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Recipes Scraper

web.harvester/recipes-scraper
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Powerful scraper can collect recipes from many websites, including popular ones like Cookpad, Allrecipes, Foodnetwork, Tasty, and many more. Download your data in any format (JSON, CSV, XML, RSS, HTML Table). Seamless integration with apps, reports, and databases.

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  • 17 monthly users

  • 5.0 / 5 (2)

  • 6 bookmarks

  • >99% runs succeeded

  • 24 days response time

  • Created in Jun 2023

  • Modified 22 days ago

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You can access the Recipes Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

1# Start Server-Sent Events (SSE) session and keep it running
2curl "https://actors-mcp-server.apify.actor/sse?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>&actors=web.harvester/recipes-scraper"
3
4# Session id example output:
5# event: endpoint
6# data: /message?sessionId=9d820491-38d4-4c7d-bb6a-3b7dc542f1fa

Using Recipes Scraper via Model Context Protocol (MCP) server

MCP server lets you use Recipes Scraper within your AI workflows. Send API requests to trigger actions and receive real-time results. Take the received sessionId and use it to communicate with the MCP server. The message starts the Recipes Scraper Actor with the provided input.

1curl -X POST "https://actors-mcp-server.apify.actor/message?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>&session_id=<SESSION_ID>" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{
2  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
3  "id": 1,
4  "method": "tools/call",
5  "params": {
6    "arguments": {
7      "start_urls": [
8            "https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/23600/worlds-best-lasagna/",
9            "https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/16927787-lasagna",
10            "https://tasty.co/recipe/the-best-lasagna"
11      ]
12},
13    "name": "web.harvester/recipes-scraper"
14  }
15}'

The response should be: Accepted. You should received response via SSE (JSON) as:

1event: message
2data: {
3  "result": {
4    "content": [
5      {
6        "type": "text",
7        "text": "ACTOR_RESPONSE"
8      }
9    ]
10  }
11}

Configure local MCP Server via standard input/output for Recipes Scraper

You can connect to the MCP Server using clients like ClaudeDesktop and LibreChat or build your own. The server can run both locally and remotely, giving you full flexibility. Set up the server in the client configuration as follows:

1{
2  "mcpServers": {
3    "actors-mcp-server": {
4      "command": "npx",
5      "args": [
6        "-y",
7        "@apify/actors-mcp-server",
8        "--actors",
9        "web.harvester/recipes-scraper"
10      ],
11      "env": {
12        "APIFY_TOKEN": "<YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
13      }
14    }
15  }
16}

You can further access the MCP client through the Tester MCP Client, a chat user interface to interact with the server.

To get started, check out the documentation and example clients. If you are interested in learning more about our MCP server, check out our blog post.