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Dev tools · December 4, 2019

Simple Scraper

Turn any website into an API in just a few seconds.

Simple Scraper launched on December 4, 2019 with 556 votes, #7 of 2,946 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

In plain words

Simple Scraper is a Chrome extension that converts websites into APIs with minimal effort. Users can extract structured data from web pages through a point-and-click interface without coding. Designed for developers and data professionals who need to gather information from the web quickly, it eliminates the technical complexity typically associated with web scraping. The tool streamlines the process of turning unstructured website content into organized, usable data formats.

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From the sources

The easiest way to scrape the web — Simple scraper turns websites into structured data with just a few clicks.

Web scraping made simple — extract data with our free Chrome extension and powerful cloud platform. Turn websites into structured data at scale, via dashboard or API.

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