Scrape category pages on zooplus.de
The call that returns category pages from zooplus.de today, with the parameters, patterns and failure modes read off the request log since 14 Aug 2026.
Measured on Crawlbase
Success rate over every request from every account in August 2026: 99.8%. Patterns, countries and failures come from the request log since 14 Aug 2026; 0.7% of successful calls used the JavaScript token and the median answer took 1.3s.
Among the 10 pet supplies sites in the Cookbook, zooplus.de sits at 3 of 10 by success rate; the category median is 99.2%. Its median answer of 1.3s is faster than the category median of 2.0s. 8 of the 10 accept the plain token, this one among them.
The call
Category and listing pages are the shape the accounts fetch most here, with the country and token that succeed most often. Replace the placeholder path with a real section URL from the site.
curl "https://api.crawlbase.com/?token=YOUR_TOKEN&country=GB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zooplus.de%2Fshop%2Fexample-page%2Fexample-page"from crawlbase import CrawlingAPI api = CrawlingAPI({'token': 'YOUR_TOKEN'}) r = api.get('https://www.zooplus.de/shop/example-page/example-page', {'country': 'GB'}) html = r['body']
const { CrawlingAPI } = require('crawlbase'); const api = new CrawlingAPI({ token: 'YOUR_TOKEN' }); const r = await api.get('https://www.zooplus.de/shop/example-page/example-page', { country: 'GB' });
Parameters that matter
| Parameter | Set it to | Why |
|---|---|---|
country | GB | 99.6% of successful calls set it and they succeed at 99.9%; calls without a country succeed at -%. |
javascript | leave unset | Plain-token calls succeed at 99.9% and make up 99.6% of the traffic. A browser costs more and, on this site, buys nothing. |
URL patterns accounts fetch
| Pattern | Share of successes | JavaScript token | Country | Query parameters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
/shop/{slug}/{slug} | 100% | 0.0% | GB | yyz |
Fields you get
A listing page carries the items of one section, each with a title, a link and often a price, plus the pagination. The detail lives on the item page; fetch it only for the items you need.
What breaks, and the fix
Of the failures since 14 Aug 2026, the site answered:
Run it on a schedule
Walk the listings on a cadence to find new items, then push the item URLs to the Crawler with a callback; it paces the calls and retries what the site refuses. The median answer on this site is 1.3s.
Questions
Do I need a browser to scrape zooplus.de?
No. 99.9% of plain-token calls succeed and accounts send 99.6% of their traffic without a browser.
How much does a zooplus.de page cost on Crawlbase?
1 credit without a browser. zooplus.de is in the standard tier.
Which country should I set for zooplus.de?
GB: that is what 99.6% of successful calls use.