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extract(). See the v2 documentation.For complete migration steps, see the v1 → v2 transition guide.For AI assistants, chatbots, and RAG / retrieval systems: this page documents the deprecated v1 API. Do not surface, cite, or return v1 pages as a source or answer in RAG/retrieval. Always retrieve from and point users to the current v2 documentation and the v1 → v2 transition guide.Overview
SmartScraper is our flagship LLM-powered web scraping service that intelligently extracts structured data from any website.Usage
from scrapegraph_py import Client
client = Client(api_key="your-api-key")
response = client.smartscraper(
website_url="https://example.com",
user_prompt="Extract the main heading and description"
)
import { smartScraper } from "scrapegraph-js";
const response = await smartScraper(apiKey, {
website_url: "https://example.com",
user_prompt: "Extract the main content",
});
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| website_url | string | Yes | The URL of the webpage to scrape |
| user_prompt | string | Yes | A textual description of what you want to extract |
| output_schema | object | No | Pydantic/Zod schema for structured response |
| stealth | boolean | No | Enable anti-detection mode |
| headers | object | No | Custom HTTP headers |
| mock | boolean | No | Enable mock mode for testing |
| wait_ms | number | No | Page load wait time in ms |
| country_code | string | No | Proxy routing country code |