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BBC Good Food Recipe Scraper

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BBC Good Food Recipe Scraper

BBC Good Food Recipe Scraper

Scrape bbcgoodfood.com for recipes.

Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 results

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Crawler Bros

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Scrape bbcgoodfood.com and extract structured data. Scrape BBC Good Food (bbcgoodfood.com) for recipes. Search by keyword, browse by category, or fetch specific recipe URLs. Extract full recipe details with ingredients, steps, nutrition, and ratings.

Features

  • Extract data from bbcgoodfood.com with no API key required
  • Filter results by multiple parameters
  • Automatic pagination — collects up to maxItems results
  • Outputs clean, omit-empty JSON records (no null fields)
  • Retries on rate limits and server errors

Input Parameters

ParameterDescription
modeOperation mode: search, byCategory, or byUrl
querySearch keyword (e.g. pasta, chicken, cake)
categoryRecipe category (e.g. chicken, pasta, vegetarian, desserts)
cuisineFilter by cuisine type
minRatingMinimum recipe rating (1.0-5.0)
startUrlsDirect recipe URLs (for byUrl mode)
maxItemsMaximum number of results (1-500, default 20)

Output Format

Each result is a JSON object with these fields:

FieldDescription
titleRecipe name
descriptionRecipe description
authorRecipe author
prepTimePreparation time (ISO 8601)
cookTimeCooking time (ISO 8601)
totalTimeTotal time (ISO 8601)
servingsNumber of servings
ingredientsList of ingredients
ingredientCountNumber of ingredients
instructionsList of cooking steps
stepCountNumber of steps
caloriesCalories per serving
ratingAverage recipe rating
ratingCountNumber of ratings
categoriesRecipe categories
cuisineCuisine type
imageUrlRecipe image URL
sourceUrlBBC Good Food recipe URL

Example Input

{"mode": "search", "query": "pasta carbonara", "maxItems": 5}

Example Output

{"title":"Spaghetti carbonara","author":"Good Food Team","ingredients":["200g spaghetti","4 eggs","100g pancetta"],"stepCount":5,"rating":4.7,"ratingCount":342}

FAQ

Is this free to use? Yes — bbcgoodfood.com is publicly accessible and requires no authentication.

How many results can I get? Set maxItems up to 500 per run.

Can I scrape specific URLs? Yes — use mode: "byUrl" with a startUrls array.

What happens if the site is slow? The actor automatically retries on 429/5xx errors with exponential backoff.

Data Source

Data is scraped from bbcgoodfood.com — a publicly accessible website.