Cheerio

Cheerio is a fast, flexible, and elegant Node.js library for parsing and manipulating HTML and XML using a jQuery-compatible API. It is widely used for server-side web scraping, HTML transformation, data extraction, and static site generation. Cheerio is MIT licensed and distributed as the cheerio npm package, maintained under the cheeriojs GitHub organization.

Cheerio publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Data Extraction, DOM, HTML, HTML Parsing, and jQuery.

The Cheerio catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context.

Cheerio’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, tooling, and 7 more developer resources.

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23.7/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemium

1 APIs 11 Features 10 Use Cases

Data ExtractionDOMHTMLHTML ParsingjQueryMIT LicenseNode.jsnpmOpen SourceParserScrapingServer-sideWeb ScrapingXML

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Composite quality — 23.7/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 2.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Cheerio Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Cheerio Finops

FINOPS

Features 11

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

jQuery-Compatible API

Server-Side HTML Parsing

XML Parsing

DOM Traversal

DOM Manipulation

CSS Selector Engine

parse5 Integration

htmlparser2 Integration

Streaming Parser

TypeScript Types

Browser-Compatible Builds

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Use Cases 10

What developers build with this provider.

Web Scraping

Server-Side HTML Manipulation

Static Site Generation

Data Extraction Pipelines

HTML Email Templating

SEO Auditing Tools

Content Migration

Test HTML Assertions

RSS and Atom Feed Generation

HTML Sanitization Tooling

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Integrations 10

Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.

Node.js

npm

TypeScript

Bun

Deno

Puppeteer

Playwright

Axios

node-fetch

Got

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Resources

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD

JSONLD

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

GitHubRepository

GitHubRepository

NPMPackage

NPMPackage

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Issues

Issues

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License

License

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: cheerio
name: Cheerio
kind: opensource
description: Cheerio is a fast, flexible, and elegant Node.js library for parsing and manipulating HTML and XML using a jQuery-compatible
  API. It is widely used for server-side web scraping, HTML transformation, data extraction, and static site generation. Cheerio
  is MIT licensed and distributed as the cheerio npm package, maintained under the cheeriojs GitHub organization.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Producer
access: Open Source
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/cheerio.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cheerio/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Data Extraction
- DOM
- HTML
- HTML Parsing
- jQuery
- MIT License
- Node.js
- npm
- Open Source
- Parser
- Scraping
- Server-side
- Web Scraping
- XML
created: '2026-03-29'
modified: '2026-04-23'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
apis:
- aid: cheerio:cheerio
  name: Cheerio
  description: Cheerio implements a subset of core jQuery designed for the server. It parses markup into a traversable, manipulable
    DOM-like data structure and exposes a familiar jQuery-style API for selecting elements, traversing the tree, modifying
    attributes, extracting text, and rendering HTML. It is commonly used in scraping pipelines, build tools, static site generators,
    and tests that need to operate over HTML content without launching a browser.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://cheerio.js.org/
  tags:
  - Data Extraction
  - HTML Parsing
  - jQuery
  - Node.js
  - Scraping
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cheerio.js.org/docs/intro
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://cheerio.js.org/docs/intro
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://cheerio.js.org/docs/api
  - type: Blog
    url: https://cheerio.js.org/blog
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/cheeriojs/cheerio
  - type: NPMPackage
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/cheerio
  - type: License
    url: https://github.com/cheeriojs/cheerio/blob/main/LICENSE
  - type: ContributionGuide
    url: https://github.com/cheeriojs/cheerio/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
  - type: Issues
    url: https://github.com/cheeriojs/cheerio/issues
  - type: ReleaseNotes
    url: https://github.com/cheeriojs/cheerio/releases
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/cheerio-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://cheerio.js.org/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://cheerio.js.org/docs/intro
- type: APIReference
  url: https://cheerio.js.org/docs/api
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/cheeriojs
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/cheeriojs/cheerio
- type: NPMPackage
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/cheerio
- type: License
  name: MIT
  url: https://github.com/cheeriojs/cheerio/blob/main/LICENSE
- type: Issues
  url: https://github.com/cheeriojs/cheerio/issues
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/cheerio-context.jsonld
- name: Features
  type: Features
  data:
  - name: jQuery-Compatible API
  - name: Server-Side HTML Parsing
  - name: XML Parsing
  - name: DOM Traversal
  - name: DOM Manipulation
  - name: CSS Selector Engine
  - name: parse5 Integration
  - name: htmlparser2 Integration
  - name: Streaming Parser
  - name: TypeScript Types
  - name: Browser-Compatible Builds
- name: UseCases
  type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Web Scraping
  - name: Server-Side HTML Manipulation
  - name: Static Site Generation
  - name: Data Extraction Pipelines
  - name: HTML Email Templating
  - name: SEO Auditing Tools
  - name: Content Migration
  - name: Test HTML Assertions
  - name: RSS and Atom Feed Generation
  - name: HTML Sanitization Tooling
- name: Tools
  type: Tools
  data:
  - name: cheerio
  - name: parse5
  - name: htmlparser2
  - name: domhandler
  - name: domutils
  - name: css-select
- name: Integrations
  type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Node.js
  - name: npm
  - name: TypeScript
  - name: Bun
  - name: Deno
  - name: Puppeteer
  - name: Playwright
  - name: Axios
  - name: node-fetch
  - name: Got
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com