scraping.spider.scrape
Scrape any web page and get clean content — markdown (default), plain text, or raw HTML. Handles JavaScript rendering, anti-bot bypass, proxy rotation. Returns LLM-ready output. Cheapest web scraper with PAYG pricing (Spider.cloud)
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What scraping.spider.scrape does on Apibase
AI agents call scraping.spider.scrape to retrieve information from Apibase without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
url | string | Yes | URL to scrape (e.g. "https://example.com/page") |
format | string | — | Output format: markdown (default, best for LLMs), text (plain), raw (HTML), commonmark |
wait_for | integer | — | Wait N ms for JS to render before scraping (0-30000) |
readability | boolean | — | Enable readability mode — pre-processes page for LLM consumption |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why scraping.spider.scrape is rated Low
Retrieves web page data without modifying it, but anti-bot bypass and proxy rotation enable circumvention of access controls.
From the tool's definition Scrape any web page and get clean content — markdown, plain text, or raw HTML.
Risk signalsAccepts URL/endpoint input (url)
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs scraping.spider.scrape safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Apibase, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For scraping.spider.scrape, this is the rule to start with:
scraping.spider.scrape is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Apibase, apply this rule, and every scraping.spider.scrape call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about scraping.spider.scrape
Scrape any web page and get clean content — markdown (default), plain text, or raw HTML. Handles JavaScript rendering, anti-bot bypass, proxy rotation. Returns LLM-ready output. Cheapest web scraper with PAYG pricing (Spider.cloud). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
scraping.spider.scrape accepts 4 parameters: url, format, wait_for, readability. Required: url. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Apibase MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for scraping.spider.scrape: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Apibase. Nothing to install.
scraping.spider.scrape is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the scraping.spider.scrape rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for scraping.spider.scrape. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
scraping.spider.scrape is provided by the Apibase MCP server (apibase-mcp-client). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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