# Startpage Search Scraper (`searchapi/startpage-search-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes Startpage web results with titles, URLs, snippets, sitelinks, dates, language, region, and source metadata. Signed proxy URLs are excluded from the dataset.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/searchapi/startpage-search-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Search API](https://apify.com/searchapi) (community)
- **Categories:** SEO tools, Developer tools, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 96.6% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.99 / 1,000 startpage search scraper results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

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

## Startpage Search Scraper

Scrapes Startpage web results with titles, URLs, snippets, sitelinks, dates, language, region, and source metadata. Signed proxy URLs are excluded from the dataset.

### What this Actor collects

The Actor converts structured search results into clean JSON records that can be downloaded, queried through the Apify API, or sent to downstream workflows.

- Uses the input limits and filters below to control the crawl.
- Stores source-backed fields defined by the 34-field dataset schema.
- Omits optional fields when the source does not expose a value instead of writing nulls or fabricated placeholders.

### Use cases

- Search and competitor research
- Ranking and visibility monitoring
- Dataset and workflow enrichment

### Input

Provide input in JSON. Fields marked required must be supplied; source-specific alternatives and constraints are described in the field text.

| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | :---: | --- | --- |
| `query` | string | Yes | `"artificial intelligence"` | The search query to look up on Startpage. |
| `maxItems` | integer | No | `50` | Maximum number of search results to scrape. |
| `language` | string | No | `"english"` | Language for results. Use Startpage language values: 'english', 'deutsch', 'français', 'español', etc. |
| `region` | string | No | `""` | Region/country code for localized results (e.g. 'us', 'gb', 'de', 'in', 'fr'). Leave empty for global results. |
| `safeSearch` | string | No | `"moderate"` | Safe search filter level. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | No | `{"useApifyProxy":true,"apifyProxyGroups":["RESIDENTIAL"]}` | Proxy settings. Residential proxies strongly recommended for Startpage — it actively blocks datacenter IPs. |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "query": "privacy search",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "language": "en",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  },
  "region": "us",
  "safeSearch": "moderate"
}
```

### Output

The default dataset contains one item per web search result. The following are the most useful fields; availability can vary by result type and source response.

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `position` | integer | Position |
| `title` | string | Title |
| `displayedUrl` | string | Displayed URL |
| `snippet` | string | Snippet |
| `date` | string | Date |
| `searchQuery` | string | Search Query |
| `scrapedAt` | string | Scraped At |
| `type` | string | Type |
| `description` | string | Description |
| `url` | string | URL |
| `link` | string | Link |
| `query` | string | Query |
| `resultType` | string | Result Type |
| `page` | integer | Page |
| `titleHtml` | string | Title HTML |
| `displayUrl` | string | Display URL |

<details>
<summary>All 34 declared dataset fields</summary>

`position`, `title`, `displayedUrl`, `snippet`, `date`, `searchQuery`, `scrapedAt`, `type`, `resultType`, `page`
`titleHtml`, `url`, `link`, `displayUrl`, `domain`, `host`, `favicon`, `snippetHtml`, `description`, `publishedAt`
`publishedAtRaw`, `relativeTime`, `thumbnail`, `imageUrl`, `siteLinks`, `anonymousViewUrl`, `isAd`, `isSponsored`, `language`, `region`
`searchUrl`, `searchMetadata`, `query`, `country`

</details>

#### Example dataset item

This compact example is taken from local Actor storage. Long text and nested collections are shortened for documentation only.

```json
{
  "position": 1,
  "title": "Startpage - Private Search Engine. No Tracking. No Search History.",
  "displayedUrl": "https://www.startpage.com/",
  "snippet": "Privacy starts here. ; Desktop extension. Search privately without tracking; No saving, sharing, or selling your data ; Mobile browser app. The easiest way to use ...",
  "searchQuery": "privacy search",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-23T12:28:16.094Z",
  "link": "https://www.startpage.com/",
  "domain": "startpage.com",
  "language": "en",
  "region": "us"
}
```

### Related Actors

- [Startpage Anonymous View Scraper](https://apify.com/searchapi/startpage-anonymous-view-scraper)
- [Startpage Image Scraper](https://apify.com/searchapi/startpage-image-scraper)
- [Startpage News Scraper](https://apify.com/searchapi/startpage-news-scraper)

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

The search query to look up on Startpage.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of search results to scrape.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Language for results. Use Startpage language values: 'english', 'deutsch', 'français', 'español', etc.

## `region` (type: `string`):

Region/country code for localized results (e.g. 'us', 'gb', 'de', 'in', 'fr'). Leave empty for global results.

## `safeSearch` (type: `string`):

Safe search filter level.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings. Residential proxies strongly recommended for Startpage — it actively blocks datacenter IPs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "artificial intelligence",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "language": "english",
  "region": "",
  "safeSearch": "moderate",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Canonical v2 schema for Startpage Search results.

# 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 = {
    "query": "artificial intelligence",
    "maxItems": 50,
    "language": "english",
    "region": "",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("searchapi/startpage-search-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 = {
    "query": "artificial intelligence",
    "maxItems": 50,
    "language": "english",
    "region": "",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("searchapi/startpage-search-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 '{
  "query": "artificial intelligence",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "language": "english",
  "region": "",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call searchapi/startpage-search-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/628RGLHLDXYV7e9pX/builds/OlB1ckUPSeowHG0W0/openapi.json