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_bodyQuora Scraper
Update Settings
Configure Quora Scraper settings
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>'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_bodyConfigure your Quora Scraper squid settings.
Headers
string
required
Your API authentication token. Value:
Token YOUR_API_KEYstring
required
Must be application/json. Value:
application/jsonSquid Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | — | URL of a Quora question, profile, space or topic |
| max_results | integer | — | Maximum rows to collect per task |
| max_unique_results_per_run | integer | — | Max unique results across all tasks in a run |
| resolve_most_viewed_writers | boolean | false | Fetch question’s topic page to get most-viewed-writer status for each answerer |
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 '{"params": {"max_results": 100, "resolve_most_viewed_writers": false}}'
import requests
requests.post("https://api.lobstr.io/v1/squids/YOUR_SQUID_HASH",
headers={"Authorization": "Token YOUR_API_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json"},
json={"params": {"max_results": 100, "resolve_most_viewed_writers": false}})
Response
201
{"params": {"max_results": 100, "resolve_most_viewed_writers": false}}