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Web Crawling API

Gately AI offers a powerful web crawling and scraping API that allows you to extract data from websites programmatically. This suite of tools helps you gather information, analyze content, and build data-driven applications.

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Available Endpoints

Scrape

Extract content from a single URL with advanced options

Crawl

Recursively crawl multiple pages starting from a base URL

Crawl Status

Check the status of an ongoing or completed crawl

Site Map

Generate a map of all pages on a website

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Features

  • Content Extraction - Extract clean, structured content from web pages
  • Recursive Crawling - Crawl entire websites with depth control
  • Rendering Support - Handles JavaScript rendering for SPAs
  • Custom Selectors - Target specific elements on a page
  • Rich Media - Extract images, videos, and other media
  • Screenshots - Capture full-page or element screenshots
  • Headless Browser - Perform automated browser actions

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Common Use Cases

Build news aggregators, product comparison sites, or research tools by extracting content from multiple sources.
Monitor competitor pricing, product offerings, or content strategies through automated data collection.
Extract contact information from business directories, professional networks, or company websites.
Analyze website structure, content, and metadata for optimization opportunities.

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Important Considerations

Always respect website terms of service, robots.txt files, and maintain reasonable request rates to avoid being blocked.
Some websites implement anti-scraping measures. Our API uses advanced techniques to work around common limitations, but cannot guarantee success on all sites.