How to Scrape (almost) ANYTHING in Seconds | Apify’s New MCP Server
AI Summary
This video showcases how to use Ampify’s new MCP (Model Context Protocol) server to scrape live data from various platforms like Instagram, LinkedIn (X), Google Maps, TikTok, Amazon, and more, without coding. The MCP server enables unified access to multiple scraping services through a single credential, simplifying data extraction across different actors within a marketplace of over 5,000 scraping applications. The walkthrough includes how to configure and integrate these actors with Claw Desktop, a language model interface, providing live demonstrations of scraping Instagram posts, TikTok videos, Google Maps businesses, and analyzing social media trends like AI ASMR on TikTok. It highlights price structures, usage examples, automated transcript extraction, and analysis features possible with this tool. The video also explains advanced features like chaining multiple scrapers, customized prompts, extracting insights from social media posts for predictive analysis, and sourcing top talent on LinkedIn based on complex criteria. This MCP server approach drastically reduces the complexity of connecting to and using diverse scraping APIs, making it accessible in minutes for powerful data-driven AI applications.