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ScrapeGraphAI ACTION

Start Local Scraper

Extract content from HTML content using AI by providing a natural language prompt and the HTML content. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • API key
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's ScrapeGraphAI account once, then configure and run Start Local Scraper from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "scrapegraphai-start-local-scraper",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    scrapegraphai: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    html: "HTML",
    prompt: "Prompt",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Start Local Scraper inputs
Property Type Description
html HTML string
The HTML to scrape
Required
prompt Prompt string
A prompt describing what you want to extract. Example: Extract info about the company
Required
waitForCompletion Wait For Completion boolean
Set to true to poll the API in 3-second intervals until the request is completed
Optional

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
scrapegraphai-start-local-scraper
Version
0.0.2
App
ScrapeGraphAI
Authentication
API key
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes