# ScrapingCow

> ScrapingCow is a web scraping API and dashboard for developers. It supports direct HTML fetching, durable asynchronous jobs, and recurring interval or cron schedules.

Current early release: signup requests require operator review and account creation. Monthly pricing is published at /pricing/; paid Stripe checkout is currently disabled/unconfigured and requires operator activation. Browser rendering, self-service email recovery, and complete compatibility with the inherited upstream API contract are not available. The canonical public website is https://scrapingcow.com/; the API is https://api.scrapingcow.com/.

## Product

- [Product overview](https://scrapingcow.com/index.md): Workflows, access model, and answers to common questions.
- [Developer guide](https://scrapingcow.com/developers/index.md): Documentation overview and workspace navigation.
- [Complete public guide](https://scrapingcow.com/llms-full.txt): Product overview and developer guide in one text document.

- [Authentication](https://scrapingcow.com/developers/authentication.md): Access requests and API keys.
- [Direct fetching](https://scrapingcow.com/developers/fetching.md): Fetch HTML with cURL.
- [Jobs](https://scrapingcow.com/developers/jobs.md): Durable execution and results.
- [Configurations](https://scrapingcow.com/developers/configurations.md): Reusable workspace request templates.
- [Schedules](https://scrapingcow.com/developers/schedules.md): Recurring requests.
- [Billing](https://scrapingcow.com/developers/billing.md): Plans, credits, activation limits, and Stripe availability.
- [Security](https://scrapingcow.com/developers/security.md): Credentials and results.
- [Availability](https://scrapingcow.com/developers/availability.md): Current release limitations.

## API

- [OpenAPI specification](https://api.scrapingcow.com/openapi.json): Machine-readable endpoint contract and availability.

## Optional

- [Sign up for access](https://dash.scrapingcow.com/signup): Submit an operator-reviewed workspace request.
- [Log in](https://dash.scrapingcow.com/): Dashboard for existing accounts; workspace data requires authentication.