About ParseForge

ParseForge is a library of maintained web scrapers for public websites. ParseForge publishes them as Apify Actors that run on Apify through the Apify API and return structured JSON rows.

The library gives developers one way to pull data from many different sources. Choose an Actor and send an API request with your own Apify token. The result arrives as rows. The source changes from Actor to Actor. The basic shape does not.

There are 1,913 scrapers in the library. Together, they have completed 1,391,488 runs. Those values come from the catalogue and change as Actors are published and used.

Who is behind ParseForge

ParseForge is a small team that builds and maintains the scraper library. The company also offers custom scraper builds through this site.

ParseForge publishes every Actor under the ParseForge account on Apify. Contact the team at parseforge@protonmail.com.

How the library gets built

Each Actor is written for one source. We work against that source's real markup or its site API. We do not send a generic crawler out to guess which fields matter.

A line of agents finds the source and builds the scraper. The Actor is tested against the live site before publication. After publication, it keeps running so failures and empty results can be found.

Five parts determine whether a scraper keeps returning useful rows. Requests use residential IPs matched to the source country. The Actor uses a connection that the site accepts. Depending on the source, that can include real-Chrome TLS or a Firefox fingerprint, with a full browser where required.

The extraction code is specific to the source. The output is checked against a declared dataset schema. If the source changes, that check turns drift into an error instead of a quiet column of null values.

How we keep Actors working

Websites change their markup and source endpoints. A scraper that nobody watches will eventually stop returning the expected data.

We monitor runs for failures and empty results. When a source changes, we repair and rebuild its Actor, then test it against the live source again. The API contract stays in place for the integration that already calls it.

What we scrape

We scrape publicly accessible data only. We do not build scrapers that depend on user logins. We do not claim to cover sources that are genuinely walled. If a source cannot be reached without crossing that boundary, we say so.

How pricing works

Apify bills each Actor per result row through its pay-per-event model. Actor pages show a starting price per 1,000 results. Higher Apify plans have lower pricing tiers. Apify also provides free monthly credit for trying an Actor.

There is no ParseForge subscription and no ParseForge billing account. Apify keeps the usage record and handles invoices for every run.

Contact: parseforge@protonmail.com