Scraper Studio

Build a custom scraper for any website

No pre-built scraper for your target site? Describe the data you want and build one on Bright Data’s proxy and unblocking infrastructure. No servers, proxy rotation or retry logic to manage.

Start building

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💡Prefer no code? Describe your target in plain language and let the AI Agent generate the scraper from your dashboard.

Create a scraper from your terminal

Install the Bright Data CLI, log in, then pass a target URL and one sentence describing the data you want. Bright Data’s AI Agent generates the output schema, writes the scraper code and returns a Collector ID.

npm install -g @brightdata/cli
bdata login
bdata scraper create https://news.ycombinator.com \
  "Extract top stories: title, url, points, author, comment count"

The same scraper opens in the AI Agent or the IDE for edits, and runs unchanged inside the embedded terminal of any coding agent like Claude Code, Cursor or Codex. See the full walkthrough in Build a scraper with the Bright Data CLI.

Which way to build

AI Agent

Describe the data in plain language. Bright Data AI generates the schema and writes the scraper code. No-code, fastest to a working scraper.

IDE

Write and debug JavaScript in a browser-based editor. Full control over interaction and parsing logic.

Bright Data CLI

Create, run and self-heal scrapers from your terminal or any coding agent. New.

Every scraper produces the same output regardless of how you build it. A scraper started in the AI Agent can be opened and edited in the IDE at any time, so you are never locked into one approach.

How it works

Every Bright Data Scraper Studio scraper performs two core operations, then keeps itself running as the target site changes.

Interaction

Navigate to a target URL, handle pagination, click elements or send HTTP requests.

Parsing

Read the page HTML and extract structured fields into a defined schema: JSON, CSV, NDJSON or JSONL.

Self-healing

When a site layout changes and a scraper breaks, update it with a plain-language prompt instead of rewriting selectors.

When to use Scraper Studio

Use Bright Data Scraper Studio when the data you need is not in the Scraper library, you want ownership of the scraper logic and you do not want to manage proxies or infrastructure yourself. For the full comparison and the AI Agent vs IDE trade-offs, see Understanding Scraper Studio.

Pre-built scrapers

Need a popular site with zero setup? Use the 700+ pre-built scrapers in the Web Scraper API library instead.

Managed services

Want a scraper built and operated for you? Bright Data’s team builds custom scrapers for your targets. No code required.

Datasets marketplace

Skip scraping entirely. Buy ready-made datasets refreshed on a schedule. No code required.

What you can build

Niche site scraping

Extract structured data from any site without a pre-built scraper, from regional marketplaces to industry directories.

Price monitoring

Track prices, stock and listings on sites the standard scraper library does not cover.

AI and RAG ingestion

Turn target pages into clean JSON or NDJSON to feed model training and retrieval pipelines.

Lead generation

Pull contacts and company data from directories and listings into your sales pipeline.

Content aggregation

Collect articles, listings or reviews from many sources into one structured feed.

Market research

Aggregate competitor activity, catalog data and trends from sites that change often.

Where to learn more

Get started

QuickstartBuild with AI AgentBuild with the CLI

IDE

IDE interfaceDevelop a scraperFunctions reference

Operations

SpecificationsDelivery optionsBest practices

API basics

Scraper Studio APIWorker typesFAQs

Documentation Index

​Build a custom scraper for any website

​Create a scraper from your terminal

​Which way to build