Bright Data

aid: bright-data
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bright-data/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Bright Data
tags:
  - Web Data
  - Web Scraping
  - Proxy
  - Residential Proxy
  - Datacenter Proxy
  - ISP Proxy
  - Mobile Proxy
  - SERP
  - Web Unlocker
  - Scraping Browser
  - Dataset Marketplace
  - MCP
  - AI Agents
kind: contract
image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
access: 3rd-Party
x-type: company
apis:
  - aid: bright-data:web-unlocker-api
    name: Bright Data Web Unlocker API
    tags:
      - Web Unlocker
      - Unblocking
      - Anti-Bot
      - CAPTCHA
    humanURL: https://docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/web-unlocker/introduction
    properties:
      - url: https://docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/web-unlocker/introduction
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/web-unlocker/async-requests
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/bright-data-web-unlocker-api-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
    description: >-
      Single-endpoint web unblocking with a 98%+ success rate. Send any URL, Bright Data handles residential proxy
      selection, JavaScript rendering, CAPTCHA solving, fingerprint spoofing, and anti-bot evasion, returning the fully
      rendered page. Supports both synchronous and asynchronous modes via `/unblocker/req` with `/unblocker/get_result`
      for polling. Pay only for successful requests.
  - aid: bright-data:serp-api
    name: Bright Data SERP API
    tags:
      - SERP
      - Search
      - Google
      - Bing
    humanURL: https://docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/serp-api/introduction
    properties:
      - url: https://docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/serp-api/introduction
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/serp-api/send-your-first-request
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/bright-data-serp-api-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
    description: >-
      Real-time SERP data from Google, Bing, Yandex, and DuckDuckGo across 31 languages and 195 countries. Supports
      organic, news, images, videos, shopping, jobs, hotels, flights, lens, trends, reviews, maps, and AI Overview
      result types. Submit asynchronous requests via `/serp/req` and poll `/serp/get_result`, or stream synchronously
      over the proxy on port 33335. Geolocation, device, browser, pagination, and localization parameters supported.
  - aid: bright-data:web-scraper-api
    name: Bright Data Web Scraper API
    tags:
      - Web Scraping
      - Datasets
      - Structured Data
    humanURL: https://docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/web-scraper-api/overview
    properties:
      - url: https://docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/web-scraper-api/overview
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/web-scraper-api/trigger-a-collection
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/bright-data-web-scraper-api-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
      - url: json-schema/bright-data-snapshot-schema.json
        type: JSONSchema
    description: >-
      Asynchronous snapshot-based scraping over 660+ pre-built dataset endpoints (Amazon, Walmart, LinkedIn, Instagram,
      TikTok, YouTube, Reddit, Google Maps, Airbnb, Booking, Zillow, and many more) plus custom collectors. Trigger via
      `POST /datasets/v3/scrape`, poll `/datasets/v3/progress/{snapshot_id}`, and download via
      `/datasets/v3/snapshot/{snapshot_id}`. Returns JSON, NDJSON, CSV, or Parquet; supports direct delivery to S3,
      Azure Blob, GCS, Snowflake, and webhooks.
  - aid: bright-data:scraping-browser-api
    name: Bright Data Scraping Browser API
    tags:
      - Browser Automation
      - Headless Browser
      - Puppeteer
      - Playwright
      - Selenium
    humanURL: https://docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/scraping-browser/introduction
    properties:
      - url: https://docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/scraping-browser/introduction
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/scraping-browser/quickstart
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/bright-data-scraping-browser-api-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
    description: >-
      Fully managed remote Chromium browsers driven over CDP/WebSocket from Puppeteer, Playwright, or Selenium. Each
      session ships with built-in unlocker logic, residential proxy egress, CAPTCHA solving, and fingerprint management
      so JavaScript-heavy and interactive flows complete reliably. REST endpoints expose session inventory (`GET
      /browser_sessions`) for observability and lifecycle inspection.
  - aid: bright-data:deep-lookup-api
    name: Bright Data Deep Lookup API
    tags:
      - Entity Resolution
      - People Search
      - Company Search
      - Enrichment
    humanURL: https://docs.brightdata.com/api-reference/deep-lookup/Deep-Lookup-API-Overview
    properties:
      - url: https://docs.brightdata.com/api-reference/deep-lookup/Deep-Lookup-API-Overview
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/bright-data-deep-lookup-api-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
    description: >-
      Find companies and professionals across 1,000+ public sources with 95%+ accuracy. Submit a natural-language
      description or structured query via `POST /trigger`, preview row counts with `/preview`, optimize the query with
      `/enhance_query`, and enrich existing columns with `/request/{id}/enrich`. Results are downloaded via
      `/request/{id}/download`. Billed per result.
  - aid: bright-data:web-archive-api
    name: Bright Data Web Archive API
    tags:
      - Historical Data
      - Web Archive
      - Time Series
    humanURL: https://docs.brightdata.com/api-reference/web-archive-api/Web-Archive-API-Overview
    properties:
      - url: https://docs.brightdata.com/api-reference/web-archive-api/Web-Archive-API-Overview
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/bright-data-web-archive-api-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
    description: >-
      Search and deliver petabyte-scale historical web snapshots across 250+ domains. Submit a query via `POST
      /webarchive/search`, monitor with `GET /webarchive/search/{search_id}`, list all searches via `GET
      /webarchive/searches`, and deliver matching corpora to S3/Azure/GCS via `POST /deliver-to-cloud`.
  - aid: bright-data:dataset-marketplace-api
    name: Bright Data Dataset Marketplace API
    tags:
      - Datasets
      - Marketplace
      - Bulk Data
    humanURL: https://docs.brightdata.com/datasets/marketplace
    properties:
      - url: https://docs.brightdata.com/datasets/marketplace
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/bright-data-dataset-marketplace-api-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
    description: >-
      Programmatic access to 350+ ready-to-use datasets across 250+ domains (eCommerce, social, real estate, travel,
      business). List available datasets via `GET /datasets`, inspect schemas via `GET /datasets/{dataset_id}/metadata`,
      retrieve snapshots via `GET /datasets/snapshots/{id}`, and push deliveries to S3, Azure, GCS, Snowflake, or
      webhooks via `POST /datasets/snapshots/{id}/deliver`.
  - aid: bright-data:account-management-api
    name: Bright Data Account Management API
    tags:
      - Administrative
      - Zones
      - Billing
    humanURL: https://docs.brightdata.com/api-reference/account-management-api/Account-Management-API-Overview
    properties:
      - url: https://docs.brightdata.com/api-reference/account-management-api/Account-Management-API-Overview
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/bright-data-account-management-api-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
      - url: json-schema/bright-data-zone-schema.json
        type: JSONSchema
    description: >-
      Manage Bright Data zones (proxy pools and product entitlements), IP allocations, access control, and billing
      programmatically. Endpoints include `POST/GET/DELETE /zone`, `/zone/change_disable`, `/zone/ips`
      (add/remove/refresh/migrate/statistics), `/zone/whitelist`, `/zone/blacklist`, `/zone/domain_perm`, plus
      `/customer/balance` and `/zone/bw` for balance and bandwidth reporting.
  - aid: bright-data:proxy-manager-api
    name: Bright Data Proxy Manager API
    tags:
      - Proxy Manager
      - Local API
      - Self-Hosted
    humanURL: https://docs.brightdata.com/proxy-networks/proxy-manager/api
    properties:
      - url: https://docs.brightdata.com/proxy-networks/proxy-manager/api
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/bright-data-proxy-manager-api-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
    description: >-
      Local self-hosted REST control plane (port 22999) for the Bright Data Proxy Manager. Programmatically create and
      configure proxy ports (`/api/proxies`, `/api/proxies/{PORT}`), ban offending IPs (`/api/proxies/{PORT}/banip`),
      refresh IP pools (`/api/refresh_ips`), and read zone configuration (`/api/zones`). Supports SSL, logging,
      statistics, and remote upgrade/restart endpoints.
  - aid: bright-data:scraping-shield-api
    name: Bright Data Scraping Shield API
    tags:
      - Compliance
      - Domain Classification
      - Trust and Safety
    humanURL: https://docs.brightdata.com/api-reference/scraping-shield-api/Scraping-Shield-API-Overview
    properties:
      - url: https://docs.brightdata.com/api-reference/scraping-shield-api/Scraping-Shield-API-Overview
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/bright-data-scraping-shield-api-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
    description: >-
      Compliance-focused classification API that exposes Bright Data's allowlist/blocklist taxonomy. `GET /shield/class`
      lists every classification, `/shield/domains_by_class` returns domains by category, `/shield/samples` returns
      sample classifications, and `/shield/zones_by_class` reports the zones cleared for each class.
  - aid: bright-data:mcp-server
    name: Bright Data MCP Server
    tags:
      - MCP
      - Model Context Protocol
      - AI Agents
      - Tools
    humanURL: https://docs.brightdata.com/mcp-server/overview
    properties:
      - url: https://docs.brightdata.com/mcp-server/overview
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://github.com/brightdata/brightdata-mcp
        type: SourceCode
    description: >-
      Bright Data's Model Context Protocol server exposes 60+ web-access tools (search, scrape, structured extraction,
      browser automation, datasets) to MCP-compatible clients including Claude Desktop, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Cursor,
      LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, CrewAI, n8n, Google ADK, NVIDIA NeMo, and Cloudflare Agents. Available as a
      hosted endpoint (5,000 free requests/month), self-hosted, and remote.
common:
  - type: PostmanWorkspace
    url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/bright-data/overview
  - type: ArazzoWorkflows
    url: arazzo/
    workflows:
      - url: arazzo/bright-data-dataset-marketplace-deliver-workflow.yml
        name: Bright Data Marketplace Dataset Snapshot and Deliver
        summary: Inspect a marketplace dataset's metadata, read a snapshot, and deliver it to cloud.
      - url: arazzo/bright-data-deep-lookup-enrich-workflow.yml
        name: Bright Data Deep Lookup Trigger and Enrich Columns
        summary: Trigger a Deep Lookup, wait for it to finish, and enrich its columns.
      - url: arazzo/bright-data-deep-lookup-research-workflow.yml
        name: Bright Data Deep Lookup Research and Download
        summary: Preview a Deep Lookup query, trigger it, poll until ready, and download results.
      - url: arazzo/bright-data-provision-unlocker-zone-and-scrape-workflow.yml
        name: Bright Data Provision an Unlocker Zone then Unlock a URL
        summary: Create a Web Unlocker zone, confirm it, and run a synchronous unlock against it.
      - url: arazzo/bright-data-provision-zone-ips-workflow.yml
        name: Bright Data Provision a Zone and Allocate IPs
        summary: Create a zone, confirm it, and allocate dedicated IPs to it.
      - url: arazzo/bright-data-proxy-port-provision-workflow.yml
        name: Bright Data Proxy Manager Create and Verify a Port
        summary: Create a proxy port in the local Proxy Manager and read it back to confirm it.
      - url: arazzo/bright-data-serp-search-workflow.yml
        name: Bright Data Submit SERP Request and Retrieve Results
        summary: Submit an asynchronous SERP request and poll for the parsed search results.
      - url: arazzo/bright-data-web-archive-search-workflow.yml
        name: Bright Data Web Archive Search and Deliver
        summary: Submit a Web Archive search, poll it until ready, and deliver the corpus to cloud.
      - url: arazzo/bright-data-web-scraper-deliver-workflow.yml
        name: Bright Data Scrape and Deliver Snapshot to Cloud Storage
        summary: Trigger a scrape, wait for the snapshot to finish, and deliver it to cloud storage.
      - url: arazzo/bright-data-web-scraper-job-workflow.yml
        name: Bright Data Trigger Web Scraper Job and Download Results
        summary: Trigger a Web Scraper collector, poll the snapshot until ready, and download the rows.
      - url: arazzo/bright-data-web-scraper-monitor-cancel-workflow.yml
        name: Bright Data Monitor a Snapshot and Cancel a Stuck Job
        summary: Read snapshot progress, pull the log on errors, and cancel a job that is still running.
      - url: arazzo/bright-data-web-scraper-rerun-workflow.yml
        name: Bright Data Rerun a Failed Snapshot and Monitor It
        summary: Inspect an existing snapshot, rerun it when it failed, and poll the new snapshot.
      - url: arazzo/bright-data-web-unlocker-async-workflow.yml
        name: Bright Data Submit Async Unlock and Retrieve Result
        summary: Submit an asynchronous Web Unlocker request and poll for the unlocked response.
  - type: Portal
    url: https://brightdata.com
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.brightdata.com
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.brightdata.com/quickstart
  - type: SignUp
    url: https://brightdata.com/cp/start
  - type: Login
    url: https://brightdata.com/cp/zones
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://brightdata.com/pricing
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/bright-data-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/bright-data-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/bright-data-finops.yml
  - type: Blog
    url: https://brightdata.com/blog
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://status.brightdata.com
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://brightdata.com/legal/tos
  - type: PrivacyPolicy
    url: https://brightdata.com/legal/privacy-policy
  - type: TrustCenter
    url: https://brightdata.com/trust-center
  - type: Support
    url: https://brightdata.com/contact
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bright-data
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/luminati-io
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/brightdata
  - type: SDK
    name: Python SDK
    url: https://github.com/brightdata/sdk-python
  - type: SDK
    name: JavaScript SDK
    url: https://github.com/brightdata/sdk-js
  - type: SDK
    name: AI SDK
    url: https://github.com/brightdata/ai-sdk
  - type: CommandLineInterface
    name: Bright Data CLI
    url: https://github.com/brightdata/cli
  - type: Tool
    name: MCP Server
    url: https://github.com/brightdata/brightdata-mcp
  - type: Tool
    name: OpenClaw Plugin
    url: https://github.com/brightdata/openclaw-plugin
  - type: Tool
    name: Cursor Plugin
    url: https://github.com/brightdata/brightdata-cursor-plugin
  - type: CodeExamples
    name: Quickstart Templates
    url: https://github.com/brightdata/bright-data-quickstart-templates
  - type: CodeExamples
    name: Scraping Browser Examples
    url: https://github.com/luminati-io/sbr-examples
  - type: Integrations
    url: https://brightdata.com/integrations
  - type: LLMsTxt
    url: https://docs.brightdata.com/llms.txt
  - type: Documentation
    name: API Reference
    url: https://docs.brightdata.com/api-reference
  - type: Forum
    url: https://discord.gg/brightdata
  - type: Features
    data:
      - >-
        Web Unlocker API — 98%+ success rate single-endpoint unblocking with proxy, JS rendering, CAPTCHA solving, and
        anti-bot evasion
      - >-
        SERP API — real-time Google/Bing/Yandex/DuckDuckGo across 31 languages and 195 countries with organic, news,
        images, video, shopping, jobs, hotels, flights, lens, trends, and AI Overview result types
      - Web Scraper API — 660+ pre-built dataset endpoints plus custom collectors with snapshot-based async delivery
      - Scraping Browser — managed remote Chromium browsers compatible with Puppeteer, Playwright, and Selenium
      - Deep Lookup API — natural-language entity research over 1,000+ sources with 95%+ accuracy
      - Web Archive API — petabyte-scale historical web search over 250+ domains
      - >-
        Dataset Marketplace — 350+ ready-to-use datasets across eCommerce, social, real estate, travel, and business
        verticals
      - Proxy Networks — 400M+ residential IPs, 1.3M+ ISP IPs, datacenter and 7M+ mobile IPs across 195 countries
      - Geo-targeting at country, state, city, ZIP, and ASN granularity with sticky and rotating sessions
      - Account Management API — programmatic zone, IP, balance, bandwidth, and billing management
      - Proxy Manager API — local self-hosted REST control plane (port 22999) for routing, banning, and refreshing
      - Scraping Shield API — domain classification API for compliance and trust-and-safety workflows
      - MCP Server with 60+ tools, hosted (5,000 free requests/month), self-hosted, or remote
      - Direct delivery to Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage, Snowflake, and webhooks
      - JSON, NDJSON, CSV, XLSX, and Parquet output formats
      - Official Python SDK, JavaScript SDK, AI SDK, and CLI
      - Pay-only-for-success pricing across Web Unlocker, SERP, and Web Scraper APIs
      - 99.99% uptime, 99.95% success rate
      - SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, and CCPA compliant
      - >-
        Open MCP integrations with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Cursor, LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex,
        CrewAI, n8n, Google ADK, NVIDIA NeMo, Cloudflare Agents, Snowflake Cortex, and Vapi
    sources:
      - https://docs.brightdata.com
      - https://docs.brightdata.com/llms.txt
      - https://brightdata.com/pricing
      - https://brightdata.com/pricing/web-unlocker
      - https://brightdata.com/pricing/proxy-network
      - https://github.com/brightdata
      - https://github.com/luminati-io
    updated: '2026-05-25'
created: '2026-03-26'
modified: '2026-05-25'
position: Consuming
description: >-
  Bright Data is an Israeli web data platform and operator of the world's largest legitimate residential proxy network
  (400M+ IPs across 195 countries). The platform combines proxy infrastructure (residential, ISP, datacenter, mobile)
  with higher-level web-access APIs — Web Unlocker, SERP API, Web Scraper API, Scraping Browser, Deep Lookup, and Web
  Archive — plus a 350-dataset marketplace and an MCP server that exposes 60+ web-access tools to AI agents. Serves
  20,000+ customers across eCommerce, finance, real estate, ad-tech, and AI/ML, and is a primary supplier of training
  and grounding data for foundation-model providers.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]
    X: apievangelist
    url: https://apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.20'