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Yandex Search API

Send a Yandex search URL and get back the rendered HTML of the results page, loaded in a real browser from the country and city you choose.

  • Extract data from dynamic, JavaScript-rendered websites
  • Automated CAPTCHA solving while the page loads
  • Choose the exit country and city for each request
  • Simple API integration: send a URL, get rendered HTML back

All the Reasons to Choose Yandex Search API

Rendered pages, location control, and simple billing — through one API request.

Automated CAPTCHA Solving

Automated CAPTCHA Solving

CAPTCHAs detected while loading the page are solved automatically.

Real Browser Rendering

Real Browser Rendering

Pages are rendered before the HTML comes back, so content loaded by scripts is included.

JavaScript Rendering

JavaScript Rendering

Extract data from dynamic and JavaScript-heavy websites.

Geo-Targeting

Geo-Targeting

Choose from 207 exit countries and set the city for each request.

Automatic Retries, Charged Once

Automatic Retries, Charged Once

Set difficulty to auto and a failed attempt is retried through stronger pools — up to 3 attempts, billed once. Failed requests aren’t charged.

Simple API Integration

Simple API Integration

One HTTP request with your API key: send a URL, get rendered HTML back.

Request flow
Your app Python · JavaScript · cURL
Floppydata Web Scraping API
  • JavaScript rendering
  • CAPTCHA solving
  • 207 exit countries · city targeting
  • Auto retries: up to 3 attempts
  • Fresh or cached content
Target website Any public URL

How Does Floppydata Yandex Search Scraping API Work?

Forget the traditional way of collecting information and manually sifting through the Yandex search results. Yandex search API automates the search process. Rather than tedious copy-and-paste work, all you do is send a request.

You will then receive the full rendered HTML of the search results page, along with the source URL and the fetch time. From it you can parse website rankings, headings, descriptions, and other components of a search results page with your own tools.

The page is loaded and rendered in a real browser, so content added by JavaScript is included. You can choose the country and city each request comes from, so you see the results Yandex shows to users in that location.

This functionality elevates the Yandex SERP scraper from a basic data collection tool to a central component of your analytical system. The data can be used for SEO analyses, competitor benchmarking, or other internally developed analytical solutions, all without the tedium of checking the search results manually.

How does it work?

The Yandex search API makes automating the search process simple.

You send one HTTP request with a Yandex search URL and get back the HTML of that results page, which you parse with your own tools.

Why is this important? The fact is that the Yandex search results have their own characteristics. Yandex takes into account the user’s location, analyzes their behavior, and displays ads, maps, quick answers, and many other elements.
Simple parsers that don’t render JavaScript can miss parts of such a complex page. Because the API renders the page in a real browser and lets you choose the exit country and city for each request, the HTML you get back reflects what users in that location see.

Who will benefit the most?

This is of prime importance to SEO specialists, marketers, and analysts, as well as anyone else who needs to monitor the rankings of websites in Yandex search results, assess the competition, and produce reports. This is particularly true for businesses in the Russian and CIS markets.

The API’s working principle is simple. You send the Yandex search URL for a given keyword, and what you get back is the rendered HTML of the results page. From it you extract the positions, headings, descriptions, advertising blocks, and various other elements of the page.

The greatest benefit of the Yandex SERP Scraper is the ability to automate the process. Instead of manually collecting the data, you can send a request for each keyword from your own code.

Regularly auditing large volumes of data can be critical for large businesses and agencies.

In large undertakings, the Yandex search API can be used in conjunction with the analytical system. The data you parse from the results can be fed into reports, CRM systems, or internal dashboards. This turns information collection into a structured and ongoing process.

Where can I use the Yandex Search API?

  • Monitoring website rankings based on keywords: Get the latest updates on your website’s rankings in search engine results and analyze the differences in ranking position against competitors.
  • Search page layout analysis: Analyze the Yandex search results page. Determine which advertisement blocks, quick answer sections, maps, etc. appear and how they affect user interaction.
  • Regional monitoring: Check the search results for specific cities and regions to get accurate information about your site’s positions based on users’ location.

Why choose the Yandex scraper API?

  • Automation: Data collection is automated. Manual data collection is no longer necessary.
  • Reliability: CAPTCHAs detected while the page loads are solved automatically. With difficulty "auto", a failed attempt is retried through stronger pools, up to 3 attempts, billed once. Failed requests are not charged.
  • Flexibility: Add more keywords to the system without increasing the amount of work done by your employees.

Yandex is attentive to automated data collection. The API solves CAPTCHAs detected during page load and retries failed attempts, and you pay only for successful scrapes. If you need regular search results analytics, such a tool can become a steady source of information.

Plans & Pricing

Failed requests aren’t charged — no surprises, no hidden fees.

Trial Free 5 successful scrapes Try Free
Basic $9 10K successful scrapes Try It
Enterprise Custom Tailored to your needs Talk to Team

Easy to Start, Easier to Scale

  1. 1

    Send a target URL to the Web Scraping API using Python, JavaScript, or cURL.

  2. 2

    Configure the exit country, city, or request difficulty when needed.

  3. 3

    Receive rendered HTML and process it in your application.

Read documentation
Live example · X-API-Key required
fetch('https://api.floppydata.net/v2/web-data/fetch', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
        'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
        'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({ url: 'https://example.com', difficulty: 'auto' })
});
requests.post(
    'https://api.floppydata.net/v2/web-data/fetch',
    headers={
        'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
        'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    json={'url': 'https://example.com', 'difficulty': 'auto'}
)
curl -X POST https://api.floppydata.net/v2/web-data/fetch \
  -H "X-Api-Key: $API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url": "https://example.com", "difficulty": "auto"}'

Frequently Asked Questions

Is it legal to scrape Yandex results?

Scraping publicly available data is generally allowed when you follow the site’s terms of service and the applicable laws. Check Yandex’s terms and the rules that apply to your use case before collecting data.

How to scrape Yandex?

The simplest way is to use a Yandex SERP scraper or web scraping API that sends requests for Yandex search URLs and returns the results pages. The Floppydata Web Scraping API returns the rendered HTML of each page, which you then parse with your own tools.

What is Yandex search API?

A Yandex Search API is an application programming interface that gives you access to Yandex search result data. The Floppydata Web Scraping API returns the rendered HTML of Yandex results pages, which you parse into the data you need for search result analysis.