AllRecipes Search Scraper 🍳

AllRecipes Search Scraper 🍳

by easyapi

Automatically scrape AllRecipes.com search results for titles, ratings, images & categories. Perfect for building recipe datasets, culinary research, or food app development.

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About AllRecipes Search Scraper 🍳

Need to pull recipe data from AllRecipes.com for a project? I've been there. This actor is basically your automated sous-chef for gathering culinary data. It navigates AllRecipes search results for you, pulling out the details you actually need: recipe titles, user ratings, image URLs, and the categories they're listed under. I used it to build a database for a meal-planning app, and it saved me weeks of manual work. It's perfect if you're doing culinary research, aggregating recipes for a website, or need a reliable dataset for a food-related machine learning model. You just configure your search terms and let it run—it handles the pagination and data extraction, delivering everything in a clean, structured format like JSON or CSV. Forget copying and pasting; this automates the tedious part so you can focus on analyzing the data or building your application.

What does this actor do?

AllRecipes Search Scraper 🍳 is a web scraping and automation tool available on the Apify platform. It's designed to help you extract data and automate tasks efficiently in the cloud.

Key Features

  • Cloud-based execution - no local setup required
  • Scalable infrastructure for large-scale operations
  • API access for integration with your applications
  • Built-in proxy rotation and anti-blocking measures
  • Scheduled runs and webhooks for automation

How to Use

  1. Click "Try This Actor" to open it on Apify
  2. Create a free Apify account if you don't have one
  3. Configure the input parameters as needed
  4. Run the actor and download your results

Documentation

AllRecipes Search Scraper

Scrape recipe search results from AllRecipes.com based on keywords.

Overview

This actor collects structured recipe data from AllRecipes.com search pages. You provide search terms, and it returns a list of matching recipes with details like title, rating, and URL. The output is saved to a dataset in Apify storage.

Key Features

  • Search by keyword: Provide an array of search terms.
  • Scrapes per recipe:
    • Title
    • URL
    • Image URL
    • Rating (out of 5)
    • Number of ratings
    • Category
    • Document ID
  • Configurable limit: Set maxItems to control results per keyword.
  • Includes a scrapedAt timestamp for each record.

How to Use

Configure the actor with input parameters and run it. Results are stored in a dataset and can be downloaded as JSON, CSV, Excel, or other formats.

Respect the source: Adhere to AllRecipes.com's robots.txt and terms of service. Use reasonable delays between requests to avoid overloading the site.

Input/Output

Input (via JSON configuration):

{
  "keywords": ["pizza", "pasta"],
  "maxItems": 50
}
  • keywords (Array): List of search strings.
  • maxItems (Number): Maximum recipes to scrape per keyword.

Output (example record):

{
  "keyword": "pizza",
  "data": {
    "title": "Easy Homemade Pizza Dough",
    "url": "https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/20171/quick-and-easy-pizza-crust/",
    "imageUrl": "https://www.allrecipes.com/thmb/yyhFgxHA8tGMEp3ttpSY6ZnVgQQ=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/20171-quick-and-easy-pizza-crust-VilmaNg-4x3-f3d3bfe73e3a47b6b65a7da6de3f213d.jpg",
    "rating": 4.5,
    "ratingCount": 4084,
    "docId": "6648543",
    "category": "Pizza Dough and Crust Recipes"
  },
  "scrapedAt": "2025-02-10T02:48:14.046Z"
}

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Actor Information

Developer
easyapi
Pricing
Paid
Total Runs
113
Active Users
15
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