How to scrape software and SaaS data from Zapier using the Minexa API

Zapier's app directory is one of the most complete public indexes of SaaS and software tools available. Each category page lists dozens of products with structured metadata: tool names, descriptions, logo assets, and direct integration links. For anyone building a SaaS intelligence pipeline, competitive landscape tracker, or integration catalog, that data is genuinely useful. The challenge is getting it out in a structured, repeatable way.

This guide walks through how to do exactly that using the Minexa API, a deterministic web extraction platform that replaces manual selector writing with a single visual training step.

What data does Zapier expose per app listing?

The project management category page at zapier.com/apps/categories/project-management returns one record per app. Each record contains the following fields after extraction:

• tool_name: the app's display name (e.g. Trello, Asana, ClickUp)

• product_description: the positioning text shown on the listing card

• integration_details: a label string identifying the integration entry

• integration_link: a direct URL to the app's Zapier integrations page

• image_url: CDN-hosted logo asset URL with fixed 64x64 dimensions

• logo_alt_text: the alt attribute of the logo image, useful for accessibility mapping

The integration_link field is particularly useful for downstream enrichment. Each URL follows the pattern zapier.com/apps/{app-slug}/integrations, which means you can feed those URLs directly into a second extraction pass to pull trigger and action counts, connected app lists, or popularity signals from individual integration pages.

How do you train the scraper?

Open the Zapier category page in Chrome, then launch the Minexa Chrome extension. Click 'I'm on the right page' to confirm the target URL.

Minexa highlights the full app listing container automatically. Select it, click 'Create Scraper', and wait up to a few minutes. All data columns are identified without writing a single selector.

Once the scraper is created, click 'API Request' in the top right to get your pre-generated Python code including your scraper_id.

What does the API call look like?

import requests

url = "https://api.minexa.ai/data/"
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json", "api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}

data = {
  "batches": [{
    "scraper_id": 6241,
    "columns": ["top_30"],
    "urls": ["https://zapier.com/apps/categories/project-management"],
    "scraping": {
      "js_render": True,
      "proxy": "verified",
      "timeout": 30
    }
  }],
  "threads": 3
}

response = requests.post(url, json=data, headers=headers)
print(response.json())

For additional Zapier category URLs, add them to the urls list. Each URL must share the same page structure the scraper was trained on.

What does the extracted output look like?

[
  {
    "tool_name": "Trello",
    "product_description": "Trello is a team collaboration tool that lets you organize anything and everything to keep your projects on task.",
    "integration_link": "https://zapier.com/apps/trello/integrations",
    "image_url": "https://cdn.zapier.com/img/services/640f1b5420d6bf7c43c267cc24456581.png?size=64x64"
  },
  {
    "tool_name": "ClickUp",
    "product_description": "ClickUp is an all-in-one app to plan, track, and manage your work in a beautifully intuitive environment.",
    "integration_link": "https://zapier.com/apps/clickup/integrations",
    "image_url": "https://cdn.zapier.com/img/services/8cc0b0e0515059e3fe97f5a735c9788d.png?size=64x64"
  }
]

Video walkthrough

Watch the full tutorial on YouTube

What about credit consumption at scale?

Zapier category pages are JavaScript-rendered, so js_render: true is required. This increases credit consumption compared to static pages. If you are processing many category URLs in one run, batch them into the urls array and set up your own cron job to call the API on a schedule. The Minexa API accepts up to 50,000 URLs per batch request, so large category sweeps can be submitted efficiently.

The trained scraper identified by its scraper_id remains reusable across all structurally similar Zapier category pages without modification.

Get started at minexa.ai or read the full API documentation to integrate this into your pipeline today.