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Stack Overflow scraper API: search results as JSON

Send any Stack Overflow page URL with recipe=stackoverflow and get title, updated, score and 4 more fields as JSON. No selectors to write, no proxies to pick.

1 page type
7 fields
5 credits a page · $0.50 per 1,000
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recipe=stackoverflow

curl -G 'https://api.ujeebu.com/scrape' \
  -H "ApiKey: $UJEEBU_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode 'url=https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/web-scraping' \
  --data-urlencode 'recipe=stackoverflow'

200 OK · JSON

{
    "result": {
        "results": [
            {
                "title": "Merge two Celery tasks",
                "updated": "2026-10-14 02:52:47Z",
                "score": "-5"
            }
        ]
    },
    "success": true
}

What you get from Stack Overflow

The fields of each page type and a real sample from our last validation, shortened.

Search and listing pages `recipe=stackoverflow` 5 credits a page

Field	Type	Example
`results`	list of 3+ items
`results[].url`	URL	https://stackoverflow.com/questions/80008831/merge-two-celery-tasks
`results[].title`	text	Merge two Celery tasks
`results[].image`	image URL	https://i.sstatic.net/zlTU5.png?s=32
`results[].score`	text	-5
`results[].comments`	number (as text)	6
`results[].description`	text	Let's say I have a web scraping pipeline. For some reason, I use Ce...
`results[].updated`	date	2026-10-14 02:52:47Z

Sample answer, validated 2026-11-14

{
    "results": [
        {
            "url": "https://stackoverflow.com/questions/80008831/merge-two-celery-tasks",
            "title": "Merge two Celery tasks",
            "image": "https://i.sstatic.net/zlTU5.png?s=32",
            "score": "-5",
            "comments": "6",
            "description": "Let's say I have a web scraping pipeline. For some reason, I use Celery to write sanitized payloads to the database. Each payload is a list of rows. Due to t...",
            "updated": "2026-10-14 02:52:47Z"
        },
        {
            "url": "https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79995776/why-does-selenium-playwright-keep-getting-detected-by-cloudflare-even-with-steal",
            "title": "Why does Selenium/Playwright keep getting detected by Cloudflare even with stealth options? [duplicate]",
            "image": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ac856fbd26442684a89f853d1a6c349f?s=32&d=identicon&r=PG",
            "score": "-8",
            "comments": "5",
            "description": "I'm working on a web scraping project where I need to extract data from several e-commerce sites. I started with Puppeteer, then tried Playwright with stealt...",
            "updated": "2026-08-17 09:32:27Z"
        }
    ]
}

One call

Send the page URL and the recipe name to the Scrape API. The recipe brings the extract rules and the settings that work on Stack Overflow (JavaScript rendering).

curl -G 'https://api.ujeebu.com/scrape' \
  -H "ApiKey: $UJEEBU_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode 'url=https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/web-scraping' \
  --data-urlencode 'recipe=stackoverflow'

import os, requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://api.ujeebu.com/scrape",
    params={"url": "https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/web-scraping", "recipe": "stackoverflow"},
    headers={"ApiKey": os.environ["UJEEBU_API_KEY"]},
    timeout=120,
)
for item in r.json()["result"]["results"][:3]:
    print(item["title"], item["updated"], item["score"])
# Example output:
# Merge two Celery tasks 2026-10-14 02:52:47Z -5
# Why does Selenium/Playwright keep get... 2026-08-17 09:32:27Z -8

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  url: "https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/web-scraping",
  recipe: "stackoverflow",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://api.ujeebu.com/scrape?${params}`, {
  headers: { ApiKey: process.env.UJEEBU_API_KEY },
});
const { result } = await res.json();
for (const item of result.results.slice(0, 3)) {
  console.log(item.title, item.updated, item.score);
}
// Example output:
// Merge two Celery tasks 2026-10-14 02:52:47Z -5
// Why does Selenium/Playwright keep get... 2026-08-17 09:32:27Z -8

The answer is {"result": {...}} with the headers Ujb-Recipe and Ujb-Credits. Your own parameters always win over the recipe.

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Price

Same price as the page call, no fee for the recipe. Only successful responses are billed; blocked, timed-out and failed requests are free.

Page type	Credits a page	Per 1,000, Starter	Per 1,000, Pro
Search results	5	$0.82	$0.50

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FAQ

What does the Stack Overflow recipe return?

JSON with 7 fields from search results (recipe=stackoverflow), for example title, updated, score, description, url. The answer is {"result": {...}} with the fields shown on this page.

How much does it cost to scrape Stack Overflow?

5 credits a page ($0.50 per 1,000 on Pro, $0.82 on Starter). Same price as the page call, no fee for the recipe. Only successful responses are billed; blocked, timed-out and failed requests are free.

Do I need proxies or a headless browser?

No. The recipe brings the settings that work on Stack Overflow: JavaScript rendering. Send only the URL and recipe=stackoverflow.

What happens when Stack Overflow changes its pages?

We check Stack Overflow every day and re-validate the recipe on real pages every week, then fix it when the site changes. Until a fix is live, the API answers 404 "the recipe has no working version" instead of empty data, and that call is free.

Can I change the fields?

Yes. Send your own extract_rules or any setting (js, proxy_type, wait_for) and it wins over the recipe. The developer guide shows the recipe rules to start from.

Developer guide: settings, pagination, troubleshootingHow to scrape Stack Overflow: live status, URL patterns, the recipe rules and runnable code.

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