What does ChatGPT Search Scraper do?

ChatGPT Search Scraper extracts ChatGPT search results at scale. Enter your search queries and get back clean, structured data - including ChatGPT's AI-generated answer text, cited sources with URLs, the follow-up searches it ran, and any rich widgets - ready for analysis, monitoring, or integration into your workflows.

ChatGPT Search is OpenAI's web-connected search experience that generates detailed, conversational answers to a query and cites the web sources it drew from. This Actor wraps a battle-tested Google Search Scraper so you don't need to worry about proxies, browser fingerprinting, or parsing - just provide your queries and collect the output.

What can ChatGPT Search Scraper do?

• Extract ChatGPT answers - Get the full AI-generated text that ChatGPT produces for each query
• Collect cited sources - Capture every source title and URL that ChatGPT references in its answer
• See ChatGPT's query fan-out - Get the follow-up searches ChatGPT ran to build its answer
• Capture rich widgets - Collect structured widgets such as product listings with prices and merchants
• Structured JSON output - Every result is returned as clean JSON, ready for downstream processing
• Apify platform benefits - Access results via REST API, schedule recurring runs with cron expressions, integrate with Zapier/Make/Google Sheets, and leverage automatic proxy rotation
• Batch processing - Submit hundreds of queries in a single run and collect all results from one dataset

What data can you extract?

Field	Type	Description
query	String	The search query you submitted
text	String	The full ChatGPT answer generated for your query
queryFanOut	Array	The follow-up searches ChatGPT ran to answer your query
widgets	Array	Rich results ChatGPT returned, such as product listings with prices and merchants
sources	Array	List of cited sources, each with id, title, url, and section (either citations or more)

How to scrape ChatGPT search results

1. Go to the Actor page - Navigate to ChatGPT Search Scraper on Apify Store and click Try for free.
2. Enter your search queries - In the Input tab, type or paste your queries into the Queries field, one per line. For example: best project management tools, how does photosynthesis work.
3. Start the run - Click Start and wait for the Actor to process your queries. The run time depends on how many queries you submitted - most runs finish within a few minutes.
4. Export your data - Once the run completes, go to the Dataset tab to preview results. Export as JSON, CSV, Excel, or connect directly to Google Sheets, Zapier, or Make.
5. Automate with Apify MCP - Connect to Apify from your AI tool with Apify MCP and let your agent run and schedule the Actor and get you results automatically.

Input parameters

Parameter	Description
Queries	Your search queries, one per line. Supports bulk input.

For the full list of options, see the Input tab on the Actor page.

Output example

{
    "query": "what are the best crm platforms",
    "text": "The best CRM depends on who you are and what your bottleneck is.\n\n*   **HubSpot:** A favorite for user experience - intuitive, with a generous free tier. It gets expensive once you need advanced automation.\n*   **Zoho CRM:** The \"value-for-money\" alternative - highly customizable with built-in AI assistants.\n*   **Pipedrive:** A clean, drag-and-drop pipeline that sales reps love.\n*   **Salesforce:** The enterprise standard - the most powerful and extensible, but with a steeper learning curve.",
    "queryFanOut": ["best CRM platforms 2026", "top CRM software for small business"],
    "widgets": [],
    "sources": [
        {
            "id": "turn0search0",
            "title": "The Best CRM Software We've Tested for 2026 | PCMag",
            "url": "https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-crm-software",
            "section": "citations"
        }
    ]
}

Failed queries

Every query ChatGPT can't return a result for is written to a separate errors dataset instead of the main one - so your results stay clean and you can still see exactly which queries failed and why. Open it from the Failed queries link on the run's output, or under Storage → Datasets.

{
    "query": "best web scraping tools 2025",
    "error": "No result returned for the query."
}

Other AI search scrapers on Apify

ChatGPT is just one piece of the AI search landscape. Monitor your brand across all major AI-powered search engines:

• Google AI Overviews Scraper - Extract Google AI Overview results, the AI summaries that appear directly on the search results page. Ideal for tracking how Google's AI snippets represent your brand.
• Google AI Mode Scraper - Extract Google AI Mode results, the conversational AI answers Google generates for a search query. Track how AI Mode describes your brand and which sources it cites.
• Gemini Search Scraper - Extract Google Gemini search results, the conversational AI answers Gemini generates with cited sources. Track how Gemini describes your brand and which sources it cites.
• Perplexity Search Scraper - Extract AI-generated answers from Perplexity and their cited sources. Track how Perplexity describes your brand and which sources it cites.
• Microsoft Copilot Search Scraper - Extract AI-generated answers from Microsoft Copilot and their cited sources. Track how Copilot describes your brand and which sources it cites.
• Google Search Results Scraper - Extract SERPs organic and paid results, review ratings and People Also Ask. Ideal for AI SEO workflows.

Use these Actors together for comprehensive AI search monitoring - understand how every major AI engine presents information about your brand, products, or topics.

Frequently asked questions

Is it legal to scrape ChatGPT search results?

Web scraping of publicly available data is generally legal in most jurisdictions. ChatGPT search results are publicly accessible to anyone performing a search. This Actor collects the same information a regular user would see. Always review and comply with applicable terms of service and local regulations for your specific use case.

What is ChatGPT Search?

ChatGPT Search is OpenAI's web-connected search experience. Instead of a list of blue links, it generates a conversational answer to your query and cites the web sources it drew from. ChatGPT Search Scraper returns that answer text, the follow-up searches ChatGPT ran, any rich widgets, and its cited sources as structured data for any query you submit.

What are the best use cases for ChatGPT search scraping?

The most popular use cases include SEO and brand monitoring (track how ChatGPT describes your brand), competitive analysis (compare how ChatGPT answers queries about you vs. competitors), content research (discover what sources ChatGPT cites for your target topics), and AI search trend tracking (monitor how AI-generated answers evolve over time).

Can I integrate ChatGPT Search Scraper with other tools?

Yes. Apify offers native integrations with Zapier, Make, Google Sheets, Slack, webhooks, and more. You can also use the Apify API or Apify Python/JavaScript clients to pull data into your own applications, dashboards, or data pipelines. Schedule runs on any cadence - hourly, daily, weekly - for fully automated monitoring.