Crawling API / ScribdScribd Scraper.
Scribd Scraper.
Any page, fully rendered.
Send any Scribd URL and get the fully rendered HTML back, through residential proxies with anti-bot handling built in.
Turn it into JSON with the generic extractor.
Live crawl feed · Scribd1.24M req/minStreaming
200scribd.com/book/318740296/Thinking-Fast-and-SlowUS54ms
301scribd.com/search?query=business+plan+templateNL179ms
200scribd.com/document/498217630/Engineering-Spec-v2GB122ms
301scribd.com/search?query=business+plan+templateCA139ms
200scribd.com/presentation/389471025/Q3-Strategy-DeckES172ms
200scribd.com/presentation/389471025/Q3-Strategy-DeckUS101ms
200scribd.com/book/602184937/SapiensNL201ms
200scribd.com/book/445120983/The-Lean-StartupIN205ms
200scribd.com/presentation/214905738/Onboarding-HandbookAU175ms
200scribd.com/audiobook/512098471/Atomic-HabitsDE160ms
200scribd.com/book/445120983/The-Lean-StartupJP79ms
200scribd.com/book/318740296/Thinking-Fast-and-SlowFR48ms
200scribd.com/presentation/389471025/Q3-Strategy-DeckES81ms
200scribd.com/presentation/389471025/Q3-Strategy-DeckJP178ms
200scribd.com/audiobook/655019472/The-Psychology-of-MoneyJP47ms
200scribd.com/audiobook/655019472/The-Psychology-of-MoneyJP194ms
200scribd.com/audiobook/655019472/The-Psychology-of-MoneyFR112ms
200scribd.com/audiobook/471028365/Deep-WorkFR192ms
200scribd.com/book/602184937/SapiensUS46ms
200scribd.com/book/602184937/SapiensES54ms
200scribd.com/audiobook/471028365/Deep-WorkFR119ms
200scribd.com/document/271234567/Sample-ReportUS130ms
200scribd.com/presentation/389471025/Q3-Strategy-DeckNL92ms
200scribd.com/audiobook/512098471/Atomic-HabitsES213ms
200scribd.com/book/445120983/The-Lean-StartupDE41ms
301scribd.com/book/602184937/SapiensNL64ms
200scribd.com/book/318740296/Thinking-Fast-and-SlowUS54ms
301scribd.com/search?query=business+plan+templateNL179ms
200scribd.com/document/498217630/Engineering-Spec-v2GB122ms
301scribd.com/search?query=business+plan+templateCA139ms
200scribd.com/presentation/389471025/Q3-Strategy-DeckES172ms
200scribd.com/presentation/389471025/Q3-Strategy-DeckUS101ms
200scribd.com/book/602184937/SapiensNL201ms
200scribd.com/book/445120983/The-Lean-StartupIN205ms
200scribd.com/presentation/214905738/Onboarding-HandbookAU175ms
200scribd.com/audiobook/512098471/Atomic-HabitsDE160ms
200scribd.com/book/445120983/The-Lean-StartupJP79ms
200scribd.com/book/318740296/Thinking-Fast-and-SlowFR48ms
200scribd.com/presentation/389471025/Q3-Strategy-DeckES81ms
200scribd.com/presentation/389471025/Q3-Strategy-DeckJP178ms
200scribd.com/audiobook/655019472/The-Psychology-of-MoneyJP47ms
200scribd.com/audiobook/655019472/The-Psychology-of-MoneyJP194ms
200scribd.com/audiobook/655019472/The-Psychology-of-MoneyFR112ms
200scribd.com/audiobook/471028365/Deep-WorkFR192ms
200scribd.com/book/602184937/SapiensUS46ms
200scribd.com/book/602184937/SapiensES54ms
200scribd.com/audiobook/471028365/Deep-WorkFR119ms
200scribd.com/document/271234567/Sample-ReportUS130ms
200scribd.com/presentation/389471025/Q3-Strategy-DeckNL92ms
200scribd.com/audiobook/512098471/Atomic-HabitsES213ms
200scribd.com/book/445120983/The-Lean-StartupDE41ms
301scribd.com/book/602184937/SapiensNL64ms
01 Live demo
Any Scribd URL in. HTML or JSON out.
The Crawling API, typed live. Get the rendered HTML, or switch to the generic extractor for JSON. Hover to pause and read.
Run your first request in minutes. Up to 10,000 free requests, no credit card.Start free
02 Capabilities
One API, everything Scribd throws at you.
Scribd's document reader is JavaScript-rendered with lazy-loaded pages, preview gating and metadata that loads late, and it blocks aggressively. The Crawling API renders it in a real browser, reaches it through residential IPs, and hands you clean HTML or JSON.
render
Full JavaScript rendering
A real browser executes the page, so the document reader, lazy-loaded pages, preview text and dynamically loaded metadata are all captured, not just the initial HTML.
proxies
140M residential IPs
Every request rotates a residential IP across 30 geographies, so you reach Scribd like a real local visitor.
anti-bot
Blocks handled for you
CAPTCHAs, bot walls and rate limits are cleared automatically. Nothing to solve, nothing to maintain.
format
HTML or JSON
Get the full rendered HTML, or add scraper=generic-extractor to return title, content, images and links as structured JSON.
extras
Screenshots and async
The same call can capture a full-page screenshot, or run asynchronously with webhooks and cloud storage.
one token
One API for every site
The Crawling API works on any URL, so the same token covers Scribd and everything else you crawl. See the live demo.
03 Output
Rendered HTML, or clean JSON.
By default you get the rendered HTML. Add the generic-extractor and the same page comes back as typed JSON.
{
"title": "Sample Report | PDF | Technology",
"favicon": "https://s-f.scribdassets.com/favicon.ico",
"meta": { "description": "Read the document on Scribd.", "keywords": "..." },
"content": "Document title, author, page count, category and the readable preview text...",
"canonical": "https://www.scribd.com/document/271234567/Sample-Report",
"images": [ "..." ],
"og_images": [ "..." ],
"links": [ "..." ]
}
Page
title · string canonical · string favicon · string
Meta
meta.description · string meta.keywords · string
Content
content · string
Media
images · array og_images · array
Links
links · array
04 How it works
From URL to data in one call.
Every Scribd request moves through the same path. You send a URL, we operate everything in between.
01
Send the URL
Pass any public Scribd URL with your token: a document, a book, an audiobook, a presentation, a profile or a search.
02
Rotate a proxy
A residential IP and geography that reach Scribd cleanly, drawn from 140M IPs across 30 regions.
03
Render the page
A real browser loads the page so the document reader, lazy-loaded pages and dynamically loaded metadata render before capture.
04
Clear anti-bot
Scribd's aggressive bot checks and rate limits are handled automatically. Nothing to solve, nothing to maintain.
05
Return HTML or JSON
The fully rendered HTML comes back, or typed JSON when you add the generic extractor.
05 Use cases
What teams build on Scribd data.
USE / 01Catalog
Document catalog & discovery
Pull titles, authors, categories and page counts across documents to build searchable catalogs.
USE / 02Metadata
Metadata & preview harvesting
Capture the readable preview text and document metadata that the reader loads dynamically.
USE / 03Training
Training data & RAG
Feed clean document text and previews into models, RAG pipelines and agents through one API.
USE / 04Monitoring
Author & upload monitoring
Track new uploads, books, audiobooks and presentations across profiles and categories.
USE / 05Research
Market & content research
Mine real document titles, descriptions and topics to inform product and content decisions.
USE / 06Coverage
Any URL, one API
Crawl documents, books, audiobooks, presentations, profiles and search, plus any other site you need.
06 Notes
Good to know when scraping Scribd.
Rendered like a real browser
Scribd is a JavaScript-rendered document reader with lazy-loaded pages; the Crawling API runs a real browser so the preview text and metadata load before capture.
HTML by default, JSON on request
You get the full rendered HTML. Add scraper=generic-extractor for parsed title, content, images and links, or parse the HTML yourself.
Public pages only
The Crawling API reads publicly visible pages, with no login, so you get the title, author, page count, category and readable preview a logged-out visitor sees.
Reach Scribd from anywhere
Geotargeting across 30 regions and 140M residential IPs means consistent access without managing proxies.
07 Why Crawlbase
Built to crawl Scribd at scale.
The Crawling API runs on the same network that serves 46,000+ paying customers and 70,000+ developers. No proxies to buy, no browsers to run, nothing to patch when Scribd changes.
99%
Average request success rate
140M
Residential IPs, plus 98M datacenter
30
Geographies for accurate local results
20/s
Requests per second by default, more on request
One token, official SDKs for Python, Node and Ruby, and a 99.99% uptime network underneath.
08 FAQ
Scribd scraping questions.
Send the Scribd URL to the Crawlbase Crawling API with your token. Crawlbase rotates a residential proxy, renders the page in a real browser, clears bot checks, and returns the fully rendered HTML. Add scraper=generic-extractor to get structured JSON instead.
Yes. By default the Crawling API returns rendered HTML; add the generic extractor (scraper=generic-extractor) to receive title, meta, content, images and links as JSON, or parse the HTML yourself.
Yes. A real browser executes the page, so the JavaScript document reader, lazy-loaded pages and dynamically loaded metadata are captured, not just the initial HTML.
Crawlbase routes each request through rotating residential IPs across 30 geographies and clears bot checks automatically. You do not manage proxies or solve CAPTCHAs, and there is nothing to maintain when Scribd changes its setup.
No. The Crawling API reads publicly visible pages only, with no login, so you receive the document title, author, page count, category and readable preview a logged-out visitor would see.
Any public URL: documents, books, audiobooks, presentations, user profiles, and search result pages. The same API works on any other site too.
Start free with up to 10,000 requests and no credit card. Paid plans scale with usage, and the same token works across the Crawling API and every Crawlbase scraper.
Start scraping Scribd.
Skip the proxies and blocks.
Free to begin with up to 10,000 requests. One token for the Crawling API and every scraper.