Add Tasks
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks \
--header 'Authorization: <authorization>' \
--header 'Content-Type: <content-type>' \
--data '
{
"squid": "<string>",
"tasks": [
{}
],
"tasks[].url": "<string>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks"
payload = {
"squid": "<string>",
"tasks": [{}],
"tasks[].url": "<string>"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "<authorization>",
"Content-Type": "<content-type>"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: '<authorization>', 'Content-Type': '<content-type>'},
body: JSON.stringify({squid: '<string>', tasks: [{}], 'tasks[].url': '<string>'})
};
fetch('https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks', 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/tasks",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'squid' => '<string>',
'tasks' => [
[
]
],
'tasks[].url' => '<string>'
]),
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"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"squid\": \"<string>\",\n \"tasks\": [\n {}\n ],\n \"tasks[].url\": \"<string>\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
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/tasks")
.header("Authorization", "<authorization>")
.header("Content-Type", "<content-type>")
.body("{\n \"squid\": \"<string>\",\n \"tasks\": [\n {}\n ],\n \"tasks[].url\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks")
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>'
request.body = "{\n \"squid\": \"<string>\",\n \"tasks\": [\n {}\n ],\n \"tasks[].url\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_bodyFacebook Comments Scraper
Add Tasks
Add tasks to your Facebook Comments Scraper squid
POST
/
v1
/
tasks
Add Tasks
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks \
--header 'Authorization: <authorization>' \
--header 'Content-Type: <content-type>' \
--data '
{
"squid": "<string>",
"tasks": [
{}
],
"tasks[].url": "<string>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks"
payload = {
"squid": "<string>",
"tasks": [{}],
"tasks[].url": "<string>"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "<authorization>",
"Content-Type": "<content-type>"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: '<authorization>', 'Content-Type': '<content-type>'},
body: JSON.stringify({squid: '<string>', tasks: [{}], 'tasks[].url': '<string>'})
};
fetch('https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks', 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/tasks",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'squid' => '<string>',
'tasks' => [
[
]
],
'tasks[].url' => '<string>'
]),
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"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"squid\": \"<string>\",\n \"tasks\": [\n {}\n ],\n \"tasks[].url\": \"<string>\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
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/tasks")
.header("Authorization", "<authorization>")
.header("Content-Type", "<content-type>")
.body("{\n \"squid\": \"<string>\",\n \"tasks\": [\n {}\n ],\n \"tasks[].url\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks")
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>'
request.body = "{\n \"squid\": \"<string>\",\n \"tasks\": [\n {}\n ],\n \"tasks[].url\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_bodyAdd URLs or inputs to your Facebook Comments Scraper squid.
Crawler ID:
3cf27be3402dbc529ed0db7d18135e8cHeaders
string
required
Your API authentication token. Value:
Token YOUR_API_KEYstring
required
Must be application/json. Value:
application/jsonBody
string
required
Hash ID of your squid.
array
required
Array of task objects.
Task Fields
string
required
Full URL of the Facebook post, photo, video or reel to collect comments from. Example:
https://www.facebook.com/meta/posts/123456789Code Examples
curl -X POST https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks \
-H "Authorization: Token YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"squid": "3cf27be3402dbc529ed0db7d18135e8c",
"tasks": [
{"url": "https://www.facebook.com/meta/posts/123456789"}
]
}'
import requests
response = requests.post(
"https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks",
headers={
"Authorization": "Token YOUR_API_KEY",
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
json={
"squid": "3cf27be3402dbc529ed0db7d18135e8c",
"tasks": [
{"url": "https://www.facebook.com/meta/posts/123456789"}
]
}
)
print(response.json())
Response
200
{"duplicated_count": 0, "tasks": [{"id": "TASK_HASH", "is_active": true, "params": {"url": "https://www.facebook.com/meta/posts/123456789"}, "object": "task"}]}