scrapestack API
Web Scraping · Development Tools
scrapestack is a real-time web scraping REST API operated by APILayer that provides automatic proxy rotation and a zero-ban guarantee for extracting HTML content from any publicly accessible website. It is part of the APILayer ecosystem (the same company behind IPstack, Numverify, and MailboxLayer), meaning it uses the familiar `access_key` query parameter authentication and offers the same developer-friendly documentation style.
scrapestack API Highlights
scrapestack API is verified for developer integrations in Nigeria and across African markets, providing documented endpoints, sandbox testing, and developer support.
API Access Key (query parameter: ?access_key=YOUR_KEY)
Free: 100 requests/month. Paid plans: 250,000-10,000,000 requests/month depending on tier.
Nigeria
Ghana
Kenya
AWSscrapestack API is best for:
Nigerian developers needing a simple, affordable web scraping API with automatic proxy rotation and zero-ban guarantee extract HTML from any URL without building or maintaining your own proxy infrastructure.
- Free:100 requests/month
- Paid:from $19.99/month for 250,000 requests
- Annual billing saves 2 months
- APILayer product
scrapestack API Core Features & Capabilities
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Required Access Documents for scrapestack API
- APILayer Account RegistrationRequiredRegister at scrapestack.com (or apilayer.com) to obtain a free access key. Free tier: 100 requests/month, no credit card required. HTTPS requires a paid plan.
Different scrapestack API use cases
- Nigerian News Headline Extraction:Use scrapestack to fetch HTML from Nigerian news websites (Vanguard, Punch, Channels TV) with automatic proxy rotation extract headlines, publication dates, and article summaries for a news aggregation or media monitoring service targeting the Nigerian market.
- Nigerian Market Price Intelligence:Build a price intelligence tool that scrapes product pricing from Nigerian retail and wholesale websites using scrapestack's proxy-rotated fetching monitoring commodity prices, electronics costs, or food prices across multiple platforms without getting blocked.
- Competitor Website Monitoring:Use scrapestack to monitor competitor websites in the Nigerian market tracking pricing changes, new product launches, and promotional offers by scraping their public pages on a scheduled basis.
- Nigerian Classifieds Data Aggregation:Extract listings data from Nigerian classifieds sites (Jiji.ng, Cars45) using scrapestack to build a secondary market analytics tool, aggregating vehicle prices, electronics listings, or property values without IP blocks.