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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>'
Configure your Twitter Profile Scraper squid settings. Control output format, concurrency, and whether to return raw JSON data from Twitter’s API.

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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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Scraper Parameters

Set these parameters in the params object:
ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
jsonbooleanfalseIf true, returns the complete raw JSON payload for the user profile

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Squid Settings

Configure general squid settings:
SettingTypeDescription
namestringDisplay name for your squid configuration
concurrencyintegerNumber of parallel scraping threads (default: 1)
export_unique_resultsbooleanExport only unique results (deduplicated)
to_completebooleanRun until all tasks complete
no_line_breaksbooleanRemove line breaks from results
Enable json: true to get the complete raw API response for advanced analysis or custom field extraction.
The raw JSON contains additional fields not included in the parsed output.

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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": "Twitter Profile Scraper (2)",
    "concurrency": 1,
    "export_unique_results": true,
    "to_complete": false,
    "no_line_breaks": true,
    "params": {
      "json": true
    }
  }'

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Response

201
{
  "name": "Twitter Profile Scraper (2)",
  "no_line_breaks": true,
  "params": {
    "json": true
  },
  "to_complete": false,
  "export_unique_results": true
}