{"slug":"scrapingant-web-scraping-api","name":"ScrapingAnt Web Scraping API","category":"scraping-api","provider_slug":"scrapingant","publisher":"ScrapingAnt","publisher_type":"official","website":"https://scrapingant.com/","summary":"Return page HTML through an API with optional browser rendering, selector waits and proxy location controls.","tools":["python","nodejs","curl"],"capabilities":["javascript-rendering","country-targeting","browser-actions","resource-blocking"],"outputs":["html"],"connection":"http-api","billing_basis":"API credits based on browser use and proxy network.","facts":[{"label":"Rendering and response","value":"The /v2/general endpoint returns HTML. The request reference and product page now agree that browser defaults to true; set browser=false for static pages (1 credit instead of 10). return_page_source=true skips JavaScript rendering while using the browser.","source_ids":["docs","rendering-page"]},{"label":"Timeout","value":"The request reference and product page both document a 60-second default timeout with a 5–60-second range.","source_ids":["docs","rendering-page"]},{"label":"Credit examples","value":"The reviewed credit table lists JavaScript-rendered datacenter requests at 10 credits and rendered residential requests at 125 credits.","source_ids":["credits"]},{"label":"Usage inspection","value":"The Ant-credits-cost response header reports request credit consumption; unused credits expire at the subscription boundary.","source_ids":["credits"]}],"setup":["Obtain the dashboard API key.","Call /v2/general with x-api-key and an encoded target URL.","Choose browser mode, proxy type and selector wait; inspect the credit-cost header."],"limitations":["The credit table now labels every browser/proxy combination: 1, 2, 10, 25, 50 and 125 credits, plus 10 for Google on datacenter.","Asynchronous operation and failed-request billing were not fully verified.","This is an HTTP rendering API, not a CDP browser connection."],"sources":[{"id":"docs","label":"v2 request parameters and response format","url":"https://docs.scrapingant.com/request-response-format","checked_at":"2026-09-27"},{"id":"credits","label":"API credit costs","url":"https://docs.scrapingant.com/credits-cost","checked_at":"2026-09-27"},{"id":"rendering-page","label":"JavaScript rendering product page and differing defaults","url":"https://scrapingant.com/javascript-rendering-web-scraping-api","checked_at":"2026-09-29"}],"checked_at":"2026-10-26","review_due":"2026-11-25","evidence":"documented","url":"https://workingproxysites.info/tools/scrapingant-web-scraping-api","provider_url":"https://workingproxysites.info/t/97-scrapingant-proxies","review_overdue":false}