web-scraping

Scrape — General-Purpose Web Scraping & Data Extraction

Setup

Read your credentials from ~/.gooseworks/credentials.json:

export GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY=$(python3 -c "import json;print(json.load(open('$HOME/.gooseworks/credentials.json'))['api_key'])")
export GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE=$(python3 -c "import json;print(json.load(open('$HOME/.gooseworks/credentials.json')).get('api_base','https://api.gooseworks.ai'))")

If ~/.gooseworks/credentials.json does not exist, tell the user to run: npx gooseworks login

All endpoints use Bearer auth: -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY"

Scrape websites, extract structured data, and automate browser interactions. Pick the best API for the task — or combine several for comprehensive extraction.

1. Scrapegraph — AI-Powered Scraping with Natural Language

Best for: Extracting data using plain English prompts, converting pages to markdown, crawling with AI extraction, and search-based scraping.

AI-powered extraction (describe what you want in natural language):

curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"scrapegraph","path":"/v1/smartscraper"}'
  "website_url": "https://example.com/products",
  "user_prompt": "Extract all product names, prices, descriptions, and image URLs"
}'

With output schema (enforce structure):

curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"scrapegraph","path":"/v1/smartscraper"}'
  "website_url": "https://example.com/products",
  "user_prompt": "Extract all products",
  "output_schema": {
    "properties": {
      "products": {
        "type": "array",
        "items": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "name": {"type": "string"},
            "price": {"type": "number"},
            "description": {"type": "string"}
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}'

Search + scrape (search the web and extract from results):

curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"scrapegraph","path":"/v1/searchscraper","body":{"user_prompt":"Find the latest iPhone prices from major retailers"}}'
# Poll for results:
curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"scrapegraph","path":"/v1/searchscraper/{request_id}"}'

Convert page to markdown:

curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"scrapegraph","path":"/v1/markdownify","body":{"website_url":"https://example.com/article"}}'

Crawl with AI extraction:

curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"scrapegraph","path":"/v1/crawl"}'
  "url": "https://docs.example.com",
  "prompt": "Extract all API endpoints and their descriptions",
  "max_pages": 20
}'
# Poll for results:
curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"scrapegraph","path":"/v1/crawl/{task_id}"}'

Raw HTML scrape:

curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"scrapegraph","path":"/v1/scrape","body":{"website_url":"https://example.com"}}'

Get sitemap:

curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"scrapegraph","path":"/v1/sitemap","body":{"website_url":"https://example.com"}}'

Key parameters: stealth (bypass bot protection, +4 credits), total_pages (paginate up to 100), number_of_scrolls (infinite scroll pages), render_heavy_js (React/Vue/Angular SPAs), steps (interaction steps before extraction).

2. Olostep — Scalable Scraping & Batch Jobs

Best for: High-volume scraping, batch processing, site crawling, URL discovery, and AI-powered answers from pages.

Scrape a single page:

curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"olostep","path":"/v1/scrapes","body":{"url_to_scrape":"https://example.com/page"}}'

AI-powered answer from the web:

curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"olostep","path":"/v1/answers","body":{"task":"What is the pricing for Stripe?"}}'

Discover all URLs on a site:

curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"olostep","path":"/v1/maps","body":{"url":"https://example.com","search_query":"pricing"}}'

Crawl a site (async):

# Step 1: Start crawl
curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"olostep","path":"/v1/crawls"}'
  "start_url": "https://docs.example.com",
  "max_pages": 100,
  "include_urls": ["/docs/**"]
}'
# Step 2: Check status
curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"olostep","path":"/v1/crawls/{crawl_id}"}'
# Step 3: Get pages
curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"olostep","path":"/v1/crawls/{crawl_id}/pages"}'
# Step 4: Retrieve content
curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"olostep","path":"/v1/retrieve","body":{"retrieve_id":"RETRIEVE_ID"}}'

Batch scrape (process many URLs at once):

curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"olostep","path":"/v1/batches"}'
  "items": [
    {"url_to_scrape": "https://example.com/page1"},
    {"url_to_scrape": "https://example.com/page2"},
    {"url_to_scrape": "https://example.com/page3"}
  ]
}'
# Check status:
curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"olostep","path":"/v1/batches/{batch_id}"}'
# Get items:
curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"olostep","path":"/v1/batches/{batch_id}/items"}'

Key parameters: formats (markdown/html/text), country (US, CA, IT, IN, GB, JP, etc.), actions (page interactions before scraping), wait_before_scraping, remove_css_selectors, llm_extract.

3. Riveter — Structured Extraction with Defined Schemas

Best for: Extracting data into a consistent, predefined structure. Define input URLs and output fields with prompts.

Simple page scrape:

curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d