How to Extract Data from Bot-Protected Sites with OpenClaw
Extract Data from Bot-Protected Sites with OpenClaw and ToolRouter. Schedule recurring stealth scrapes of protected pages and track changes over time.
Tool
OpenClaw automates recurring stealth scrapes of bot-protected pages — collecting data from competitor pricing pages, job boards, or market data sites on a schedule and surfacing what changed since the last run. This is the right approach for continuous monitoring of protected data sources.
Connect ToolRouter to OpenClaw
1Install the CLI
npm install -g toolrouter-mcp2Call tools directly from OpenClaw
toolrouter-mcp call web-search search --query "AI tools"
toolrouter-mcp toolsSteps
Once connected (see setup above), use the Stealth Scraper tool:
- List the bot-protected URLs to monitor and define the fields to extract from each.
- Run `stealth-scraper` with `stealth_scrape` for each URL on your monitoring schedule.
- Collect results in a normalized schema and diff against the previous run to detect changes.
- Alert on changes that exceed your threshold — price drops, new listings, removed entries.
Example Prompt
Try this with OpenClaw using the Stealth Scraper tool
Use stealth-scraper to scrape these bot-protected competitor pricing pages on a weekly schedule: https://competitor-a.com/pricing, https://competitor-b.com/pricing. Extract plan names and prices each time. Return results in a stable schema so I can diff week-over-week to spot pricing changes.
Tips
- Schedule scrapes during off-peak hours to minimize detection by rate limiting systems.
- Diff week-over-week rather than storing full snapshots — changes are more informative than raw data.
- Alert only on meaningful changes (price ±5%, new plan added, plan removed) to avoid alert fatigue.