What does Microsoft Copilot Search Scraper do?

Microsoft Copilot Search Scraper extracts Microsoft Copilot search results at scale. Enter your search queries and get back clean, structured data - including Microsoft Copilot's AI-generated answer text, cited sources with URLs, inline citations, any tables Microsoft Copilot returned, and metadata - ready for analysis, monitoring, or integration into your workflows.

Microsoft Copilot is Microsoft's conversational AI search experience that generates detailed, multi-paragraph answers with cited sources. 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 Microsoft Copilot Search Scraper do?

• Extract Microsoft Copilot answers - Get the full AI-generated text that Microsoft Copilot produces for each query
• Choose the Microsoft Copilot mode - Run each query in chat, reasoning, smart, or study mode to match your use case
• Collect cited sources - Capture every source title and URL that Microsoft Copilot references in its answer, plus inline citations
• Capture tables - Get any structured tables Microsoft Copilot includes in its answer
• 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 Microsoft Copilot answer
tables	Array	Structured tables Microsoft Copilot included in its answer, each with a title, columns, and rows
sources	Array	List of cited sources, each with id, title, url, and section (citations/more)
inlineCitations	Array	Inline citations linking spans of the answer text to their source

How to scrape Microsoft Copilot results

1. Go to the Actor page - Navigate to Microsoft Copilot 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. Pick a Microsoft Copilot mode (optional) - Choose chat, reasoning, smart, or study depending on how detailed you want the answer to be.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
Microsoft Copilot search mode	Which Microsoft Copilot chat mode to use: chat (quick answers), reasoning (deep analysis), smart (balanced), or study (detailed, educational).

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.\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.",
    "tables": [],
    "sources": [
        {
            "id": 1,
            "url": "https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-crm-software",
            "title": "The Best CRM Software We've Tested for 2026 | PCMag",
            "section": "citations"
        }
    ],
    "inlineCitations": [
        {
            "id": 1,
            "url": "https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-crm-software",
            "title": "The Best CRM Software We've Tested for 2026 | PCMag",
            "textAnchor": "HubSpot"
        }
    ]
}

Failed queries

Every query Microsoft Copilot 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

Microsoft Copilot 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.
• ChatGPT Search Scraper - Extract AI-generated answers from ChatGPT search and their cited sources. Track how ChatGPT 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.
• 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 Microsoft Copilot results?

Web scraping of publicly available data is generally legal in most jurisdictions. Microsoft Copilot 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 Microsoft Copilot?

Microsoft Copilot is Microsoft's conversational AI search experience. Instead of a list of blue links, it generates a detailed answer to your query and cites the web sources it drew from. Microsoft Copilot Search Scraper returns that answer text, any tables, and its cited sources as structured data for any query you submit.

What are the Microsoft Copilot search modes?

Microsoft Copilot offers several chat modes, and you can pick one per run: chat for quick conversational answers, reasoning for complex questions that need logical depth, smart for a balance of speed and reasoning (a good default for most use cases), and study for detailed, educational, research-oriented answers.

What are the best use cases for Microsoft Copilot scraping?

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

Can I integrate Microsoft Copilot 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.