Scrape

Bright Data - Web Scraper

Scrape any webpage and get clean markdown content using Bright Data's Web Unlocker API. Automatically bypasses bot detection and CAPTCHA.

Setup

1. Get your API Key: Get a key from Bright Data Dashboard.

2. Create a Web Unlocker zone: Create a zone at brightdata.com/cp by clicking "Add" (top-right), selecting "Unlocker zone".

3. Set environment variables:

export BRIGHTDATA_API_KEY="your-api-key"
export BRIGHTDATA_UNLOCKER_ZONE="your-zone-name"

Usage

bash scripts/scrape.sh "url"

Parameters:

• url (required): The webpage URL to scrape

Examples:

# Scrape a news article
bash scripts/scrape.sh "https://example.com/article"

# Scrape a product page
bash scripts/scrape.sh "https://shop.example.com/product/123"

Output Format

Returns clean markdown content extracted from the webpage:

# Page Title

Main content of the page converted to markdown format...

## Section Heading

More content...

Features

• Bot Detection Bypass: Automatically handles anti-bot measures
• CAPTCHA Solving: Bypasses CAPTCHA challenges
• Clean Markdown: Returns well-formatted markdown content
• JavaScript Rendering: Handles JavaScript-heavy pages

Dependencies

• curl - For API requests