Bright Data - Web Scraping & Search
Direct API access to Bright Data's Web Unlocker and SERP APIs.
Setup
1. Get your API Key: Get a key from Bright Data Dashboard.
2. Create a Web Unlocker zone: Create a zone at brightdata.com/cp by clicking "Add" (top-right), selecting "Unlocker zone".
3. Set environment variables:
bash
export BRIGHTDATA_API_KEY="your-api-key"
export BRIGHTDATA_UNLOCKER_ZONE="your-zone-name"
Usage
Google Search
Search Google and get structured JSON results (title, link, description).
bash
bash scripts/search.sh "query" [cursor]
- cursor: Optional page number for pagination (0-indexed, default: 0)
Web Scraping
Scrape any webpage as markdown. Bypasses bot detection and CAPTCHA.
bash
bash scripts/scrape.sh "url"
Output Formats
Search Results
Returns JSON with structured organic array:
json
{
"organic": [
{"link": "...", "title": "...", "description": "..."}
]
}
Scrape Results
Returns clean markdown content from the webpage.