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POST
/
v1
/
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>' \
  --data '
{
  "params": {},
  "params.fetch_since": "<string>",
  "params.fetch_since_timezone": "<string>"
}
'
Update the configuration of your Facebook Private Group Posts Scraper squid. Pass crawler-specific settings inside the params object.

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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
Must be application/json. Value: application/json

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Body

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params
object
Crawler-specific settings. See fields below.

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Settings Fields

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params.fetch_since
string
Only collect posts published after this point. Use a relative duration (e.g. "24h", "7d", "2w") or an absolute date (YYYY-MM-DD).
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params.fetch_since_timezone
string
Timezone for interpreting an absolute fetch_since date (e.g. "Europe/Paris"). Only applies when fetch_since is an absolute date — ignored for relative values like "24h" or "7d".
Set fetch_since to null to collect all posts, or use a relative duration ("24h", "7d", "2w") or absolute date (YYYY-MM-DD) to collect only recent posts. When using an absolute date, set fetch_since_timezone to interpret it in the correct timezone (e.g. "Europe/Paris").

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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 Private Group Posts",
    "params": {
      "fetch_since": "7d",
      "fetch_since_timezone": null
    }
  }'

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Response

201
{
  "id": "YOUR_SQUID_HASH",
  "name": "Facebook Private Group Posts",
  "crawler": {
    "id": "3eea12bc7d80cf05b6fc38eaf9f28f77",
    "name": "Facebook Private Group Posts Scraper",
    "slug": "facebook-private-group-posts"
  },
  "params": {
    "fetch_since": "7d",
    "fetch_since_timezone": null
  },
  "concurrency": 1,
  "export_unique_results": true,
  "to_complete": true,
  "no_line_breaks": false,
  "status": "idle",
  "created_at": "2025-01-20T10:15:00.000000",
  "updated_at": "2025-01-27T14:35:00.000000"
}