Bon Appétit Recipes Scraper

Scrapes public Bon Appétit recipe pages and returns normalized recipe records for recipe databases, meal-planning workflows, food research, and AI agents.

Use startUrls for public recipe or index pages, or searchQuery to discover recipes by keyword. maxResults defaults to 10 (1–100), maxPages defaults to 3 (1–10), and includeNutrition keeps nutrition data from Recipe JSON-LD when available. With no input, the Actor uses Bon Appétit’s public recipes index.

Each dataset item includes the recipe URL, name, description, image, author, publication date, prep/cook/total times, yield, categories, cuisine, keywords, ingredients, instructions, nutrition, scrape timestamp, and extraction warnings. The Actor returns only schema-valid recipe records; blocked or empty runs return zero fabricated records and explain the outcome in OUTPUT and the terminal status.

Example:

{
  "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.bonappetit.com/bon-appetit/recipe/one-pot-ratatouille" }],
  "maxResults": 1,
  "includeNutrition": true
}

Bon Appétit content remains subject to the source website’s terms and robots/access policies. This Actor accesses public pages only and does not bypass authentication, paywalls, CAPTCHAs, or other access controls.

What data does Bon Appétit Recipes Scraper return?

Field	Type	Description
recordType	string	Record Type
url	string	Recipe URL
recipeId	string or null	Recipe ID
name	string	Recipe Name
description	string or null	Description
image	string or null	Image URL
author	string or null	Author
datePublished	string or null	Value returned as datePublished.
prepTime	string or null	Value returned as prepTime.
cookTime	string or null	Value returned as cookTime.
totalTime	string or null	Value returned as totalTime.
recipeYield	string or null	Value returned as recipeYield.
recipeCategory	array	Value returned as recipeCategory.
recipeCuisine	array	Value returned as recipeCuisine.
keywords	array	Value returned as keywords.
ingredients	array	Value returned as ingredients.
instructions	array	Value returned as instructions.
nutrition	object or null	Value returned as nutrition.
scrapedAt	string	Value returned as scrapedAt.
warnings	array	Value returned as warnings.

Use cases

• Schedule repeatable collection and export results to downstream workflows.
• Run a one-off research job and export the structured result as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS from Apify.
• Schedule the same input to monitor changes over time and send completed datasets to a webhook or integration.
• Feed schema-shaped records into a database, spreadsheet, BI tool, or AI workflow with the source URL retained for verification.

Input

Field	Type	Description
startUrls	array	Use for public Bon Appétit recipe, category, or search pages. Example: https://www.bonappetit.com/bon-appetit/recipe/one-pot-ratatouille.
searchQuery	string	Use to discover Bon Appétit recipes by keyword, for example 'chicken pasta'. Leave empty when using startUrls.
maxResults	integer	Maximum structured recipe records to return; 1-100. Each valid recipe is one result event.
maxPages	integer	Maximum index/search pages for recipe-link discovery; 1-10. Direct recipe URLs do not use this limit.
includeNutrition	boolean	Keep nutrition fields from Recipe JSON-LD when available.

Output example

{
  "recordType": "Example Record Type",
  "url": "Example Recipe URL",
  "recipeId": "Example Recipe ID",
  "name": "Example Recipe Name",
  "description": "Example Description",
  "image": "Example Image URL",
  "author": "Example Author",
  "datePublished": "Example datePublished",
  "prepTime": "Example prepTime",
  "cookTime": "Example cookTime",
  "totalTime": "Example totalTime",
  "recipeYield": "Example recipeYield"
}

The exact fields depend on the selected input and what the public source exposes. Use the dataset schema as the machine-readable contract and retain source URLs for verification.

Run Bon Appétit Recipes Scraper with the Apify API

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('muhammadafzal/bon-appetit-recipes-scraper').call({
  "startUrls": [],
  "searchQuery": "",
  "maxResults": 10,
  "maxPages": 3,
  "includeNutrition": true
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

You can also run the Actor from Apify Console, schedules, webhooks, the REST API, Make, Zapier, n8n, or the hosted Apify MCP server.

Pricing and cost control

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing. Charges follow the live event definitions shown below.

Event	Price (USD)	When it is charged
recipe-record	$0.003	Charged once for each schema-valid Bon Appétit recipe record returned.
apify-actor-start	$0.00005	Charged when the Actor starts running. Number of events charged depends on Actor memory (one event per GB, minimum one event).

For example, 100 recipe-record events cost $0.3, plus any enabled Actor-start event. Empty or failed work should be checked in the run log and dataset before reuse.

Responsible use

Use this Actor only for data you are authorized to access. Follow the target website's terms, robots and access policies, and applicable privacy, database, copyright, anti-spam, and data-protection laws. Do not use it to bypass authentication or other access controls, collect private data, harass people, or make high-impact decisions without independent verification.

Support

When reporting a problem, include the Actor run ID, a redacted input, the expected result, and a small public example URL when applicable. Do not post API tokens, cookies, credentials, or personal data in an issue.