# Startpage Search Scraper 🔍 (`easyapi/startpage-search-scraper`) Actor

🔍 A powerful Startpage search results scraper that extracts comprehensive data including titles, URLs, descriptions, and source sites. Perfect for market research, competitor analysis, and content discovery while respecting privacy-focused search results.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/easyapi/startpage-search-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [EasyApi](https://apify.com/easyapi) (community)
- **Categories:** SEO tools, Integrations, Other
- **Stats:** 24 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.99 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Startpage Search Scraper 🔍

Extract valuable search results data from Startpage.com with this powerful and reliable scraper. Get comprehensive information about search results while leveraging Startpage's privacy-focused search engine.

### Features ✨

- Extract detailed search results including titles, URLs, descriptions, and source sites
- Support for multiple search keywords
- Configurable maximum number of results
- Automated pagination handling
- Built-in stealth and anti-detection mechanisms
- Clean, structured JSON output
- Reliable data collection with retry mechanisms
- Random delays and user agent rotation for natural behavior

### Use Cases 🎯

- Market research and competitive analysis
- Content discovery and curation
- SEO research and keyword analysis
- Academic research and data collection
- Brand monitoring and reputation management
- Industry trend analysis
- Lead generation and prospecting

### Output Format 📊

The actor provides data in a clean JSON format including:

- Search keyword
- Website source
- Result title
- Target URL
- Result description

#### Input Example

A full explanation of an input example in JSON.

```json
{
    "keywords": [
        "Best Sci-Fi Books 2024"
    ],
    "maxItems": 30
}
```

#### Output sample

The results will be wrapped into a dataset which you can always find in the **Storage** tab. Here's an excerpt from the data you'd get if you apply the input parameters above:

And here is the same data but in JSON. You can choose in which format to download your data: JSON, JSONL, Excel spreadsheet, HTML table, CSV, or XML.

```json
[
    {
        "keyword": "Best Sci-Fi Books 2024",
        "site": "Goodreads",
        "title": "Readers' Favorite Science Fiction 2024 — Goodreads Choice Awards",
        "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/readers-favorite-science-fiction-books-2024",
        "description": "Nominees ; The Ministry of Time · Kaliane Bradley ; The Family Experiment · John Marrs ; Annie Bot · Sierra Greer ; The Mercy of Gods (The Captive's War, #1) · James ..."
    },
    ...
]
```

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# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

List of keywords to search for on Startpage

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of search results to collect (default: unlimited)

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "Best Sci-Fi Books 2024"
  ],
  "maxItems": 20
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("easyapi/startpage-search-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("easyapi/startpage-search-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call easyapi/startpage-search-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,easyapi/startpage-search-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/2qafMjYSTHH5JMxYw/builds/aYOvDnsh11NXccoLn/openapi.json