Getting Started
Playground
The fastest way to get started with ScrapeNinja is to launch the Scraper Playground with the HackerNews scraping example and click the large "Scrape it" button at the bottom of the form. Experiment with the URL and Proxy geo fields to see how it interacts with various target websites. The Playground uses the ScrapeNinja API under the hood but does not currently require your own ScrapeNinja API key, making it easier to get started. Additionally, the Playground provides a simple code generator functionality, allowing you to copy and paste the generated Node.js or Python code directly into your environment for integration.
Subscription via APIRoad (recommended way)
APIRoad offers the easiest way to utilize latest ScrapeNinja features. It's a modern API marketplace similar to RapidAPI in terms of its features. Learn more here.
Subscription via RapidAPI (legacy)
RapidAPI marketplace also provides a way to use ScrapeNinja. Here is the ScrapeNinja subscription page on RapidAPI.
RapidAPI is a prominent API marketplace that offers numerous beneficial tools for development, such as request/response logging, an API playground, code generators for various languages, and, of course, the option to subscribe to both free and paid plans of ScrapeNinja.
APIRoad sign up is also required if you decide to try ScrapeNinja's premium datacenter proxies. Every new ScrapeNinja customer gets 50MB of premium traffic.
Depending on the API marketplace you use for ScrapeNinja, ensure you use the correct API key header and base URL: X-RapidAPI-Key and https://scrapeninja.p.rapidapi.com/ for RapidAPI, or X-Apiroad-Key and https://scrapeninja.apiroad.net/ for APIRoad.
| Marketplace | Key Name | API Host |
|---|---|---|
| APIRoad | X-Apiroad-Key | https://scrapeninja.apiroad.net/ |
| RapidAPI | X-RapidAPI-Key | https://scrapeninja.p.rapidapi.com/ |