The Web Scraper API is the foundational engine of the ZenCrawl platform. It is designed to act as an AI-Native Web Scraping Infrastructure, allowing developers to bypass complex anti-bot systems and turn any website into a reliable data source with a single API call.

Whether you need the raw HTML of a single page or structured data from millions of e-commerce products, ZenCrawl scales with your needs through our core philosophy: The Capability Ladder.

The Capability Ladder

We don’t just provide a tool; we provide a growth path. Our API is structured into three distinct layers, each adding a deeper level of value and automation to your data pipeline:

Core Value Propositions

• AI-Native Self-Healing: Utilizing LLMs and heuristic algorithms, our Smart Extraction automatically adapts to website layout changes, ensuring your data pipelines never break.
• Advanced Anti-Bot Bypass: Our Premium Unblocker handles the cat-and-mouse game with sophisticated systems like Cloudflare, Akamai, and DataDome, delivering a 99%+ success rate.
• Schema-First Developer Experience: Native support for Zod and JSON Schema ensures that the data you receive is not just structured, but type-safe and ready for production.
• Enterprise-Grade Infrastructure: From 1 request to 100 million+, our global residential proxy network and high-concurrency browser clusters provide the scale you need.

Choosing the Right Tool

Not sure where to start? Use this guide to find the API that fits your current data requirements:

If you need...	Use this API	Primary Benefit
Full control over parsing and raw HTML content	Universal Scraper API (/fetch)	Highest flexibility, lowest cost per request.
Structured JSON without maintaining CSS selectors	Smart Extraction API (/extract)	Zero maintenance; AI-powered data accuracy.
Platform-specific data (e.g., E-commerce, Social)	Platform APIs (/collect)	Immediate results with standardized industry schemas.