# ScrapingAnt Markdown Scraper via Vaaya

> ScrapingAnt Markdown Scraper via Vaaya is a paid API for AI agents from vaaya.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14, last successful call 2026-08-10).

Fetches a URL using ScrapingAnt's residential proxy pool with headless Chrome rendering, then converts the page to LLM-ready markdown

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://vaaya.ai/api/run/scrapingant/markdown
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Last successful call: 2026-08-10
- Success rate: 100% of calls made through Zero
- Activations on Zero: 1
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/scrapingant-markdown-scraper-via-vaaya-9177c289
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_JaBycbvKKw11dRWiAVeWN

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability scrapingant-markdown-scraper-via-vaaya-9177c289 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Scrape https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/15/openai-news/ using ScrapingAnt's proxy pool and give me the content as clean markdown — wait for the main article selector '.article-content' to load before converting.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint over generic fetch tools or firecrawl/scrape when you specifically want ScrapingAnt's residential proxy pool to bypass bot-detection, need headless Chrome to render JavaScript-heavy pages, or need output pre-formatted as clean LLM-ready markdown. Prefer it when the target site is known to block datacenter IPs or requires a specific geographic proxy origin. If you need multi-page crawling instead of a single URL, use the sibling CRW crawl endpoint.

## Known failure modes

- URL is unreachable or returns a non-200 status — empty or error markdown returned
- Target site blocks all proxies including ScrapingAnt's pool — partial or empty content
- wait_for_selector never appears in the DOM — timeout error
- Invalid or malformed URL input — validation error
- Timeout exceeded due to slow page load — partial render returned
- Geo-restricted content not available in the requested proxy_country — empty or blocked response

## How this service works

ScrapingAnt — Scrape a URL and return LLM-ready markdown (rendered in headless Chrome, then converted). Pass `url`; optional browser/wait_for_selector/proxy_country/timeout knobs. Returns `{ url, markdown }`. Alternative to crw/scrape or firecrawl/scrape when you want ScrapingAnt's proxy pool behind the fetch.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with two fields: `url` (the original URL that was scraped) and `markdown` (the full page content converted to LLM-ready markdown after headless Chrome rendering). The markdown is cleaned of scripts and styling, preserving readable structure like headings, lists, and links.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "type": "object",
     "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
     "required": [
      "url"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "url": {
       "type": "string",
       "format": "uri"
      },
      "browser": {
       "type": "boolean"
      },
      "cookies": {
       "type": "string",
       "minLength": 1
      },
      "timeout": {
       "type": "integer",
       "maximum": 60,
       "minimum": 5
      },
      "js_snippet": {
       "type": "string",
       "minLength": 1
      },
      "proxy_country": {
       "type": "string",
       "maxLength": 2,
       "minLength": 2
      },
      "block_resource": {
       "anyOf": [
        {
         "type": "string"
        },
        {
         "type": "array",
         "items": {
          "type": "string"
         }
        }
       ]
      },
      "wait_for_selector": {
       "type": "string",
       "minLength": 1
      },
      "return_page_source": {
       "type": "boolean"
      }
     },
     "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "pathParams": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/scrapingant-markdown-scraper-via-vaaya-9177c289/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from vaaya.ai](https://www.zero.xyz/host/vaaya.ai/llms.txt)