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.

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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. ```bash theme={null} 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](/datasets/scraper-studio/build-with-the-cli). ## Which way to build Describe the data in plain language. Bright Data AI generates the schema and writes the scraper code. No-code, fastest to a working scraper. Write and debug JavaScript in a browser-based editor. Full control over interaction and parsing logic. 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. Navigate to a target URL, handle pagination, click elements or send HTTP requests. Read the page HTML and extract structured fields into a defined schema: JSON, CSV, NDJSON or JSONL. When a site layout changes and a scraper breaks, update it with a plain-language prompt instead of rewriting selectors.