A unified web scraping solution for extracting structured data from over 30 major platforms including LinkedIn, Amazon, and Twitter.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install web-scraping-api
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install web-scraping-api using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Web Scraping API?
The Web Scraping API is a robust tool designed for developers who need to extract high-quality data from the web's most popular platforms without the headache of managing proxy rotations or bypasses. As part of the Openclaw Skills ecosystem, it provides a seamless interface to crawl LinkedIn profiles, Amazon product listings, and Google search results, delivering data in clean, structured JSON format. This skill eliminates the complexity of writing custom scrapers for every site by offering a single, unified endpoint for 30+ services.
By leveraging this skill, developers can focus on data analysis rather than infrastructure. Whether you are building market intelligence tools or automating lead generation, this integration ensures reliable access to web data with minimal configuration. It represents a significant efficiency boost for anyone utilizing Openclaw Skills for automated research and data gathering.
Web Scraping API Use Cases
- Monitoring competitor pricing and product reviews on Amazon and Walmart.
- Generating leads by extracting LinkedIn profiles, job listings, and company data.
- Tracking social media trends and sentiment across Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram.
- Conducting local market research using Google Maps and Yelp business data.
- Automating academic or news research through Google Scholar and Google News.
How Web Scraping API Works
- The user provides a natural language prompt or specific URL to the AI agent.
- The Openclaw Skills runner identifies the target platform and the required data fields.
- The skill sends the request to the SkillBoss API using the configured environment variables.
- SkillBoss handles the request execution, managing IP rotation and anti-bot measures internally.
- The skill returns a structured JSON object containing the extracted data directly to the AI agent for further processing.
Web Scraping API Setup
To get started with this skill, you need a SkillBoss API key and the Openclaw environment configured.
# Install the Openclaw environment
curl -fsSL https://skillboss.co/openclaw-setup.sh | bash
# Export your API key
export SKILLBOSS_API_KEY="your_api_key_here"
Visit the SkillBoss console at https://skillboss.co/console to obtain your API credentials. Ensure this environment variable is accessible to your Openclaw Skills execution environment.
Web Scraping API Data Schema & Taxonomy
The Web Scraping API returns data in a standardized JSON format specific to the platform being scraped. Below is a representation of common data structures:
| Platform | Data Type | Key Fields |
|---|---|---|
| Profiles/Jobs | name, experience, skills, job_description, company_url | |
| Amazon | Products | title, price, rating, reviews_count, availability |
| Google Search | SERP | title, link, snippet, rank, source |
| Twitter/X | Tweets | text, author, likes, retweets, timestamp |
| Google Maps | Places | title, address, rating, reviews, phone_number |
Web Scraping API Advanced Features
- Multi-platform support for over 30 major websites through a single configuration.
- Integrated proxy management and automatic anti-bot bypass for high success rates.
- Structured JSON output optimized for immediate consumption by other Openclaw Skills.
- Support for complex deep-crawling of search engine results and social media feeds.
- Zero markup on scraping costs, providing a cost-effective solution for high-volume data extraction.
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