Browser Sessions

Scrape behind logins with persistent sessions

Create browser sessions, authenticate once, and reuse them for scraping protected content. Cookies and state persist across requests.

Persist
Cookies
Reuse
Sessions
10
Credits
# First, create a session
curl -X POST https://api.anakin.io/v1/sessions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "LinkedIn Session"}'

# Then use it for authenticated scraping
curl -X POST https://api.anakin.io/v1/scrape \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://linkedin.com/in/johndoe",
    "session_id": "sess_abc123",
    "format": "markdown"
  }'

How It Works

Authenticate once, scrape many times

Create Session
Start a new browser session with a unique ID
Authenticate
Log in via our interactive browser or import cookies
Scrape
Use the session ID to scrape authenticated content

Features

Everything for authenticated scraping

Automatic
Cookie Persistence
Configurable
Session Lifetime
Browser UI
Interactive Login
Supported
Cookie Import
Per session
Multi-site
Encrypted storage
Security

Common Use Cases

Social Media Scraping
Access LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook behind login
Private Dashboards
Extract data from internal tools and dashboards
Account Monitoring
Track your own accounts on various platforms
Paywall Content
Scrape subscription-based content you have access to

Simple Credit-Based Pricing

Start free with 500 credits. No credit card required.

Session creation
Free
Per authenticated scrape
10 credits
Cookie import
Included