headers '{"Authorization":"Bearer token"}'

Credit Costs

Environment Variables

SGAI_API_KEY=sgai-...              # API key
JUST_SCRAPE_TIMEOUT_S=300          # Request timeout in seconds (default 120)
JUST_SCRAPE_DEBUG=1                # Debug logging to stderr