Replace Paid Scrapers with ScrapeGraphAI in n8n

How do I install ScrapeGraphAI in n8n?

Three steps. About 15 minutes.

Step 1: Install ScrapeGraphAI

bash
pip install scrapegraphai
playwright install

The official repo is github.com/ScrapeGraphAI/Scrapegraph-ai — MIT licensed, 24.5k stars.

Step 2: Pick your LLM provider

ScrapeGraphAI works with OpenAI, Groq, Azure, Gemini, and local models via Ollama. For free local-first scraping, install Ollama and pull a small model:

bash
ollama pull llama3.1:8b

Step 3: Wire it into n8n via the Execute Command node

In n8n, drop in an "Execute Command" node and call a Python script that runs ScrapeGraphAI. Capture stdout and pipe to the rest of your workflow.

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