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Five verbs, three surfaces, one engine. Pick where to start.

Get your API key Read /v1/scrape

Quickstart

Get an API key, scrape a page, see the row.

Two minutes from signup to your first stored row.

01
Get a key
Sign up, go to Settings → API keys, copy the stkpd_live_... token.
02
Call scrape
Run a curl against /v1/scrape. You get a run_id, the markdown, and credits_charged: 1.
03
Open the dataset
Every scrape lands in a dataset. Visit Datasets → Default to see the row you just created.
04
Install MCP (optional)
Drop the Stekpad block into your Claude Desktop or Cursor config. Reading datasets is free, forever.

curl

bash

curl -X POST https://api.stekpad.com/v1/scrape \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer stkpd_live_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "formats": ["markdown", "json"]
  }'

The 5 verbs

Every Stekpad call is one of these.

Each verb has its own page. Click through for parameters, errors, and copy-paste examples.

scrape1 credit

Fetch one URL. Get markdown, JSON, HTML or a screenshot. Sync, under 60 s.

POST /v1/scrape
{
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "formats": ["markdown", "json"]
}

crawl1 / page

Walk an entire site with include/exclude, robots, dedupe, webhooks. Async with a run_id.

POST /v1/crawl
{
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "limits": { "max_pages": 500 }
}

map1 / 1k URLs

Discover URLs without rendering pages. Walks sitemaps and robots in seconds.

POST /v1/map
{
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "sources": ["sitemap", "robots"]
}

extract5 / URL

Pass a JSON Schema, get validated structured fields. Sync for one URL, async for batches.

POST /v1/extract
{
  "urls": ["https://acme.com/about"],
  "schema": { "type": "object", ... }
}

search5 + 1 / result

Run a web search and scrape every result in the same call. Built for AI agents.

POST /v1/search
{
  "query": "best RAG frameworks 2026",
  "scrape_results": true
}

MCP setup

Install once. Read your datasets for free.

Every Stekpad verb is an MCP tool from day one. Reads cost zero credits — agents can revisit yesterday's data without hitting a paywall.

claude_desktop_config.json

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "stekpad": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@stekpad/mcp"],
      "env": {
        "STEKPAD_API_KEY": "stkpd_live_..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Full MCP setup guide →

Cookie bridge

Authenticated scraping with zero stored cookies.

When you call /v1/scrape with use_session, Stekpad routes the fetch through your Chrome extension. Cookies stay in your browser. Architecturally, not as a policy.

How the cookie bridge works →

Enrichers

19 enrichers in the box. Zero third-party vendors.

Every enricher runs in our stack. None of them call a third-party data vendor. One credit per row.

ai_extractLLMai_summaryLLMfind_emailsWebfind_socialsWebemail_verifyValidationwhoisValidationcompany_enrichSpecializedgeocodeSpecialized

See all 19 enrichers →

Get your API key.

Two minutes to your first stored row. No credit card required.

Get your API key Try the API

Documentation

Stekpad docs

Five verbs, three surfaces, one engine. Pick where to start.

Get your API key Read /v1/scrape

Quickstart

Get an API key, scrape a page, see the row.

Two minutes from signup to your first stored row.

01
Get a key
Sign up, go to Settings → API keys, copy the stkpd_live_... token.
02
Call scrape
Run a curl against /v1/scrape. You get a run_id, the markdown, and credits_charged: 1.
03
Open the dataset
Every scrape lands in a dataset. Visit Datasets → Default to see the row you just created.
04
Install MCP (optional)
Drop the Stekpad block into your Claude Desktop or Cursor config. Reading datasets is free, forever.

curl

bash

curl -X POST https://api.stekpad.com/v1/scrape \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer stkpd_live_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "formats": ["markdown", "json"]
  }'

The 5 verbs

Every Stekpad call is one of these.

Each verb has its own page. Click through for parameters, errors, and copy-paste examples.

scrape1 credit

Fetch one URL. Get markdown, JSON, HTML or a screenshot. Sync, under 60 s.

POST /v1/scrape
{
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "formats": ["markdown", "json"]
}

crawl1 / page

Walk an entire site with include/exclude, robots, dedupe, webhooks. Async with a run_id.

POST /v1/crawl
{
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "limits": { "max_pages": 500 }
}

map1 / 1k URLs

Discover URLs without rendering pages. Walks sitemaps and robots in seconds.

POST /v1/map
{
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "sources": ["sitemap", "robots"]
}

extract5 / URL

Pass a JSON Schema, get validated structured fields. Sync for one URL, async for batches.

POST /v1/extract
{
  "urls": ["https://acme.com/about"],
  "schema": { "type": "object", ... }
}

search5 + 1 / result

Run a web search and scrape every result in the same call. Built for AI agents.

POST /v1/search
{
  "query": "best RAG frameworks 2026",
  "scrape_results": true
}

MCP setup

Install once. Read your datasets for free.

Every Stekpad verb is an MCP tool from day one. Reads cost zero credits — agents can revisit yesterday's data without hitting a paywall.

claude_desktop_config.json

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "stekpad": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@stekpad/mcp"],
      "env": {
        "STEKPAD_API_KEY": "stkpd_live_..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Full MCP setup guide →

Cookie bridge

Authenticated scraping with zero stored cookies.

When you call /v1/scrape with use_session, Stekpad routes the fetch through your Chrome extension. Cookies stay in your browser. Architecturally, not as a policy.

How the cookie bridge works →

Enrichers

19 enrichers in the box. Zero third-party vendors.

Every enricher runs in our stack. None of them call a third-party data vendor. One credit per row.

ai_extractLLMai_summaryLLMfind_emailsWebfind_socialsWebemail_verifyValidationwhoisValidationcompany_enrichSpecializedgeocodeSpecialized

See all 19 enrichers →

Get your API key.

Two minutes to your first stored row. No credit card required.

Get your API key Try the API

Stekpad docs

Get a key

Call scrape

Open the dataset

Install MCP (optional)

Get your API key.

Stekpad docs

Get a key

Call scrape

Open the dataset

Install MCP (optional)

Get your API key.