> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.scrapio.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

> Turn any URL into structured data. One API for fetch, crawl, extract, interact, search, and YouTube.

## What is Scrapio?

Scrapio lets AI agents, automation pipelines, and developers extract structured content from the web through a single HTTP API. You don't manage browsers, proxies, or rendering infrastructure — we do.

### Surfaces

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  <Card title="Fetch" icon="arrow-down-to-line" href="/api-reference/fetch">
    Fetch and render a single URL. Returns HTML, Markdown, JSON, or a screenshot.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Crawl" icon="spider" href="/api-reference/crawl">
    Crawl a site starting from one or more seed URLs. Controls depth, domain scope, and page budget.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Extract" icon="table" href="/guides/extract-structured-data">
    Pull structured data from any page using CSS selectors, a JSON schema, or a natural-language instruction.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Interact" icon="hand-pointer" href="/api-reference/interact">
    Drive a real browser: click, type, scroll, wait for elements, take screenshots.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Search" icon="magnifying-glass" href="/api-reference/search">
    Run a Google search and optionally fetch each result page in the same call.
  </Card>

  <Card title="YouTube" icon="youtube" href="/api-reference/youtube">
    Search YouTube, retrieve video metadata, and download subtitles/transcripts.
  </Card>
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### MCP Server

Use the Scrapio directly from Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and any MCP-compatible agent runtime — no HTTP calls required.

<Card title="MCP Server" icon="robot" href="/mcp-server">
  One-line install for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Windsurf. Nine tools covering fetch, search, crawl, and browser automation.
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### Async jobs

Every surface supports async execution. Submit a job, get back a `job_id`, and poll `/v1/jobs/{id}` for the result. Long crawls and multi-step interactions use this path automatically.

## Before you start

You need an API key. Get one at [scrapio.dev](https://scrapio.dev#pricing) — the free tier includes 1,000 credits per day.

All requests are authenticated with `Authorization: Bearer <api-key>`.

<Card title="Quickstart" icon="rocket" href="/quickstart">
  Make your first API call in under 60 seconds.
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