crawlio

Introduction

Welcome to the official documentation for Crawlio โ€” a powerful, cloud-based web crawling and scraping SaaS platform designed for developers, data engineers, and businesses that need structured data from the web at scale.

๐Ÿš€ What Is Crawlio?

Crawlio simplifies the entire scraping lifecycle with robust SDKs, a feature-rich REST API, and cloud-based infrastructure, so you can focus on data, not infrastructure.

Crawlio is a platform that allows you to:

  • Crawl websites at scale using smart configuration and distributed architecture.
  • Extract structured data using customizable scraping rules.
  • Use it via
    • ๐ŸŸฆ JavaScript SDK
    • ๐Ÿ Python SDK
    • ๐ŸŒ REST API

Whether you're building a lead generation tool, monitoring competitor pricing, gathering product listings, or collecting news data โ€” Crawlio is built to handle both simple and complex scraping workflows reliably.

โœ… Key Features

  • Smart Crawling
    Handle sitemaps, pagination, dynamic pages (JS-rendered), rate-limiting, and more.

  • Easy SDKs
    intuitive SDKs for Node.js and Python to define crawl jobs, fetch results, and manage sessions.

  • REST API Access
    Full-featured HTTP API for those who prefer direct API integration or using other languages.

  • Data Extraction Rules
    Use selectors or built-in parsers for structured data extraction (JSON, etc.).

  • Job Management
    Schedule recurring jobs, monitor job status, get alerts, and manage historical results.

  • Scalability
    Crawlio handles millions of pages with built-in retries, proxies, and headless browser support.

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๐Ÿ“ฆ Integration Options

OptionUse CaseDocs Section
JavaScript SDKNode.js applications or scriptsJavaScript SDK
Python SDKPython-based pipelines or notebooksPython SDK
REST APICustom clients, dashboards, or integrationsREST API