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Output Types

Plain HTML​

By default, the scraper API returns plain HTML without requiring any additional parameters. This does not require javascript rendering to be enabled! Here are some examples:

const axios = require('axios').default;

const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  url: 'https://api.scrapeautomate.com/scraper',
  params: {
    apiKey: '<exampleToken>',
    render: 'false',
    url: 'https://example.com/',
  },
};

try {
  const { data } = await axios.request(options);
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

Screenshot​

Full Page Screenshot​

To capture a full-page screenshot, set the screenshot_full_page parameter to true. This captures the entire length of the web page. This requires for render to be enabled!

const axios = require('axios').default;

const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  url: 'https://api.scrapeautomate.com/scraper',
  params: {
    apiKey: '<exampleToken>',
    render: 'true',
    url: 'https://example.com/',
    screenshot_full_page: 'true',
  },
};

try {
  const { data } = await axios.request(options);
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

Viewport Screenshot​

To capture a screenshot of the current viewport or how much the current user can see, set the screenshot parameter to true. This captures only the visible part of the web page within the viewport. This requires for render to be enabled!

const axios = require('axios').default;

const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  url: 'https://api.scrapeautomate.com/scraper',
  params: {
    apiKey: '<exampleToken>',
    render: 'true',
    url: 'https://example.com/',
    screenshot: 'true',
  },
};

try {
  const { data } = await axios.request(options);
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}