Stop patching scrapers.
Web Scraping APIs for Developers
Stop building scrapers. Get structured web data from Google, Amazon, and across the web — via clean REST APIs with free tiers and sub-2s response times.
curl --request GET \
--url 'https://google-serp-search-api.p.rapidapi.com/search?query=web+scraping+api' \
--header 'X-RapidAPI-Key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
--header 'X-RapidAPI-Host: google-serp-search-api.p.rapidapi.com'Free tier available · No credit card required · Cancel anytime
Our APIs
Purpose-built data extraction APIs — no proxies, no CAPTCHA handling, no infrastructure to maintain.
Google Search API
Build rank trackers, SERP monitors, and keyword research tools. Real-time Google data, structured JSON, 250 countries.
Google Maps API
Power lead gen tools, review monitors, and local SEO platforms. Full business profiles, unlimited reviews, no 5-review cap.
Amazon API
Build price trackers, repricing engines, and product research tools. 25 endpoints, 22 marketplaces, 100 free requests.
Translator API
Automate i18n pipelines for any file format — JSON, YAML, SRT, HTML. Structure preserved, keys untouched, 250+ languages.
Jobs Search API
Build niche job boards, salary benchmarking tools, and hiring trackers. Real-time data from Google's full job index, no approval required.
Crunchbase API
37 endpoints for company profiles, funding rounds, investors, people, acquisitions, and growth data from Crunchbase.
Trusted by developers building real products
"Set it up in 20 minutes. Been running in prod for 4 months. Zero issues."
Marcus T.
Backend Engineer
"I spent three weeks building an Amazon scraper that worked perfectly until it didn't. Switched to FlyByAPIs on a Friday afternoon, had it integrated before dinner."
Rachel K.
Indie Developer
"We run daily price monitoring across 12,000 SKUs. Before this we had a fragile in-house scraper that needed babysitting every other week. Now it just works."
Daniel M.
CTO, e-commerce startup
"Honestly the docs are so good I didn't even need to open a support ticket. Rare."
James S.
Full-Stack Developer
Why Developers Choose FlyByAPIs
Built by developers, for developers. We handle the complexity so you can focus on your product.
Sub-2s. Every time.
Median response time under 2 seconds across all APIs. No cold starts, no queuing, no surprises at scale.
Reliable. Always on.
We handle proxy rotation, CAPTCHA solving, and bot detection server-side. Your code never touches the scraping layer.
Free to start. Really.
Every API has a free tier — no credit card required. Pay only when you need volume. Cancel anytime, no lock-in.
5 minutes to first call.
Copy a code example, paste your API key, run it. Full docs and Python/JS/cURL examples for every single endpoint.
The scraper trap, and the way out
What maintaining your own scraper actually looks like — vs. making a single API call.
Without FlyByAPIs
- 2 weeks to build the scraper. Works on day one.
- Gets blocked Monday morning. Emergency fix.
- Target site updates its HTML. Scraper breaks again.
- Proxy costs compound. Bills are unpredictable. Budget? Good luck.
- Maintenance never ends. New features keep waiting.
With FlyByAPIs
- One API call. Clean JSON. Under 2 seconds.
- We handle blocks, CAPTCHAs, and proxy rotation.
- Target site changes? We update. Your code doesn't.
- Fixed monthly cost. Predictable. No surprise bills.
- Set it up once. Build what actually matters.
How It Works
Get up and running in minutes — no complex setup required.
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Subscribe to any FlyByAPIs API on RapidAPI. Every API includes a generous free tier.
Start Building
Make your first API request in seconds. Use our docs and code examples to integrate fast.
What Is a Web Scraping API?
A web scraping API is a service that extracts data from websites and returns it as structured JSON. Instead of building and maintaining your own scraper — dealing with proxies, CAPTCHAs, IP bans, and HTML that changes without warning — you make a single API call and get clean data back. That's it.
Think of it as outsourcing the entire scraping layer. You send a request with your query (a keyword, a product ASIN, a business name), and the API handles the hard part: rotating proxies, rendering JavaScript, solving CAPTCHAs, parsing the response into a consistent format. You get a JSON object you can actually work with. No Selenium. No Puppeteer. No Friday-night emergencies because Google changed a div class.
Developers use APIs like these when they need reliable, real-time data from sources that don't offer official access — or when the official API is too expensive, too limited, or too locked down to be practical. Google's Custom Search API gives you 100 queries a day and no People Also Ask data. Amazon has no public product API at all. LinkedIn restricts access to approved partners. A good scraping API fills that gap.
Free tier on every API · No credit card required
What Can You Build?
- SEO tools and rank trackers — monitor keyword positions, extract People Also Ask data, and track SERP changes across 250 countries. Google Search API →
- Lead generation and local SEO platforms — pull business listings, phone numbers, reviews, and hours from Google Maps at scale. Google Maps Scraper API →
- Price trackers and repricing engines — monitor Amazon product prices, deals, and seller data across 21 marketplaces. Amazon Product Data API →
- Localization pipelines — translate JSON, YAML, HTML, subtitles, and 13+ file formats while preserving structure. Translation API →
- Job boards and salary benchmarking tools — aggregate real-time listings from Google Jobs with salary data, qualifications, and apply links. Jobs Search API →
- VC research and competitive intelligence — track company profiles, funding rounds, investors, acquisitions, and growth signals from Crunchbase at scale. Crunchbase API →
How to Choose the Right One
Not all scraping APIs are the same. Here's what actually matters when you're picking one:
- 1. Structured output, not raw HTML. If the API returns HTML you still have to parse, it's not saving you much. Look for clean JSON with typed fields — positions, prices, ratings, URLs — ready to use in your code.
- 2. A real free tier. Not a 3-day trial. Not "free with a credit card." A free plan with enough requests to build and test your integration before you spend anything. Every FlyByAPIs API includes one.
- 3. Predictable pricing. Per-character and per-row pricing models make costs hard to forecast. Per-request pricing means you know exactly what you'll pay before you scale.
- 4. Purpose-built endpoints. A generic "scrape any URL" tool puts the parsing burden back on you. Purpose-built endpoints for specific data sources (Google, Amazon, Maps) return exactly the fields you need — no post-processing.
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Stop patching scrapers.
One API key. An expanding suite of data sources. Zero infrastructure to maintain.