Startpage Search Scraper

Scrapes Startpage web results with titles, URLs, snippets, sitelinks, dates, language, region, and source metadata. Signed proxy URLs are excluded from the dataset.

What this Actor collects

The Actor converts structured search results into clean JSON records that can be downloaded, queried through the Apify API, or sent to downstream workflows.

• Uses the input limits and filters below to control the crawl.
• Stores source-backed fields defined by the 34-field dataset schema.
• Omits optional fields when the source does not expose a value instead of writing nulls or fabricated placeholders.

Use cases

• Search and competitor research
• Ranking and visibility monitoring
• Dataset and workflow enrichment

Input

Provide input in JSON. Fields marked required must be supplied; source-specific alternatives and constraints are described in the field text.

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
query	string	Yes	"artificial intelligence"	The search query to look up on Startpage.
maxItems	integer	No	50	Maximum number of search results to scrape.
language	string	No	"english"	Language for results. Use Startpage language values: 'english', 'deutsch', 'français', 'español', etc.
region	string	No	""	Region/country code for localized results (e.g. 'us', 'gb', 'de', 'in', 'fr'). Leave empty for global results.
safeSearch	string	No	"moderate"	Safe search filter level.
proxyConfiguration	object	No	{"useApifyProxy":true,"apifyProxyGroups":["RESIDENTIAL"]}	Proxy settings. Residential proxies strongly recommended for Startpage — it actively blocks datacenter IPs.

Example input

{
  "query": "privacy search",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "language": "en",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  },
  "region": "us",
  "safeSearch": "moderate"
}

Output

The default dataset contains one item per web search result. The following are the most useful fields; availability can vary by result type and source response.

Field	Type	Description
position	integer	Position
title	string	Title
displayedUrl	string	Displayed URL
snippet	string	Snippet
date	string	Date
searchQuery	string	Search Query
scrapedAt	string	Scraped At
type	string	Type
description	string	Description
url	string	URL
link	string	Link
query	string	Query
resultType	string	Result Type
page	integer	Page
titleHtml	string	Title HTML
displayUrl	string	Display URL

Example dataset item

This compact example is taken from local Actor storage. Long text and nested collections are shortened for documentation only.

{
  "position": 1,
  "title": "Startpage - Private Search Engine. No Tracking. No Search History.",
  "displayedUrl": "https://www.startpage.com/",
  "snippet": "Privacy starts here. ; Desktop extension. Search privately without tracking; No saving, sharing, or selling your data ; Mobile browser app. The easiest way to use ...",
  "searchQuery": "privacy search",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-23T12:28:16.094Z",
  "link": "https://www.startpage.com/",
  "domain": "startpage.com",
  "language": "en",
  "region": "us"
}

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