Bright Data

Tools 32

• Ask Brightdata Assistant

  Ask Bright Data's support assistant (Sophie) a question about Bright Data products, APIs, MCP usage, zones, scraping, or account setup. Use when the user asks "how do I..." about Bright Data, when you hit a Bright Data error you don't recognize, or when deciding between products (Web Unlocker vs. Scraping Browser vs. dataset tools). Supports threaded follow-ups via dialog_id.

• Search Engine

  Scrape search results from Google, Bing or Yandex. Returns SERP results in JSON or Markdown (URL, title, description), Ideal for gathering current information, news, and detailed search results.

• Scrape As Markdown

  Scrape a single webpage URL with advanced options for content extraction and get back the results in MarkDown language. This tool can unlock any webpage even if it uses bot detection or CAPTCHA.

• Search Engine Batch

  Run multiple search queries simultaneously. Returns JSON for Google, Markdown for Bing/Yandex.

• Scrape Batch

  Scrape multiple webpages URLs with advanced options for content extraction and get back the results in MarkDown language. This tool can unlock any webpage even if it uses bot detection or CAPTCHA.

• Scrape As Html

  Scrape a single webpage URL with advanced options for content extraction and get back the results in HTML. This tool can unlock any webpage even if it uses bot detection or CAPTCHA.

• Discover

  Search the web and rank results by AI-driven relevance. Returns scored results with title, description, and URL. Supports intent-based ranking, geo-targeting, date filtering, and keyword filtering.

• Search Scrapers

  Find a Bright Data pre-built scraper (Web Scraper API, 1,200+ sites) for a site or data type, e.g. "amazon reviews" or "linkedin.com". Returns dataset_id, name, domain and collection_methods. Next: call get_scraper_details with a dataset_id and one method.

• Get Scraper Details

  Show the scraper description, input fields, example input and main output fields for one method. Call before run_scraper and build the input from sample_input or input_fields. Records may contain more fields than output_fields lists.

• Run Scraper

  Run a scraper method. input is a list of objects shaped like sample_input from get_scraper_details, one per URL or query. collect_by_url returns one record per input; discover_by_* methods return up to limit_per_input records per input, and every record is billed. Waits up to 45 seconds; if still running it returns snapshot_id with status "running": then poll get_scraper_progress and call get_scraper_results when ready. Records with an "error" field explain failed inputs.

• Get Scraper Progress

  Status of a run: starting, running, ready, failed or canceled.

• Get Scraper Results

  Records of a finished run. Returns status "running" if not ready yet.