Changelog
MCP Server Integration (Beta)
🤖 Connect Scrapezy to AI Tools
We're excited to announce the beta launch of our Model Context Protocol (MCP) server! This integration brings Scrapezy's powerful web scraping capabilities directly into AI tools like Claude Desktop and Cursor.
- Natural Language Extraction - Simply tell your AI tool what data you want from any website
- Seamless Integration - Works with Claude Desktop, Cursor, and other MCP-compatible AI applications
- Remote Server - No local installation required
- Real-time Monitoring - Track job progress and retrieve results within your AI conversations
- Multiple Tools Available - Extract data, trigger scrapers, monitor jobs, and retrieve results
Getting Started
Ready to supercharge your AI workflows? Check out our comprehensive documentation:
- MCP Server Integration Guide - Complete setup instructions
- Beta Launch Announcement - Learn more about features and roadmap
Beta Notice: This is a beta release with active development. We're collecting feedback to improve the experience. Join our community to share your thoughts and get support!
Reliability & Experience Improvements
Schema Processing Enhancements
- Array Data Structure Handling - Fixed schema imports to correctly process array data structures, ensuring scrapers capture multiple items per page instead of single results
- Improved Schema Creation - Enhanced schema creation workflow with better type indication for arrays vs objects, making it clearer when working with collections of data
User Interface Improvements
- Enhanced Data Viewing - Improved modal layouts and better handling of large datasets when viewing extraction results
- Table Display Optimization - Fixed table display issues when viewing results with many columns, ensuring proper responsive layout and scrolling
These improvements address user-reported issues and enhance the overall reliability of data extraction workflows.
Chrome Extension & Platform Enhancements
🚀 Chrome Extension Launch
We're excited to launch our Chrome Extension - the easiest way to extract data from any website without leaving your browser:
- Visual Element Selection - Click and select any element on a webpage to extract its data
- Schema Mapping - Map visual elements to your data schemas with an intuitive interface
- Real-time Preview - See extracted data immediately before saving to your datasets
- Seamless Integration - Works with your existing Scrapezy account and all your schemas
- DOM-to-Markdown - Advanced content extraction with keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+Shift+E)
Platform Improvements
- Live Chat Support - Get instant help with our new chat widget available on every page
- Reliability Improvements - Enhanced error handling and system stability
The Chrome Extension represents a major step forward in making web data extraction accessible to everyone, regardless of technical expertise.
Enhanced Platform Experience
UI Refresh & New Features
We've rolled out significant improvements across the platform to enhance your experience:
- Refreshed App UI - Complete redesign of the application interface with improved usability and modern styling
- Datasets Marketplace - Browse and purchase curated datasets with sample data preview and enhanced filtering. Read about our first curated dataset launch
- Enhanced Playground - Refreshed playground interface with better real-time testing capabilities
- New Token Calculator - Interactive tool to estimate costs before running extractions
- Enhanced Job Status Tracking - Detailed real-time status updates for scraping and extraction jobs across playground, dashboard and results pages
These updates represent our commitment to providing the best web data extraction experience with a focus on usability, performance, and reliability.
Platform Expansion
New Features & Beta Offerings
We've been hard at work expanding the Scrapezy platform with these exciting updates:
- Beta rollout of scrapers - Read more details in our blog
- Beta Google Sheets integration coming soon (currently awaiting Google's approval process)
- Rollout of dataset marketplace - our first curated datasets will be available soon
These features are part of our commitment to making web data extraction more accessible and powerful for everyone.
Interactive Playground Launch
Try Before You Integrate
We're excited to launch the interactive playground! This new feature allows you to:
- Test your prompts in real-time on any website
- Experiment with different extraction strategies
- Preview results instantly before implementing them in your application
- Fine-tune your queries for optimal results
The playground is now available to all users, making it easier than ever to perfect your web scraping queries before integration.
Initial Beta Release
Introducing Scrapezy Beta
We're excited to launch the beta version of Scrapezy, bringing intelligent web scraping to everyone. Our initial release includes:
- Our
/extract
endpoint is available for you to use. When calling it, it will return an ID that you can use to retrieve the results.
During the beta period, we'll be actively gathering feedback and continuously improving the platform. Stay tuned for regular updates and new features!