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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>'
Add Yelp business page URLs to collect all reviews for each business. The scraper extracts the full review text, star rating, reviewer profile, photos, and community votes.

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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 Yelp Reviews Export crawler
tasksarrayYesArray of task objects, each containing a url field

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Task Object

FieldTypeRequiredDescription
urlstringYesFull Yelp business URL — must contain /biz/<alias> (e.g., https://www.yelp.com/biz/olio-e-piu-new-york-7). Also accepts country variants (yelp.fr, yelp.co.uk, etc.)
Find the business on Yelp, then copy the URL from the address bar. Make sure it contains /biz/ — not a search URL.

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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.yelp.com/biz/olio-e-piu-new-york-7"
      }
    ]
  }'

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Response

200
{
  "duplicated_count": 0,
  "tasks": [
    {
      "id": "a1b2c3d4e5f6a1b2c3d4e5f6a1b2c3d4",
      "created_at": "2026-05-12T10:00:00.000000",
      "is_active": true,
      "params": {
        "url": "https://www.yelp.com/biz/olio-e-piu-new-york-7"
      },
      "module": 116,
      "object": "task"
    }
  ]
}