---
title: "Start Scrape"
method: POST
path: "/api/scrape"
---

# Start Scrape

`POST /api/scrape`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.exploreyc.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.exploreyc.com/api/scrape`
- Auth: none declared

Start a new scraping job

## Request body

- ScrapeRequest
  - `query` string
  - `batch` string[], nullable
  - `industry` string[], nullable
  - `region` string[], nullable
  - `is_hiring` boolean, nullable
  - `top_company` boolean, nullable
  - `nonprofit` boolean, nullable
  - `hits_per_page` integer
  - `max_pages` integer
  - `source` string

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/exploreyc/apis/yc-company-scraper-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/exploreyc/apis/yc-company-scraper-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/exploreyc/apis/yc-company-scraper-api/revisions/d48bd3e241b8?raw)