/scraping-api/ — ScrapingAnt Web Scraping API
Return page HTML through an API with optional browser rendering, selector waits and proxy location controls.
Scraping API. Official documentation · Checked · Review due .
documented capabilities
HTTP API- Rendering and response
- The /v2/general endpoint returns plain HTML. browser defaults to true; return_page_source skips JavaScript rendering while using the browser.[1]
- Timeout
- Request timeout defaults to 60 seconds and can be set from 5 to 60 seconds.[1]
- Credit examples
- Simple datacenter requests cost 1 credit; JavaScript-rendered datacenter requests cost 10; rendered residential requests cost 125.[2]
- Usage inspection
- The Ant-credits-cost response header reports request credit consumption; unused credits expire at the subscription boundary.[2]
Billing: API credits based on browser use and proxy network.
Outputs: html
Documented for: Python, Node.js, Curl
[ official reference ][ provider discussion ][ JSON record ]
getting started
documentation reviewed- 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.
Requirements & limitations
- The credit reference contains an ambiguous intermediate browser/proxy row; this listing includes only clearly identified configurations.
- Asynchronous operation and failed-request billing were not fully verified.
- This is an HTTP rendering API, not a CDP browser connection.
We reviewed the linked documentation. No live service connection, checkout or performance test is claimed for this listing.
primary sources
2 references- v2 request parameters and response formatChecked 2026-09-27
- API credit costsChecked 2026-09-27