# cporter202/scraping-apis-for-devs

This GitHub repo is a powerhouse collection of scraping APIs for developers that you can start using immediately to build everything from simple automations to full-scale applications.

Repository: https://github.com/cporter202/scraping-apis-for-devs
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/scraping-apis-for-devs
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Topics: api-library, api-list, scraping-api, developer-api
Last push: 2026-01-20T17:54:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 44/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 63, release rhythm 35, longevity 19
- inputs: {"age_days": 266, "days_push": 225, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3847, forks 688 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:24.084951+00:00)

## What it is
A curated directory of 2,622 scraping APIs organized into 17 categories, covering data extraction from websites, social media, and e-commerce platforms. It is a reference list rather than a runnable library, updated regularly to help developers find third-party scraping services.

## Use cases
- find a scraping api for extracting product data from e-commerce sites
- discover apis to scrape social media posts and profiles
- look up web scraping services for a data extraction project
- compare scraping api options before building an automation
- find apis for price monitoring and market research
- browse categorized scraping apis for a new application

## When to choose
- you want a broad, categorized catalog of scraping APIs to evaluate
- you need to discover third-party scraping services quickly instead of building scrapers yourself
- you want a regularly updated list of scraping API options

## When to avoid
- you need an actual scraping library or framework with code you can run
- you require a license or formal maintenance guarantees - the repo has no license
- you want self-hosted scraping tooling rather than third-party APIs
- you need guaranteed accuracy or vetting of the listed APIs

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: web-scraping, http-client, developer-tools
- domain: crawlers, developer-tools, web-development, awesome-lists
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: api-directory, curated-list, scraping-apis, api-catalog, data-extraction, automation, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- cporter202/scraping-apis-for-devs (main) score 44

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:24.084951+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:26:00.287331+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cporter202/scraping-apis-for-devs (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:24.084951+00:00, sha dac185fccc80)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.