Stealth Scraper — Scrape bot-protected websites

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Stealth Scrape Page

Scrape a single bot-protected web page using enhanced residential proxies, geo-targeted IPs, and extended rendering wait times. Bypasses Cloudflare, Akamai, DataDome, and similar anti-bot systems.

Returns: Scraped page content from bot-protected sites in the requested formats with metadata

Parameters

url *stringURL of the page to scrape

formatsarrayOutput formats to return (e.g. "markdown", "html", "rawHtml", "links", "screenshot")

onlyMainContentbooleanExtract only the main content, removing navbars, footers, and sidebars

includeTagsarrayCSS tags to include in extraction (e.g. ["article", "main"])

excludeTagsarrayCSS tags to exclude from extraction (e.g. ["nav", "footer"])

mobilebooleanUse a mobile user agent and viewport for rendering

waitFornumberMilliseconds to wait after page load before capturing content (default 3000)

timeoutnumberMaximum time in milliseconds to wait for the page to load (default 60000)

countrystringISO country code for geo-targeted proxy (e.g. "us", "gb", "de", "jp"). Default: "us"

languagesarrayBrowser language headers (e.g. ["en-US", "en"])

Example

Scrape a Cloudflare-protected page

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOOLROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "tool": "stealth-scraper",
  "skill": "stealth_scrape",
  "input": {
    "url": "https://example.com/protected-page"
  }
}' \
  https://api.toolrouter.com/v1/tools/call

Stealth Crawl Site

Recursively crawl a bot-protected website using enhanced proxies on every page. Bypasses anti-bot systems across the entire crawl, with geo-targeted IPs and extended rendering.

Returns: Array of scraped pages from bot-protected sites with content, metadata, and crawl status

Parameters

url *stringStarting URL for the crawl

limitnumberMaximum number of pages to crawl (default 50)

maxDepthnumberMaximum link-following depth from the starting URL

includePathsarrayURL path patterns to include (e.g. ["/blog/*", "/docs/*"])

excludePathsarrayURL path patterns to exclude (e.g. ["/admin/*", "/api/*"])

allowSubdomainsbooleanWhether to follow links to subdomains of the starting URL

allowExternalLinksbooleanWhether to follow links to external domains

countrystringISO country code for geo-targeted proxy (e.g. "us", "gb", "de", "jp"). Default: "us"

languagesarrayBrowser language headers (e.g. ["en-US", "en"])

Example

Crawl a protected blog section

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOOLROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "tool": "stealth-scraper",
  "skill": "stealth_crawl",
  "input": {
    "url": "https://example.com/blog",
    "limit": 20
  }
}' \
  https://api.toolrouter.com/v1/tools/call

Quick Start

MCP (Claude Code)

claude mcp add --transport stdio \
  --env TOOLROUTER_API_KEY=YOUR_API_KEY \
  toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp

REST API

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOOLROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"tool":"stealth-scraper","skill":"stealth_scrape","input":{}}' \
  https://api.toolrouter.com/v1/tools/call

Frequently Asked Questions

When should I use this instead of a normal scraper?

Use `stealth_scrape` when a site throws 403s, 429s, CAPTCHA pages, or bot protection from Cloudflare, Akamai, DataDome, or PerimeterX.

Can it scrape just one page or an entire site?

`stealth_scrape` handles a single protected page, while `stealth_crawl` recursively crawls a whole site with a page limit and depth cap.

Can I match the browser to the site region or language?

Yes. Set `country` for geo-targeted proxies and `languages` for locale headers. You can also use `mobile`, `waitFor`, and `onlyMainContent` when the site needs it.

What output formats can I get?

`stealth_scrape` can return formats like markdown, HTML, raw HTML, links, and screenshots, along with the extracted page metadata.