# Bon Appétit Recipes Scraper (`muhammadafzal/bon-appetit-recipes-scraper`) Actor

Scrape public Bon Appétit recipe pages and recipe indexes into structured records with ingredients, instructions, timing, author, yield, keywords, and optional nutrition.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/muhammadafzal/bon-appetit-recipes-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Muhammad Afzal](https://apify.com/muhammadafzal) (community)
- **Categories:** Other, Agents, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 75.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 recipe records

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## 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:

```json
{
  "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

```json
{
  "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

```javascript
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.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Use for public Bon Appétit recipe, category, or search pages. Example: https://www.bonappetit.com/bon-appetit/recipe/one-pot-ratatouille.

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Use to discover Bon Appétit recipes by keyword, for example 'chicken pasta'. Leave empty when using startUrls.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum structured recipe records to return; 1-100. Each valid recipe is one result event.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Maximum index/search pages for recipe-link discovery; 1-10. Direct recipe URLs do not use this limit.

## `includeNutrition` (type: `boolean`):

Keep nutrition fields from Recipe JSON-LD when available.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [],
  "searchQuery": "",
  "maxResults": 10,
  "maxPages": 3,
  "includeNutrition": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `recipes` (type: `string`):

No description

## `summary` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "maxResults": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("muhammadafzal/bon-appetit-recipes-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "maxResults": 10 }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("muhammadafzal/bon-appetit-recipes-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "maxResults": 10
}' |
apify call muhammadafzal/bon-appetit-recipes-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,muhammadafzal/bon-appetit-recipes-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/7BCGifspLgSaxXeAI/builds/Wme3ievnfchTTtmVo/openapi.json