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Quick Start Guide

Get up and running with Scrpy in just 5 minutes. This guide will walk you through setup, authentication, and making your first scraping request.

1Create Your Account

Sign up for a free Scrpy account to get your API key. No credit card required.

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2Get Your API Key

After signing up, navigate to your dashboard to find your API key. Keep this key secure—it's your authentication credential.

SCRPY_API_KEY=sk_live_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

3Make Your First Request

Use cURL, Python, Node.js, or any HTTP client to make your first scraping request:

bash
curl -X POST https://api.scrpy.co/v1/scrape \
  -H #a5d6ff;">"Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H #a5d6ff;">"Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d #a5d6ff;">'{
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "selectors": {
      "title": "h1",
      "description": "meta[name=description]::attr(content)"
    }
  }'
python
import requests

response = requests.post(
    #a5d6ff;">"https://api.scrpy.co/v1/scrape",
    headers={#a5d6ff;">"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
    json={
        #a5d6ff;">"url": "https://example.com",
        #a5d6ff;">"selectors": {
            #a5d6ff;">"title": "h1",
            #a5d6ff;">"description": "meta[name=description]::attr(content)"
        }
    }
)

print(response.json())

4View Your Results

Scrpy returns clean, structured JSON data:

javascript
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "title": "Example Domain",
    "description": "This domain is for illustrative examples."
  },
  "metadata": {
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "statusCode": 200,
    "duration": 234
  }
}

Next Steps