All just-scrape commands support --json for machine-readable output. When set:
- The ASCII banner is hidden
- Spinners and progress indicators are suppressed
- Interactive prompts are disabled
- Only minified JSON is written to stdout
This makes just-scrape easy to use in shell scripts, CI pipelines, and AI agent workflows.
Usage
just-scrape <command> [args] --json
Examples
Save results to a file
just-scrape smart-scraper https://store.example.com \
-p "Extract all product names and prices" \
--json > products.json
just-scrape credits --json | jq '.remaining_credits'
just-scrape sitemap https://example.com --json | jq -r '.urls[]'
just-scrape history smartscraper --json | jq '.requests[] | {id: .request_id, status}'
Convert a page to markdown and save it
just-scrape markdownify https://docs.example.com/api \
--json | jq -r '.result' > api-docs.md
Chain commands in a shell script
#!/bin/bash
while IFS= read -r url; do
just-scrape smart-scraper "$url" \
-p "Extract the page title and main content" \
--json >> results.jsonl
done < urls.txt
Response structure
| Field | Description |
|---|
result | Extracted data or markdown content |
status | Job status: completed or failed |
request_id | Unique ID for the request |
error | Error message if the request failed |
{
"remaining_credits": 4820,
"total_credits": 5000
}
--json is especially useful when calling just-scrape from AI coding agents — it eliminates decorative output and saves tokens.
