Before You Start

Web Data

This guide covers the basic requirements needed to follow the Extraction guides and ensure your account is set up and ready to make requests.

Prerequisites

Create a Geonode Account

Sign up for a Geonode account if you do not already have one.

Get Access to the Scraper API

Make sure your account has access to the Scraper API.

Generate an API Key

Go to https://app.geonode.com/scraper-api.
Click Get Code.
The API & Integrations modal will open.
Click Copy API Key to copy your API key.

API & Integrations Modal

Authentication

Include your API key in the X-Api-Key request header.

X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY

Requests without a valid API key will be rejected.

Base URL

All Extraction API endpoints are available through the following base URL:

https://scraper.geonode.io

Next Steps

Now that your account is set up, continue to Understanding Extraction to learn how the Extraction API works and when to use its different features.

Choose an API

API	Use When
Extraction	You want to extract content from one or more webpages
Batch	You have multiple URLs to process in a single job
Crawl	You want to discover and extract pages across a website
Webhooks	You want notifications when jobs complete

Next Steps

Choose the API that matches your use case and follow the guides in that section.

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