Introduction
# Bright Data - Web Scraping & Search
Direct API access to Bright Data's Web Unlocker and SERP APIs.
## Setup
**1. Get your API Key:** Get a key from [Bright Data Dashboard](https://brightdata.com/cp).
**2. Create a Web Unlocker zone:** Create a zone at brightdata.com/cp by clicking "Add" (top-right), selecting "Unlocker zone".
**3. Set environment variables:** ```bash export BRIGHTDATA_API_KEY="your-api-key" export BRIGHTDATA_UNLOCKER_ZONE="your-zone-name" ```
## Usage
### Google Search Search Google and get structured JSON results (title, link, description). ```bash bash scripts/search.sh "query" [cursor] ``` - `cursor`: Optional page number for pagination (0-indexed, default: 0)
### Web Scraping Scrape any webpage as markdown. Bypasses bot detection and CAPTCHA. ```bash bash scripts/scrape.sh "url" ```
## Output Formats
### Search Results Returns JSON with structured `organic` array: ```json { "organic": [ {"link": "...", "title": "...", "description": "..."} ] } ```
### Scrape Results Returns clean markdown content from the webpage.