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ScrapingBee Make integrationAutomate ScrapingBee with Make.

Need web data in a spreadsheet without writing a scraper? The ScrapingBee Make integration gives you 14 modules: 11 actions and 3 searches. This guide shows how to connect your API key, build a first scenario and pick the right module.

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What you can automate

What can the ScrapingBee Make integration do for you?

The ScrapingBee Make integration lets a Make scenario (the automation you build, a chain of modules) ask ScrapingBee to fetch web data for you: the content of a page, a screenshot, Google results, product listings from Amazon or Walmart, or YouTube videos. You connect your ScrapingBee API key once and every module reuses it.

Price watch on marketplaces. A product team types a keyword into Search For Products In Amazon or Search For Products On Walmart, then opens each result with Get Product Data From Amazon or Get Product Data From Walmart to keep the details on file.

Content research from YouTube. A content marketer runs Search Videos On YouTube on a topic, then pulls each video's words with Get Video Transcript From YouTube and its details with Get YouTube Video Metadata, ready to summarize.

Page snapshots for an SEO audit. An SEO consultant sends a list of URLs to Extract Data for the text and to Take a Screenshot for the visual, and checks rankings with Get Google SERP Data.

What Make does not do here: ScrapingBee has no trigger, so a scenario starts on its schedule or on another app's trigger. The Make help page for this app also says it was written by AI from the ScrapingBee docs and may contain mistakes, so test each module before you rely on it. If you are comparing scraping tools, look at the AI Scraper by Parsera Make integration too. If you also weigh n8n, read n8n vs Make; to learn the editor properly, the Make training starts from zero.

Connect

How do you connect ScrapingBee to Make?

  1. 01

    Copy your API key

    You need an active ScrapingBee account. Open your account dashboard, go to the section labeled API key or Account Management, and copy the key shown on screen. Keep it at hand for the next step.

  2. 02

    Add a ScrapingBee module

    In your Make scenario, add any ScrapingBee module and click Create a connection. A connection is your ScrapingBee account linked to Make once, then reused by every ScrapingBee module you add later.

  3. 03

    Paste the key and save

    Give the connection a clear name in the Connection name field if you like; it is optional. Paste the API key you copied, or follow the on-screen instructions, and save. The module can now call ScrapingBee.

First scenario

Your first scenario with ScrapingBee

GoalWhen a new URL shows up in another app, Make scrapes the page with ScrapingBee and saves a screenshot of it.

  1. 01

    Create the scenario

    On the Scenarios page, create a new scenario and click the +. Since ScrapingBee has no trigger, start with the app that holds your URLs, such as a sheet or a database.

  2. 02

    Add Extract Data

    Click the + on the right of the first module, search for ScrapingBee and pick Extract Data. Create the connection with your API key, then map the URL coming from the first module.

  3. 03

    Add Take a Screenshot

    Click the + again and choose Take a Screenshot. It reuses the same connection. Map the same URL so the text and the image belong to the same page.

  4. 04

    Test with Run once

    Click Run once. Make runs the scenario one time; open each module to read the bundles it received, a bundle being one item passed from a module to the next.

  5. 05

    Schedule and switch it on

    Set the schedule on the first module (every 15 minutes by default, 15 at the fastest on the Free plan) and switch the scenario on. Each module run counts as one operation on your plan.

Modules

What can ScrapingBee do in Make?

ScrapingBee gives you 14 modules. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

ScrapingBee1

Extract Data

Action

In Make“Extracts data by scraping a page at the given URL.”

Give it a URL and it scrapes that page through ScrapingBee, so the page's data comes back into your scenario ready to map into the next module.

When to use it
a competitor page, a directory listing or a blog post you want to read without opening a browser.
Watch out
check the output with Run once before mapping it, since the help page for this app may contain mistakes.
ScrapingBee2

Get Google SERP Data

Action

In Make“Our Google Search API allows you to scrape search results pages in realtime.”

This one returns the results page Google shows for a search, which saves you from scraping Google yourself and lets you track who ranks for a query.

When to use it
an SEO check on a keyword before writing a page, or a look at who appears when a prospect searches your brand.
Watch out
it reads search results only; to open one of the ranking pages, pass its URL to Extract Data.
ScrapingBee3

Get ScrapingBee API Usage

Action

In Make“Retrieves the user current ScrapingBee API usage.”

You learn how much of your ScrapingBee account you have used so far, straight inside Make, without logging in to the ScrapingBee dashboard.

When to use it
at the start of a heavy scraping scenario, to see where your account stands before the scraping modules run.
Watch out
it reports on your ScrapingBee account, not on the operations Make counts on your plan.
ScrapingBee4

Make an API Call

Action

In Make“Performs an arbitrary authorized API call.”

Reach any endpoint of the ScrapingBee API from your scenario, with the same connection, when none of the ready-made modules covers what you need.

When to use it
a ScrapingBee feature you read about in its own documentation and cannot find among the 14 modules.
Watch out
you write the request yourself, so keep the ScrapingBee API documentation open next to the editor.
ScrapingBee5

Take a Screenshot

Action

In Make“Takes a page screenshot at the specified URL.”

Point it at a URL and you get a picture of that page, a visual record that text scraping alone cannot give you.

When to use it
keeping proof of how a landing page, a price or an ad looked on a given day, for a client report or a legal file.
Watch out
a screenshot is an image, so pair it with Extract Data when you also need the words.
ScrapingBee6

Ask ChatGPT

ActionIn the docs only

Going by its name, this module sends a question to ChatGPT through your ScrapingBee account and brings the answer back into the scenario. The documentation adds no description.

When to use it
once scraped text is in the scenario and you want it summarized or sorted without adding another AI app.
Watch out
run it once and read what it returns before building on it.
ScrapingBee7

Check YouTube Video Trainability Status

ActionIn the docs only

This module checks a YouTube video's trainability status, which, going by the name, tells you whether the video can be used to train AI. No official description exists.

When to use it
before feeding transcripts from Get Video Transcript From YouTube into an AI project, to filter out videos that are not allowed.
Watch out
read the output with Run once to see exactly what status comes back.
ScrapingBee8

Get Product Data From Amazon

ActionIn the docs only

Fetch the details of one Amazon product and drop them into the next module, a spreadsheet row or a CRM note, without copying them by hand.

When to use it
after Search For Products In Amazon, to open each result, or when you already know the product you follow.
Watch out
it handles one product per run of the module, so a long list costs one operation per product.
ScrapingBee9

Get Product Data From Walmart

ActionIn the docs only

The Walmart twin of the Amazon module: it pulls the data of one Walmart product into your scenario so you can store it or compare it.

When to use it
a brand that sells on both marketplaces and wants the same product side by side in one sheet.
Watch out
mapping the Walmart output next to the Amazon one takes a check with Run once, since the documentation lists no fields.
ScrapingBee10

Get Video Transcript From YouTube

ActionIn the docs only

Turn a YouTube video into text: the transcript lands in your scenario, ready to be summarized, quoted or stored in a document.

When to use it
repurposing a webinar or an interview into a blog draft, or searching what a competitor said in a video.
Watch out
pair it with Search Videos On YouTube when you start from a topic rather than from one known video.
ScrapingBee11

Get YouTube Video Metadata

ActionIn the docs only

Collect the information that describes a YouTube video, its metadata, without the transcript, to catalog videos or compare them.

When to use it
building a watch list of videos on a topic in a sheet, when titles and details matter more than the spoken words.
Watch out
the documentation lists no fields for it, so run it once to see which details come back before you map them.
ScrapingBee12

Search For Products In Amazon

SearchIn the docs only

Search Amazon the way a shopper would and get back the matching products as separate bundles, one per result, ready for the next module.

When to use it
mapping which products show up for a keyword in your category before a launch or a pricing review.
Watch out
a search can return zero, one or many products, and every module after it runs once per result.
ScrapingBee13

Search For Products On Walmart

SearchIn the docs only

Run a keyword search on Walmart and receive each product found as its own bundle, so you can list the offer on that marketplace.

When to use it
a seller checking who else sells a product type on Walmart before listing there.
Watch out
when nothing matches, no bundle comes out and the modules after it have nothing to work on.
ScrapingBee14

Search Videos On YouTube

SearchIn the docs only

Find YouTube videos on a query and receive them one bundle per video, the starting point for any content research scenario.

When to use it
a topic you want to cover, before pulling transcripts or metadata of the videos that already rank for it.
Watch out
every video found runs the next modules once, so a broad query can use many operations.
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FAQ

ScrapingBee and Make: frequent questions

01Is the ScrapingBee Make integration free?
Yes on the Make side: ScrapingBee is a standard app, available from the Free plan. That plan allows 2 active scenarios, runs a scheduled scenario once every 15 minutes at most, stops a run after 5 minutes and caps transfer at 512 MB. Paid plans (Core, Pro, Teams, Enterprise) go down to 1 minute between runs, allow unlimited active scenarios and 40 minutes per run. You still need your own active ScrapingBee account and API key, which ScrapingBee bills under its own plans.
02What do you need to connect ScrapingBee to Make?
An active ScrapingBee account and its API key. Find the key in your ScrapingBee account dashboard, under API key or Account Management, and copy it. Then add any ScrapingBee module to a scenario in Make, click Create a connection, optionally name it, paste the key and save. The connection is reused by all 14 modules, so you only do this once per ScrapingBee account. If you run several ScrapingBee accounts, a clear connection name tells them apart.
03Does the ScrapingBee Make integration work in real time?
No, not on its own: ScrapingBee has no trigger in Make, neither scheduled nor instant. A scenario that uses it starts in one of two ways. Either you set a schedule on the first module, every 15 minutes by default, or you open the scenario with another app's trigger, for example a new row or a form entry, and place the ScrapingBee modules after it. If that trigger is instant, the other app calls Make through a webhook as soon as the event happens.
04What if the ScrapingBee module you need is missing?
Use Make an API Call. It calls any endpoint of the ScrapingBee API from your scenario with the same connection, so a feature that is not among the 14 modules stays reachable. You write the request yourself, following the ScrapingBee API documentation. Also keep in mind that the Make help page for this app states it was generated by AI from ScrapingBee's documentation and may contain mistakes, so confirm each module's output with Run once and contact ScrapingBee for questions about its own docs.
05Make or n8n for ScrapingBee?
It depends on your team rather than on ScrapingBee. In Make you get 14 ready-made modules, including Amazon, Walmart, Google and YouTube modules, plus Make an API Call for anything else. n8n often has a node for the same app, so check its node list before choosing. Pick the tool your team already uses and maintains, then compare the modules each one offers for the exact job you have in mind. The n8n vs Make comparison on this site walks through the criteria.
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