{"slug":"scrapingbee-html-api","name":"ScrapingBee HTML API","category":"scraping-api","provider_slug":"scrapingbee","publisher":"ScrapingBee","publisher_type":"official","website":"https://www.scrapingbee.com/","summary":"Fetch rendered pages, apply CSS extraction rules or run browser scenarios through an HTTP API.","tools":["python-requests","nodejs","curl"],"capabilities":["javascript-rendering","structured-extraction","screenshots","bring-your-own-proxy","browser-actions"],"outputs":["html","json","markdown","text","screenshot"],"connection":"http-api","billing_basis":"Monthly API credits; rendering and proxy tier determine base credits, with AI extraction add-ons.","facts":[{"label":"Rendering default","value":"render_js defaults to true. HTML, page text, Markdown and screenshots are documented output options.","source_ids":["docs"]},{"label":"Request credits","value":"Classic requests cost 1 credit without rendering or 5 with it; premium with rendering costs 25 and stealth with rendering costs 75.","source_ids":["docs"]},{"label":"Extraction and interaction","value":"CSS extract_rules and js_scenario support structured extraction and page interactions.","source_ids":["docs"]},{"label":"Custom proxy","value":"The own_proxy parameter supports a user-supplied proxy provider.","source_ids":["docs"]},{"label":"Automatic cost control","value":"GET-only mode=auto chooses a successful rendering/proxy tier; max_cost caps eligible tiers and all-failed auto attempts cost zero.","source_ids":["docs"]}],"setup":["Obtain an API key and send the encoded target URL to the HTML API.","Set output and extraction options; disable rendering when the required content is present in the server response.","For auto mode, set max_cost and omit manually selected rendering/proxy-tier parameters."],"limitations":["AI extraction adds credits beyond base fetch costs.","Auto mode does not supply page-specific waits or browser scenarios.","The service returns extracted content through HTTP; this record does not claim a remotely controllable CDP browser."],"sources":[{"id":"docs","label":"HTML API parameters, outputs and credit costs","url":"https://www.scrapingbee.com/documentation/","checked_at":"2026-09-27"}],"checked_at":"2026-09-27","review_due":"2026-10-27","evidence":"documented","url":"https://workingproxysites.info/tools/scrapingbee-html-api","provider_url":"https://workingproxysites.info/t/167-scrapingbee-proxies","review_overdue":false}