# Universal Web Scraper - Pay Per Page (`kayhermes/universal-web-scraper`) Actor

A pay-per-page web scraper that delegates to Apify Web Scraper engine. Bring your own URL and JavaScript pageFunction. Anti-block, proxy rotation, JS rendering included. Only pay for successful pages.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/kayhermes/universal-web-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Khoa Nguyen](https://apify.com/kayhermes) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 27.3% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$50.00 / 1,000 page\_scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Universal Web Scraper - Pay Per Page

A pay-per-page web scraper powered by Apify Web Scraper engine. Bring your own URL and JavaScript pageFunction.

### Pricing

- **$0.05 per page scraped**

### How it works

1. Enter a URL

2. Write a JavaScript pageFunction using Cheerio ($), context.request, context.log

3. Get structured data back — no anti-block worries, no proxy config

# Actor input Schema

## `url` (type: `string`):

The webpage URL to scrape

## `pageFunction` (type: `string`):

JavaScript function that extracts data from the page. Access $ for Cheerio, context.request for URL, context.log for logging

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Number of pages to scrape (if following links)

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "pageFunction": "async function pageFunction(context) {\n  const { request, log } = context;\n  log.info(`Scraping: ${request.url}`);\n  const title = document.title || '';\n  const body = (document.body?.innerText || '').substring(0, 500);\n  return { title, body, url: request.url };\n}",
  "maxPages": 1
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "pageFunction": async function pageFunction(context) {
      const { request, log } = context;
      log.info(`Scraping: ${request.url}`);
      const title = document.title || '';
      const body = (document.body?.innerText || '').substring(0, 500);
      return { title, body, url: request.url };
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("kayhermes/universal-web-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "pageFunction": """async function pageFunction(context) {
  const { request, log } = context;
  log.info(`Scraping: ${request.url}`);
  const title = document.title || '';
  const body = (document.body?.innerText || '').substring(0, 500);
  return { title, body, url: request.url };
}""",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("kayhermes/universal-web-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "pageFunction": "async function pageFunction(context) {\\n  const { request, log } = context;\\n  log.info(`Scraping: ${request.url}`);\\n  const title = document.title || '\'''\'';\\n  const body = (document.body?.innerText || '\'''\'').substring(0, 500);\\n  return { title, body, url: request.url };\\n}"
}' |
apify call kayhermes/universal-web-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=kayhermes/universal-web-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/GLKrFuP0iKeYbsDGh/builds/oyTpN0xVoNfWcKNnO/openapi.json