HTML Table Extractor — Clean Rows from Any Table
Turn every <table> on a page into clean rows of objects keyed by real headers — handling thead/th, header-row fallback, and colspan. One row per table-row or one row per table. Per-URL reporting.
HTML Table Extractor — Clean Rows from Any Table returns 7 documented output fields, including tableIndex, status, url, headers and rowCount. Every field carries a declared type, a written description and an example value. 32 runs are recorded on Apify.
- 7
- Output fields
- 7
- Inputs
- 32
- Runs
- 2026-10-16
- Last run
01 — output
What it returns
Every field the extractor writes to its dataset, with its type, a written description and an example value.
| Field | Type | What it holds | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| tableIndex | integernull | Zero-based index of the table within the document. | |
| status | string | number | boolean | array | objectnull | Outcome recorded for this row. | ok |
| url | string | number | boolean | array | objectnull | The URL this row describes. | [] |
| headers | string | number | boolean | array | objectnull | Headers as recorded for this row. | [] |
| rowCount | string | number | boolean | array | objectnull | How many rows this record represents, when rows are grouped. | [] |
| colCount | string | number | boolean | array | objectnull | Col Count as recorded for this row. | [] |
| rows | string | number | boolean | array | objectnull | How many rows this item contributed. | 120 |
02 — sample
One record
Assembled from the example values declared on the schema above, not invented at render time.
{
"tableIndex": "",
"status": "ok",
"url": "[]",
"headers": "[]",
"rowCount": "[]",
"colCount": "[]",
"rows": 120
}03 — input
What you give it
| Input | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| urls | arrayrequired | Pages containing tables (with or without https://). |
| output | stringoptional | rows = one dataset row per table row (flat, CSV-friendly). tables = one row per table with its rows nested. |
| minRows | integeroptional | Ignore tiny layout tables below this many data rows. |
| tableIndex | integeroptional | Extract only the Nth qualifying table on each page (0-based). Leave empty for all. |
| useProxy | booleanoptional | Route through a proxy for sites that block datacenter IPs. |
| maxConcurrency | integeroptional | How many pages to fetch in parallel. |
| maxItems | integeroptional | Hard cap. Strictly enforced. |
04 — run
Run HTML Table Extractor on your own input
It runs in the cloud on Apify. Nothing to install, and you are billed per result returned rather than per attempt.
05 — questions
Asked before running it
7 of 7 fields described
- What does HTML Table Extractor — Clean Rows from Any Table return?
- It returns 7 documented output fields: tableIndex, status, url, headers, rowCount, colCount and rows. Each field declares its type, a description of what it holds, and an example value.
- What input does HTML Table Extractor — Clean Rows from Any Table require?
- urls is required. A further 6 inputs are optional. The full input schema, with types and defaults, is below.
- Does HTML Table Extractor — Clean Rows from Any Table need an API key or login?
- No. None of its inputs is a credential, and it reads only public data. Nothing to sign up for before the first run.
- How do I run HTML Table Extractor — Clean Rows from Any Table?
- It runs on Apify. Start it from its listing with the inputs above, or call the Apify API with the Actor's ID. Results land in a dataset you can export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read through the Apify API into your own pipeline.