> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.zenrows.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

> ## Agent Instructions
> The Zenrows API (Fetch, Extract, Crawl and Batch) is described in OpenAPI 3.1 at https://www.zenrows.com/openapi.json and listed in the RFC 9727 API catalog at https://www.zenrows.com/.well-known/api-catalog. Every endpoint also has its own page under /api-reference with its schema. Use the spec for exact parameter names and types. To call Zenrows from an agent, connect the MCP server at https://mcp.zenrows.com/mcp. To search these docs from an agent, connect the docs MCP server at https://docs.zenrows.com/mcp. Agent skills for Zenrows are published at https://github.com/ZenRows/cli and install with `npx skills add ZenRows/cli`.

# List your crawls

> Your crawls, newest first, without their results. Documented at https://docs.zenrows.com/crawl/endpoints#list-your-crawls.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json get /crawls
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Zenrows API
  version: 1.0.0
  summary: >-
    Reach any page, including the protected web, and return it as HTML,
    Markdown, plaintext, PDF or structured JSON.
  description: >-
    Zenrows is web data infrastructure for agents and applications. Three HTTP
    surfaces are described here:


    - **Fetch and Extract**: one synchronous request per page, at
    `https://api.zenrows.com/v1/`. Authentication is the `apikey` query
    parameter.

    - **Crawl**: collect the URLs behind one start page, at
    `https://api.zenrows.com/v1/crawls`. Authentication is the `X-API-Key`
    header or the `apikey` query parameter.

    - **Batch**: asynchronous jobs of up to 100,000 URLs, at
    `https://async.api.zenrows.com/v1`. Authentication is the `X-API-Key`
    header.


    **Browser** is not described here because it is not HTTP: you connect
    Puppeteer or Playwright to a WebSocket endpoint. See
    https://docs.zenrows.com/browser-sessions/introduction.


    **Cost.** A request costs 1 credit, 5 with JavaScript rendering, 10 with
    premium proxies, 25 with both, and 1 to 25 under `mode=auto`. Failed
    requests are never charged. The free tier is 5,000 credits a month, no card.


    **Versioning and deprecation.** The version is in the URL path (`/v1`, the
    only version so far). Inside a version Zenrows only adds: new endpoints,
    optional parameters, response fields and headers. Nothing is removed or
    changed. Retiring a version is announced at least twelve months ahead, and
    every response from a deprecated version carries the `Deprecation` (RFC
    9745) and `Sunset` (RFC 8594) headers. Policy:
    https://docs.zenrows.com/api-versioning.


    **Getting a key without a human.** `POST
    https://app.zenrows.com/api/agent/signup` returns a usable key; the spec is
    at https://www.zenrows.com/auth.md and a setup playbook at
    https://www.zenrows.com/SKILL.md.
  termsOfService: https://www.zenrows.com/legal/terms-of-use
  contact:
    name: Zenrows support
    email: support@zenrows.com
    url: https://www.zenrows.com/contact
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://www.zenrows.com/legal/terms-of-use
servers:
  - url: https://api.zenrows.com/v1
    description: Fetch and Extract (synchronous)
security:
  - apiKeyQuery: []
tags:
  - name: Fetch
    description: Retrieve one page, optionally rendered, proxied, converted or extracted.
  - name: Extract
    description: Which domains Extract serves, and getting a new one prepared.
  - name: Crawl
    description: Collect the URLs behind one start page, and each page's HTML when asked.
  - name: Batch
    description: Submit many URLs as one job and collect the results.
  - name: Account
    description: Plan, credits and concurrency for the calling key.
  - name: Onboarding
    description: Get a working key with no human in the loop.
externalDocs:
  description: Zenrows documentation
  url: https://docs.zenrows.com
paths:
  /crawls:
    get:
      tags:
        - Crawl
      summary: List your crawls
      description: >-
        Your crawls, newest first, without their results. Documented at
        https://docs.zenrows.com/crawl/endpoints#list-your-crawls.
      operationId: listCrawls
      parameters:
        - name: cursor
          in: query
          required: false
          description: The `next_cursor` from the previous page.
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: limit
          in: query
          required: false
          description: How many crawls to return.
          schema:
            type: integer
            minimum: 1
            maximum: 100
            default: 20
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A page of crawls. `next_cursor` is absent on the last page.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  crawls:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/CrawlSummary'
                  next_cursor:
                    type: string
              example:
                crawls:
                  - crawl_id: c_01M3XP7RZD4JT88F7PNPGBFRAF
                    status: completed
                    stop_reason: max_pages
                    url: https://www.scrapingcourse.com/ecommerce/
                    max_items: 100
                    max_pages: 10
                    include_patterns:
                      - /product/
                    exclude_patterns: []
                    discovery:
                      - links
                    coverage:
                      pages_fetched: 10
                      pages_failed: 0
                      items_found: 88
                    duplicates_removed: 412
                    created_at: '2026-10-09T09:00:12Z'
                    finished_at: '2026-10-09T09:00:41Z'
                next_cursor: eyJjcmF3bF9pZCI6ImNfMDFNM1hQN1JaRDRKVDg4RjdQTlBHQkZSQUYifQ
        '400':
          description: >-
            `invalid_request`: `limit` or `cursor` is not valid. Documented at
            https://docs.zenrows.com/crawl/endpoints#errors.
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              example:
                code: invalid_request
                title: Invalid request
                detail: limit must be between 1 and 100.
                status: 400
                instance: urn:zenrows:request:9ac5b40be6127c8809b91babda784059
        '401':
          description: The API key is missing or invalid.
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/XRequestId'
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              example:
                code: AUTH002
                detail: Invalid API key.
                instance: /v1
                status: 401
                title: Invalid apikey provided (AUTH002)
                type: https://docs.zenrows.com/api-error-codes#AUTH002
        '402':
          description: >-
            The account is out of credits, or the plan does not include this
            capability.
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/XRequestId'
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              example:
                code: AUTH004
                detail: >-
                  This account has used all its credits for the period. Upgrade
                  or add credits to continue.
                instance: /v1
                status: 402
                title: Usage exceeded (AUTH004)
                type: https://docs.zenrows.com/api-error-codes#AUTH004
        '429':
          description: >-
            `too_many_crawls`: the account already runs its active jobs (3 by
            default, shared with Batch). Wait for one to end; the response
            carries `Retry-After: 30`.
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              example:
                code: too_many_crawls
                title: Too many active crawls
                detail: >-
                  Your account already runs 3 active jobs. Wait for one to end,
                  then start the crawl again.
                status: 429
                instance: urn:zenrows:request:9ac5b40be6127c8809b91babda784059
        '500':
          description: '`internal_error`: something failed on our side. Retry later.'
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              example:
                code: internal_error
                title: Internal error
                detail: Something failed on our side. Retry later.
                status: 500
                instance: urn:zenrows:request:9ac5b40be6127c8809b91babda784059
      security:
        - apiKeyHeader: []
        - apiKeyQuery: []
components:
  schemas:
    CrawlSummary:
      type: object
      description: A crawl and its coverage so far.
      properties:
        crawl_id:
          type: string
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
            - running
            - completed
            - stopped
            - failed
          description: >-
            `completed`: nothing was left to open, or a limit was reached (see
            `stop_reason`). `stopped`: you stopped it. `failed`: see `error`.
        stop_reason:
          type: string
          enum:
            - max_items
            - max_pages
            - user
          description: >-
            Why the crawl ended early. Absent when nothing was left to open, and
            when the crawl failed.
        error:
          type: object
          description: >-
            Present only when `status` is `failed`. Older crawls can carry
            `domain_not_allowed` (the domain was not prepared for Extract).
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              enum:
                - seed_unreachable
                - no_items_found
                - insufficient_credits
                - internal_error
                - domain_not_allowed
            detail:
              type: string
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          maxLength: 2048
          description: >-
            The start URL: a public `http` or `https` URL. The crawl starts on
            this exact URL and stays on its domain, subdomains included.
        depth:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100000
          description: >-
            How many link steps to follow from the start URL. At `1`, the links
            on the start page. Omit it to follow links until `max_items` or
            `max_pages` stops the crawl.
        max_items:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100000
          default: 100
          description: Stop after keeping this many URLs.
        max_pages:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100000
          default: 100
          description: >-
            Stop after fetching this many pages. Caps what the crawl costs. If
            both limits are reached together, `stop_reason` is `max_pages`.
        include_patterns:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: >-
            Keep, and open, only URLs that contain at least one of these texts,
            such as `/product/`. The start URL is never returned.
        exclude_patterns:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: >-
            Drop URLs that contain any of these texts, even when they match an
            include pattern.
        output_format:
          type: string
          enum:
            - html
          description: >-
            `html` also returns the HTML of each kept page. Omit it to get URLs
            only.
        discovery:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            enum:
              - links
              - pagination
          description: >-
            `["links"]`: the crawl follows the links in each page's HTML. Older
            crawls can also list `pagination`.
        coverage:
          type: object
          properties:
            pages_fetched:
              type: integer
              description: Pages fetched so far, successful or not, at most `max_pages`.
            pages_failed:
              type: integer
              description: Pages that failed to load.
            items_found:
              type: integer
              description: >-
                URLs returned so far, after duplicates and patterns. At most
                `max_items`.
        duplicates_removed:
          type: integer
          description: Links met again and dropped. Results never hold a duplicate.
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        finished_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Absent while the crawl runs.
    Error:
      type: object
      description: >-
        Zenrows error envelope, sent as `application/problem+json` (RFC 9457
        problem details). `code` is the stable identifier to branch on; `type`
        links to its entry in the catalogue at
        https://docs.zenrows.com/api-error-codes. Read back from live responses.
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          example: AUTH002
        status:
          type: integer
          example: 401
        title:
          type: string
          example: Invalid apikey provided (AUTH002)
        detail:
          type: string
          example: Invalid API key.
        type:
          type: string
          format: uri
          example: https://docs.zenrows.com/api-error-codes#AUTH002
        instance:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The request path or a request URN. Quote it when reporting a
            problem.
          example: /v1
  headers:
    XRequestId:
      description: Identifier for this request. Quote it when reporting a problem.
      schema:
        type: string
        example: 67fa4e35647515d8ad61bb3ee041e1bb
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyQuery:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: apikey
      description: >-
        Fetch, Extract, Crawl and the account endpoint accept the key as the
        `apikey` query parameter. Keys are per account and self-serve: create
        one in the Zenrows dashboard (app.zenrows.com), or, for an agent with no
        human present, `POST https://app.zenrows.com/api/agent/signup`.
    apiKeyHeader:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
      description: >-
        Batch, Crawl, the Extract endpoints and the account endpoint read the
        same key from the `X-API-Key` header.

````

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