Cookbook·Entertainment·netflix.com

Scrape netflix.com

The call that returns the homepage from netflix.com today, with the parameters, patterns and failure modes read off the request log since 14 Aug 2026.

97.0% success · Aug 2026Browser neededStandard price · 1 credit

Measured on Crawlbase

Success rate over every request from every account in August 2026: 97.0%. Patterns, countries and failures come from the request log since 14 Aug 2026; 99.3% of successful calls used the JavaScript token and the median answer took 4.4s.

Among the 5 entertainment sites in the Cookbook, netflix.com sits at 5 of 5 by success rate; the category median is 99.6%. Its median answer of 4.4s is slower than the category median of 1.8s. 3 of the 5 accept the plain token; this one needs the JavaScript token.

The call

The most common shape of URL the accounts fetch, with the country and token that succeed most often. Replace the placeholder path with a real one from the site.

Run in Playground
curl "https://api.crawlbase.com/?token=YOUR_JS_TOKEN&country=US&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.netflix.com%2F"

Parameters that matter

ParameterSet it toWhy
countryUS97.4% of successful calls set it and they succeed at 98.9%; calls without a country succeed at 100%.
javascriptuse the JavaScript token99.6% of calls use the JavaScript token and succeed at 98.9%. The plain token was tried too rarely (5 calls) to say anything about it.

URL patterns accounts fetch

PatternShare of successesJavaScript tokenCountryQuery parameters
/83.8%100%USnone
/search3.5%100%USkeywords, query
/en/{slug}2.8%100%USnone
/title/{id}2.3%100%USnone

Fields you get

Fields depend on the page type. Product pages usually carry an ld+json block with name, price, currency and availability, and article pages a headline and body; check the first response you get.

What breaks, and the fix

Of the failures since 14 Aug 2026, the site answered:

999: 53.8% of failures 999 is not a standard HTTP answer; the site sent it as a refusal. Treat it like a block: retry once with the JavaScript token and the country the successful calls use, then stop.
529, 591: 46.2% of failures together A 5xx is the site failing, not the fetch. Retry after a minute.

Run it on a schedule

The median answer on this site is 4.4s. Push a URL list to the Crawler with a callback for anything larger than a few thousand pages a day; it paces the calls and retries what the site refuses.

Questions

Do I need a browser to scrape netflix.com?

Yes for most pages. JavaScript-token calls succeed at 98.9% while plain-token calls reach 100%.

How much does a netflix.com page cost on Crawlbase?

1 credit without a browser. netflix.com is in the standard tier.

Which country should I set for netflix.com?

US: that is what 97.4% of successful calls use.

Site names identify the pages a recipe fetches. Crawlbase is not affiliated with any site listed. Use recipes within the acceptable use policy.Measured numbers from August 2026, refreshed monthly