{"slug":"oxylabs-web-scraper-api","name":"Oxylabs Web Scraper API","category":"scraping-api","provider_slug":"oxylabs","publisher":"Oxylabs","publisher_type":"official","website":"https://oxylabs.io/products/scraper-api/web","summary":"Fetch public pages or use dedicated target parsers, with rendered HTML and asynchronous batch delivery.","tools":["python-requests","nodejs","curl"],"capabilities":["javascript-rendering","structured-extraction","async-jobs","batch-requests","country-targeting"],"outputs":["html","json","png"],"connection":"http-api","billing_basis":"Product-specific plan and target rates; exact costs and failed-request rules were not verified in this pilot.","facts":[{"label":"Authentication","value":"Use a Web Scraper API user's username and password with HTTP Basic authentication, rather than dashboard credentials.","source_ids":["quickstart"]},{"label":"Rendering and parsing","value":"render=html enables JavaScript rendering. Dedicated supported targets accept parse=true for structured JSON.","source_ids":["quickstart"]},{"label":"Delivery choices","value":"Realtime keeps the connection open; Push-Pull retrieves jobs asynchronously; Proxy Endpoint offers a proxy interface.","source_ids":["reference"]},{"label":"Batch size","value":"Push-Pull accepts up to 5,000 query or URL values per batch; Realtime and Proxy Endpoint do not support batch.","source_ids":["reference"]},{"label":"Screenshots","value":"render=png returns a Base64-encoded screenshot.","source_ids":["reference"]}],"setup":["Create a Web Scraper API user in the dashboard.","Choose universal plus a URL, or a supported dedicated source and query.","Submit with Basic authentication; choose Realtime or asynchronous Push-Pull for the required delivery model."],"limitations":["Dedicated parsers apply to supported targets, not every arbitrary URL.","Proxy Endpoint accepts fewer additional parameters than the HTTP integrations.","Exact plan pricing and failed-request billing remain unverified."],"sources":[{"id":"quickstart","label":"Current Web Scraper API quickstart","url":"https://developers.oxylabs.io/get-started/quick-start-web-scraper-api.md","checked_at":"2026-09-27"},{"id":"reference","label":"Official Web Scraper API repository","url":"https://github.com/oxylabs/web-scraper-api","checked_at":"2026-09-27"}],"checked_at":"2026-09-27","review_due":"2026-10-27","evidence":"documented","url":"https://workingproxysites.info/tools/oxylabs-web-scraper-api","provider_url":"https://workingproxysites.info/t/2-oxylabs-proxies","review_overdue":false}