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WebScraping.AI

Extracts raw or rendered HTML and plain text from any URL to feed live web data into your workflows and databases.

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Why use Ceven?

  1. AI native WebScraping.AI integration

    • Describe the outcome and Ceven picks the right WebScraping.AI calls, fills the parameters, and checks the result.
    • Structured, agent friendly tool schemas so each call runs reliably instead of by guesswork.
    • Rich coverage for reading, writing, and querying your WebScraping.AI data, across all 7 of its actions.

  2. Managed auth

    • Built in OAuth with automatic token refresh and rotation.
    • One place to manage, scope, and revoke WebScraping.AI access.
    • Per user and per environment credentials instead of shared keys.

  3. Agent optimized design

    • Actions are tuned from real success and error rates so reliability climbs over time.
    • Full execution logs so you always know what ran in WebScraping.AI, when, and on whose behalf.
    • The agent pauses and asks when WebScraping.AI is unclear instead of plowing ahead.

  4. Enterprise grade security

    • Fine grained access so you control which agents and people can reach WebScraping.AI.
    • Least privilege by default, read scopes first and only the writes a workflow needs.
    • A full audit trail of every WebScraping.AI action to support review and sign off.

Supported tools

Every action Ceven's agents can run on WebScraping.AI, and when to use it.

Get HTML
Use this when you need the raw HTML content of a page for parsing or archival.
Get Rendered HTML
Use this for pages that use React, Vue, or other JS frameworks to load content after the initial page load.
Get Text
Pull only the visible text content from a URL, stripping out all HTML tags and scripts.
Check Usage
Pull current API call quota and remaining credits to prevent workflow interruptions.
Fetch Page Metadata
Extract the title, description, and open graph tags from a target URL.
Scrape List
Use this when you have a batch of URLs that need to be processed in a single workflow run.
Test Proxy
Verify if a specific target domain is accessible through the current proxy pool.
Get Page Screenshot
Capture a visual snapshot of the rendered page to verify layout or content presence.
Extract Links
Pull all anchor tags from a page to discover new URLs for deeper crawling.
Get Header Info
Retrieve HTTP response headers to check for caching or server type.
Get Page Length
Check the size of the HTML response to filter out empty or blocked pages.
Check API Status
Verify the health of the scraping engine before starting a large scale job.
Get account usage and quota
Tool to retrieve account api call quota and usage. use when checking remaining requests and subscription details.
Retrieve HTML Content
Tool to retrieve html content of a web page. use when you need raw page html, optionally rendered with javascript.

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Frequently asked questions

WebScraping.AI uses a sophisticated system of rotating proxies and browser headers to mimic real user behavior. When Ceven makes a request, the API rotates the IP address and updates the user agent string to avoid detection. This significantly reduces the chance of hitting a captcha or a 403 forbidden error. If a site uses advanced fingerprinting, the JS rendering option can further hide the bot nature of the request by executing the full browser stack. This ensures that your workflows remain stable even when targeting sites with strict security policies.
Currently, WebScraping.AI is designed for public web content. It does not natively manage session cookies or login credentials for private accounts. If you need to scrape a page that requires a login, the agent cannot bypass the authentication screen on its own. You would need to provide the specific session headers or cookies if the API supports them, but for the most part, this integration is built for the public web. Attempting to scrape private areas may result in a redirect to a login page.
Standard HTML is the initial code sent by the server. Many modern sites use JavaScript to load the actual content after that first response, meaning a standard scrape returns a nearly empty page. Rendered HTML tells WebScraping.AI to launch a headless Chrome browser, wait for the JS to execute, and then capture the final state of the DOM. Use rendered HTML whenever you see content missing from a standard request or when dealing with single page applications built on frameworks like React or Angular.
Yes, WebScraping.AI enforces rate limits based on your specific subscription tier. If a Ceven workflow triggers too many concurrent requests, you may receive a 429 too many requests error. This is a hard limit set by the vendor to protect their infrastructure. To avoid this, we recommend staggering your requests or using the Check Usage tool to monitor your remaining credits. If you consistently hit these limits, you will need to upgrade your plan directly through the WebScraping.AI dashboard.
Ceven treats the output as a raw string of text or HTML. Once the data is returned from the API, the agent uses its internal logic to parse the specific information you asked for. For example, if you ask for a price, the agent looks through the HTML for currency symbols or specific CSS classes. This means you do not need to write complex Regex or XPath queries yourself. The agent handles the extraction and mapping of the raw web data into your desired format.
While you can use Ceven and WebScraping.AI to build crawling logic, it is best suited for targeted extraction. You can set up a loop where the agent extracts links from one page and then scrapes those links individually. However, be mindful of your API credits as deep crawls can consume your quota very quickly. We recommend defining a strict depth limit in your workflow to avoid unexpected costs and to ensure the agent does not get stuck in an infinite loop of links.
Since Ceven uses AI to interpret the HTML returned by WebScraping.AI, it is more resilient to layout changes than traditional scrapers. Instead of relying on a rigid CSS selector that breaks when a class name changes, the agent looks for the semantic meaning of the content. If a price moves from a div to a span, the agent can usually still find it. If the change is drastic, you may need to update your prompt to give the agent a new hint about where to look.
Ceven does not store the raw HTML permanently. The data is pulled into the workflow context to perform the requested action, such as updating a CRM or sending an email. Once the workflow run is complete, the transient data is cleared unless you have explicitly instructed the agent to save the output to a connected database or a file. This ensures that your data pipeline remains lean and you are not storing massive amounts of redundant HTML code.

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