Perplexity Scraper

Extract AI-generated answers, cited sources, follow-up suggestions, and knowledge summaries from Perplexity. Powered by spider-browser .

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perplexity.ai target

99.5% success rate

~4ms latency

Quick Start

Extract data in minutes

perplexity-scraper.ts

import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";

const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
  apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
  stealth: 2,
});

await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://www.perplexity.ai/search/what-is-web-scraping");
await page.content(12000);

const data = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
  const result = {
    answer: document.querySelector("[data-testid='answer-content']")?.textContent?.trim(),
    sources: [],
    followUps: [],
  };
  document.querySelectorAll("[data-testid='source-card']").forEach(el => {
    const title = el.querySelector("[data-testid='source-title']")?.textContent?.trim();
    const url = el.querySelector("a")?.getAttribute("href");
    if (title) result.sources.push({ title, url });
  });
  document.querySelectorAll("[data-testid='related-question']").forEach(el => {
    result.followUps.push(el.textContent?.trim());
  });
  return JSON.stringify(result);
})()`);

console.log(JSON.parse(data));
await spider.close();

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Fetch API

Structured data endpoint

Extract structured JSON from perplexity.ai with a single POST request. AI-configured selectors, cached for fast repeat calls.

POST /fetch/perplexity.ai/

Answer textSourcesSource URLsFollow-up questionsCitationsRelated topics

Try it Fetch API Docs

curl

curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/perplexity.ai/ \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"return_format": "json"}'

Python

import requests

resp = requests.post(
    "https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/perplexity.ai/",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    json={"return_format": "json"},
)
print(resp.json())

Node.js

const resp = await fetch("https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/perplexity.ai/", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({ return_format: "json" }),
});
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

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