# Recipe Scraper — Extract Recipes from 100+ Cooking Websites (`studio-amba/recipe-scraper`) Actor

Scrape recipes with ingredients, instructions, nutrition, ratings, and cooking times from popular recipe websites. Supports allrecipes.com, bbcgoodfood.com, and any site with Schema.org Recipe markup.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/studio-amba/recipe-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Studio Amba](https://apify.com/studio-amba) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $4.00 / 1,000 result 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 a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
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.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use 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

## Recipe Scraper

Extract recipes with ingredients, instructions, nutrition info, ratings, and cooking times from 100+ cooking websites using Schema.org structured data.

### Why use this actor?

Need recipe data at scale? This scraper works with any website that uses Schema.org Recipe markup -- which includes virtually every major cooking site. Get clean, structured recipe data for meal planning apps, nutrition analysis, recipe aggregators, or content research. No site-specific configuration needed.

### Supported sites

Works out of the box with **any site using Schema.org Recipe markup**, including:

- allrecipes.com
- bbcgoodfood.com
- food.com
- simplyrecipes.com
- delish.com
- epicurious.com
- bonappetit.com
- tasty.co
- foodnetwork.com
- seriouseats.com
- smittenkitchen.com
- budgetbytes.com
- Any WordPress blog with recipe plugins (WP Recipe Maker, Tasty Recipes, etc.)

### Input

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `startUrls` | Array | No | Recipe page URLs or search result pages to scrape |
| `searchQuery` | String | No | Search for recipes by keyword (e.g., "pasta carbonara") |
| `maxResults` | Integer | No | Maximum recipes to return (default: 100) |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Object | No | Proxy settings (recommended for protected sites like allrecipes.com) |

### Output

Each result contains:

| Field | Type | Example |
|-------|------|---------|
| `name` | String | `"Chicken Piccata"` |
| `description` | String | `"A quick and easy Italian classic..."` |
| `author` | String | `"Chef John"` |
| `prepTime` | String | `"15min"` |
| `cookTime` | String | `"20min"` |
| `totalTime` | String | `"35min"` |
| `servings` | Number | `4` |
| `calories` | Number | `350` |
| `ingredients` | Array | `["4 chicken breasts", "1/2 cup flour", ...]` |
| `instructions` | Array | `["Pound chicken to even thickness...", ...]` |
| `cuisine` | String | `"Italian"` |
| `category` | String | `"Main Course"` |
| `rating` | Number | `4.8` |
| `reviewCount` | Number | `342` |
| `keywords` | Array | `["chicken", "piccata", "lemon"]` |
| `nutrition` | Object | `{"Calories": "350 calories", "Protein": "35g", ...}` |
| `imageUrl` | String | Full image URL |
| `url` | String | Source recipe URL |
| `scrapedAt` | String | ISO timestamp |

### Example output

```json
{
    "name": "Classic Banana Bread",
    "url": "https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/20144/banana-banana-bread/",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-03T12:00:00.000Z",
    "description": "This is the best banana bread recipe. It's easy to make and turns out perfectly moist every time.",
    "author": "Shelley Albeluhn",
    "imageUrl": "https://www.allrecipes.com/thmb/...",
    "prepTime": "15min",
    "cookTime": "1h 5min",
    "totalTime": "1h 20min",
    "servings": 12,
    "calories": 232,
    "ingredients": [
        "2 cups all-purpose flour",
        "1 teaspoon baking soda",
        "1/4 teaspoon salt",
        "3 bananas, mashed",
        "3/4 cup white sugar",
        "1 egg, beaten",
        "1/3 cup melted butter"
    ],
    "instructions": [
        "Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.",
        "Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.",
        "Mix bananas, sugar, egg, and melted butter in a separate bowl.",
        "Stir banana mixture into flour mixture until just combined.",
        "Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.",
        "Bake for 60 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean."
    ],
    "cuisine": "American",
    "category": "Bread",
    "rating": 4.7,
    "reviewCount": 12847,
    "keywords": ["banana bread", "quick bread", "baking"],
    "nutrition": {
        "Calories": "232 calories",
        "Fat": "7g",
        "Carbohydrates": "40g",
        "Protein": "3g"
    }
}
````

### How it works

1. **JSON-LD extraction** (primary) -- Parses `<script type="application/ld+json">` tags for Schema.org Recipe markup. This is the most reliable method and works on 95%+ of recipe sites.
2. **HTML fallback** -- When JSON-LD is not available, falls back to parsing common HTML selectors and meta tags.
3. **Search support** -- Automatically discovers recipe links from search result pages and follows them.

### Cost estimate

This actor uses approximately **0.005 compute units per recipe** (Cheerio-based, no browser needed). At standard Apify pricing, that's roughly **$0.25 per 1,000 recipes**.

### Limitations

- Some sites (allrecipes.com, bbcgoodfood.com) have anti-bot protection -- use proxy configuration for best results
- HTML fallback produces less complete data than JSON-LD extraction
- Search pagination support varies by site
- Data is scraped from public websites and may change without notice

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

URLs of recipe pages or search result pages to scrape. Works with allrecipes.com, bbcgoodfood.com, food.com, and any site with Schema.org Recipe markup.

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Search for recipes by keyword (e.g., 'pasta carbonara', 'vegan curry'). Searches allrecipes.com by default.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of recipes to return.

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

Proxy settings. Recommended for allrecipes.com and other protected sites.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/20144/banana-banana-bread/"
    }
  ],
  "searchQuery": "chicken pasta",
  "maxResults": 100
}
```

# 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 = {
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/20144/banana-banana-bread/"
        }
    ],
    "searchQuery": "chicken pasta"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("studio-amba/recipe-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 = {
    "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/20144/banana-banana-bread/" }],
    "searchQuery": "chicken pasta",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("studio-amba/recipe-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 '{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/20144/banana-banana-bread/"
    }
  ],
  "searchQuery": "chicken pasta"
}' |
apify call studio-amba/recipe-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Recipe Scraper — Extract Recipes from 100+ Cooking Websites",
        "description": "Scrape recipes with ingredients, instructions, nutrition, ratings, and cooking times from popular recipe websites. Supports allrecipes.com, bbcgoodfood.com, and any site with Schema.org Recipe markup.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "6uS4fjJ2z50Fn31mA"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/studio-amba~recipe-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-studio-amba-recipe-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/studio-amba~recipe-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-studio-amba-recipe-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/studio-amba~recipe-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-studio-amba-recipe-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "startUrls": {
                        "title": "Recipe URLs",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "URLs of recipe pages or search result pages to scrape. Works with allrecipes.com, bbcgoodfood.com, food.com, and any site with Schema.org Recipe markup.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "object",
                            "required": [
                                "url"
                            ],
                            "properties": {
                                "url": {
                                    "type": "string",
                                    "title": "URL of a web page",
                                    "format": "uri"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    },
                    "searchQuery": {
                        "title": "Search Query",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Search for recipes by keyword (e.g., 'pasta carbonara', 'vegan curry'). Searches allrecipes.com by default."
                    },
                    "maxResults": {
                        "title": "Max Results",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 10000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of recipes to return.",
                        "default": 100
                    },
                    "proxyConfiguration": {
                        "title": "Proxy Configuration",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "Proxy settings. Recommended for allrecipes.com and other protected sites."
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```