Scrapeless Weekly Changelog: October 19–25, 2026 Updates

TL;DR:

• The open-source Scrapeless CLI is available on GitHub and npm. A single terminal command covers Web Unlocker, Crawl, AI Scraper, proxy URL generation, and cloud browser operations.
• ChatGPT Scraper now captures follow-up form data. Product-data parsing has also been refined.
• Perplexity Scraper now returns shopping data. Product recommendations can include a source domain, image, title, and destination URL.
• Google Search API adds People Also Ask data. The first layer is returned by default; expanding deeper layers counts as additional requests.
• AI Scraper and Subscription & Billing FAQs have been updated. The pages clarify result handling, retrieval timing, and account billing questions.

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The October 19–25 release brings Scrapeless into terminal workflows and expands the data available from AI answers and Google search results. The open-source CLI leads this week’s updates, followed by ChatGPT follow-up forms, Perplexity shopping recommendations, and People Also Ask support in Google Search API.

Scrapeless CLI Is Open Source and Available on npm

Scrapeless CLI provides one scrapeless command for several Scrapeless services. The public Scrapeless CLI repository contains the source, while the scrapeless npm package provides the installable release.

The CLI is useful for developers who want to run collection tasks in a terminal or call them from automation scripts. Its command surface includes:

Capability	Command
Retrieve page content with Web Unlocker	scrapeless unlock
Create a website crawl	scrapeless crawl
Collect supported AI-engine answers	scrapeless ai
Generate a proxy URL	scrapeless proxy create
Run cloud browser operations	scrapeless browser

The current Scrapeless CLI documentation covers installation, authentication, output handling, and the available workflows. The open-source client uses authenticated Scrapeless services where required; cloud requests and proxy traffic consume account credits.

ChatGPT Adds Follow-Up Form Data

ChatGPT Scraper now captures follow_up_form data when ChatGPT returns a form to collect preferences or refine recommendations. The ChatGPT Scraper reference documents the form’s questions, available options, selected values, prompt template, and completed follow-up prompt.

For recommendation analysis, this exposes the questions ChatGPT asks before narrowing its answer. Teams can retain the form beside the generated response to understand which preferences shape the next step.

ChatGPT product-data parsing has also been refined. The release improves how returned product content is interpreted, without introducing a separate product schema in this changelog.

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Perplexity Adds Shopping Recommendations

Perplexity Scraper responses can now include a shopping array with product recommendations. Each item contains domain, image, title, and url fields, as documented in the Perplexity Scraper reference.

The structured output helps teams review which products and source websites appear in Perplexity recommendations. Preserve the returned objects alongside the answer rather than reducing them to plain text; the JSON data interchange standard defines the object and array structure used for this data.

Shopping data depends on the content returned by Perplexity. The addition does not mean every prompt produces product recommendations.

Google Search API Adds People Also Ask

Google Search API now returns People Also Ask, or PAA, data. The first layer is included by default, giving teams another view of the questions associated with a search topic.

Deeper PAA expansion counts as additional requests. Teams exploring several layers should account for those requests when planning collection scope and usage; the default response should not be treated as an unlimited question tree.

PAA is useful for question discovery, content planning, and search-intent research. The Google Search API reference provides the broader service context. This announcement does not introduce an undocumented expansion parameter or a fixed price per expansion.

Updated AI Scraper and Billing FAQs

The updated AI Scraper FAQ covers task states, webhooks, optional output fields, and result retrieval. Successful results are retained for four minutes after completion, so applications should retrieve and save them within that window.

The Subscription & Billing FAQ clarifies subscriptions, balances, renewals, payment questions, and product-specific billing. It also explains that a completed AI Scraper task can incur a charge even if the application never retrieves its result.

Conclusion

Scrapeless CLI gives developers a new terminal entry point, while richer ChatGPT and Perplexity outputs capture more of the recommendation experience. Google Search API’s PAA addition supports question discovery, with request accounting that remains explicit as teams expand deeper.

Review Scrapeless pricing when planning usage. The TikTok Scraper API guide covers another structured collection workflow on the platform.

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FAQ

Q: Where can I get Scrapeless CLI?

The source is available in the official scrapeless-ai/scrapeless-cli GitHub repository, and the installable npm package is named scrapeless.

Q: Does Google Search API return every PAA layer by default?

No. The default response includes the first PAA layer. Expanding deeper layers counts as additional requests.

Q: Which shopping fields can Perplexity return?

Perplexity’s shopping array can include the source domain, product image, recommendation title, and destination url.