Scrape.do compatible

The call, before and after

# Before
curl -G https://api.scrape.do/ \
  --data-urlencode "token=$SCRAPEDO_TOKEN" \
  --data-urlencode "url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_scraping"

# After
curl -G https://api.specstream.ai/scrapedo \
  --data-urlencode "token=$SPECSTREAM_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_scraping"

Scrape.do's documented calls are plain HTTP, so the change is the address in that one line, in curl, Python requests or fetch.

What the route reads, and what it refuses

Read and applied: url, token, output=markdown and output=raw, returnJSON=true with render=true, and transparentResponse=true. A page the site does not have answers 404, as Scrape.do does.

Refused, in Scrape.do's {"error", "message"} form: returnJSON without render=true gets 400, a call with no url gets 400, a wrong key gets 401, and a host that does not resolve gets 502 and is not charged. An account with no credit left gets 401, as on Scrape.do. Every parameter was measured on production on Nov 10, 2026, and the full pass table lists each one and its result.

What comes back

The body is the page: its HTML by default, or markdown with output=markdown. With returnJSON=true and render=true the reply is a JSON object whose content is the page.

The Scrape.do-* response headers, such as Scrape.do-Request-Cost and Scrape.do-Remaining-Credits, are not sent, and the returnJSON reply has no frames, networkRequests, websocketResponses or screenShots.

One price a page, no credits to count

On Scrape.do a page takes 1 credit, 5 with render=true, 10 with super=true and 25 with both. On SpecStream every page costs $0.0008, a failed page costs nothing, there is no plan to renew, and credit you buy never expires. A busy call gets 429 with Retry-After and charges nothing.

Measured on the official benchmarks

The Extract API that reads each page scores 0.908 F1 on WCXB. Each call is one Extract API read of the page.

On SimpleQA Verified the SpecStream Search API scores 97.9 F-score on all 1,000 official questions, 978 of them correct. On WideSearch it scores 64.0 item F1 and 43.4 row F1 on all 200 official tasks. The Extract API scores 0.908 F1 on WCXB. Every score and its method is on the benchmarks page.

You decide what is kept, on each key

Create the key with zero_retention and the pages it reads are not kept: the Extract API keeps the pages it returned for 7 days in the request log, and keeps none for a zero-retention key. spend_cap_cents is the most the key can spend.

curl -X POST https://api.specstream.ai/v1/account/keys \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPECSTREAM_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "production", "scopes": ["account:read", "finds:spend"], "spend_cap_cents": 500000, "zero_retention": true}'

Search, pages and rows on one key

The same key calls GET /v1/web-search, which returns up to 100 results for one search, at $5 per 1,000 searches of up to 10 results. Deep Search returns every match for a request in plain words as structured rows, at 5¢, 15¢ or $1 a row, with a source URL on every value. The most a run can cost is approved before it starts.

ScrapingAnt

A scraping API sold by monthly credits: Enthusiast is $19 for 100,000, and a page with its default browser takes 10. SpecStream answers ScrapingAnt's own /v2/general call at /scrapingant/v2, at $0.0008 a page.

ScrapingBee

A scraping API sold by monthly credits: Hobby is $19 for 75,000, and a request with JavaScript rendering costs 5 credits. SpecStream charges $0.0008 a page, and its credit never expires.

ScraperAPI

A scraping API on monthly plans: Hobby is $49 a month for 100,000 credits, and a standard page costs 1 credit. SpecStream charges $0.80 per 1,000 pages from a balance, and a failed page costs nothing.