Update Settings

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.lobstr.io/v1/squids/{squid_hash} \
  --header 'Authorization: <authorization>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: <content-type>'

import requests

url = "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/squids/{squid_hash}"

headers = {
    "Authorization": "<authorization>",
    "Content-Type": "<content-type>"
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: '<authorization>', 'Content-Type': '<content-type>'}
};

fetch('https://api.lobstr.io/v1/squids/{squid_hash}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/squids/{squid_hash}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: <authorization>",
    "Content-Type: <content-type>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/squids/{squid_hash}"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<authorization>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "<content-type>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.lobstr.io/v1/squids/{squid_hash}")
  .header("Authorization", "<authorization>")
  .header("Content-Type", "<content-type>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.lobstr.io/v1/squids/{squid_hash}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<authorization>'
request["Content-Type"] = '<content-type>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

POST

squids

{squid_hash}

Update Settings

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.lobstr.io/v1/squids/{squid_hash} \
  --header 'Authorization: <authorization>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: <content-type>'

import requests

url = "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/squids/{squid_hash}"

headers = {
    "Authorization": "<authorization>",
    "Content-Type": "<content-type>"
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: '<authorization>', 'Content-Type': '<content-type>'}
};

fetch('https://api.lobstr.io/v1/squids/{squid_hash}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/squids/{squid_hash}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: <authorization>",
    "Content-Type: <content-type>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/squids/{squid_hash}"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<authorization>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "<content-type>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.lobstr.io/v1/squids/{squid_hash}")
  .header("Authorization", "<authorization>")
  .header("Content-Type", "<content-type>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.lobstr.io/v1/squids/{squid_hash}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<authorization>'
request["Content-Type"] = '<content-type>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

Configure your Facebook Business Page Scraper squid settings. This scraper has no scraper-specific parameters — only general squid settings are available.

Headers

string

required

Your API authentication token. Value: Token YOUR_API_KEY

string

required

Request body format. Value: application/json

Squid Settings

Configure general squid settings:

Setting	Type	Description
name	string	Display name for your squid configuration
concurrency	integer	Number of parallel scraping threads (default: 1)
export_unique_results	boolean	Export only unique results (deduplicated)
to_complete	boolean	Run until all tasks complete
no_line_breaks	boolean	Remove line breaks from results

This scraper requires a synced Facebook account. Add your Facebook cookies (c_user and xs) in the Accounts section before running.

Code Examples

curl -X POST "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/squids/YOUR_SQUID_HASH" \
  -H "Authorization: Token YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "Facebook Business Page Scraper (1)",
    "concurrency": 1,
    "export_unique_results": true,
    "to_complete": false,
    "no_line_breaks": true,
    "params": {}
  }'

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"
BASE_URL = "https://api.lobstr.io/v1"
headers = {"Authorization": f"Token {API_KEY}"}

squid_id = "YOUR_SQUID_HASH"

response = requests.post(f"{BASE_URL}/squids/{squid_id}",
    headers=headers,
    json={
        "name": "Facebook Business Page Scraper (1)",
        "concurrency": 1,
        "export_unique_results": True,
        "to_complete": False,
        "no_line_breaks": True,
        "params": {}
    }
)

print(f"Settings updated: {response.json()['name']}")

Response

201

{
  "name": "Facebook Business Page Scraper (1)",
  "concurrency": 1,
  "export_unique_results": true,
  "to_complete": false,
  "no_line_breaks": true,
  "params": {}
}

Add Tasks Get Results

​Headers

​Squid Settings

​Code Examples

​Response

Headers

Squid Settings

Code Examples

Response