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POST
/
v1
/
tasks
Add Tasks
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks \
  --header 'Authorization: <authorization>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: <content-type>'

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Add Facebook Pages search URLs to scrape business pages. The scraper extracts page information including contact details, follower counts, and social links.

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Headers

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Authorization
string
required
Your API authentication token. Value: Token YOUR_API_KEY
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Content-Type
string
required
Request body format. Value: application/json

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Request Body

FieldTypeRequiredDescription
squidstringYesHash of your squid configured with the Facebook Pages Search Export crawler
tasksarrayYesArray of task objects, each containing a url field

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Task Object

FieldTypeRequiredDescription
urlstringYesFacebook Pages search URL (e.g., https://www.facebook.com/search/pages?q=coffee%20shop)
Perform your search on Facebook first, then copy the URL to preserve all search parameters.
Facebook Pages search URLs follow the format: https://www.facebook.com/search/pages?q=YOUR_SEARCH_QUERY where the query should be URL-encoded.

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Code Examples

curl -X POST "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks" \
  -H "Authorization: Token YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "squid": "YOUR_SQUID_HASH",
    "tasks": [
      {
        "url": "https://www.facebook.com/search/pages?q=coffee%20shop"
      }
    ]
  }'

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Response

200
{
  "duplicated_count": 0,
  "tasks": [
    {
      "id": "82367f24d9450b2222080eed91662968",
      "created_at": "2025-07-17T09:06:47.287893",
      "is_active": true,
      "params": {
        "url": "https://www.facebook.com/search/pages?q=coffee%20shop"
      },
      "module": 115,
      "object": "task"
    }
  ]
}