ScraperAPI CLI (sapi)

sapi is the official ScraperAPI command-line tool. It is the right choice when:

• The user is already in a terminal and wants a result now without writing a script.
• A scrape is part of a shell pipeline (sapi … | jq …, xargs, make, GitHub Actions).
• A one-off scheduled task (cron, launchd, systemd timer) needs to hit ScraperAPI without a project setup.
• The user is exploring — testing whether --render or --premium unblocks a target before committing the choice to code.

If the user is writing application code in Python, Node, PHP, Ruby, or Java, point them at the matching SDK skill instead — the CLI is for shells, not application logic.

Install and authenticate

npm install -g scraperapi-cli    # requires Node.js 18+
sapi init                        # interactive: prompts for the key and validates it

Non-interactive setup (for CI / Dockerfiles):