Add Tasks
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks \
--header 'Authorization: <authorization>' \
--header 'Content-Type: <content-type>' \
--data '
{
"squid": "<string>",
"tasks": [
{}
],
"tasks[].url": "<string>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks"
payload = {
"squid": "<string>",
"tasks": [{}],
"tasks[].url": "<string>"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "<authorization>",
"Content-Type": "<content-type>"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: '<authorization>', 'Content-Type': '<content-type>'},
body: JSON.stringify({squid: '<string>', tasks: [{}], 'tasks[].url': '<string>'})
};
fetch('https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks', 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/tasks",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'squid' => '<string>',
'tasks' => [
[
]
],
'tasks[].url' => '<string>'
]),
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"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"squid\": \"<string>\",\n \"tasks\": [\n {}\n ],\n \"tasks[].url\": \"<string>\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
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/tasks")
.header("Authorization", "<authorization>")
.header("Content-Type", "<content-type>")
.body("{\n \"squid\": \"<string>\",\n \"tasks\": [\n {}\n ],\n \"tasks[].url\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks")
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>'
request.body = "{\n \"squid\": \"<string>\",\n \"tasks\": [\n {}\n ],\n \"tasks[].url\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_bodyYouTube Comments Scraper
Add Tasks
Add YouTube video URLs to scrape comments from
POST
/
v1
/
tasks
Add Tasks
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks \
--header 'Authorization: <authorization>' \
--header 'Content-Type: <content-type>' \
--data '
{
"squid": "<string>",
"tasks": [
{}
],
"tasks[].url": "<string>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks"
payload = {
"squid": "<string>",
"tasks": [{}],
"tasks[].url": "<string>"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "<authorization>",
"Content-Type": "<content-type>"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: '<authorization>', 'Content-Type': '<content-type>'},
body: JSON.stringify({squid: '<string>', tasks: [{}], 'tasks[].url': '<string>'})
};
fetch('https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks', 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/tasks",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'squid' => '<string>',
'tasks' => [
[
]
],
'tasks[].url' => '<string>'
]),
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"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"squid\": \"<string>\",\n \"tasks\": [\n {}\n ],\n \"tasks[].url\": \"<string>\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
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/tasks")
.header("Authorization", "<authorization>")
.header("Content-Type", "<content-type>")
.body("{\n \"squid\": \"<string>\",\n \"tasks\": [\n {}\n ],\n \"tasks[].url\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks")
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>'
request.body = "{\n \"squid\": \"<string>\",\n \"tasks\": [\n {}\n ],\n \"tasks[].url\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_bodyCrawler ID:
66e9fbe07ae0a543576dc6ff241c229cHeaders
string
required
Your API authentication token. Value:
Token YOUR_API_KEYstring
required
Must be application/json. Value:
application/jsonBody
string
required
Hash of the squid to add tasks to
array
required
Array of task objects to add
string
required
YouTube video URL. Example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQURL Format
Theurl field accepts standard YouTube video URLs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID
https://youtu.be/VIDEO_ID
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.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"},
{"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANOTHER_VIDEO_ID"}
]
}'
import requests
API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"
BASE_URL = "https://api.lobstr.io/v1"
headers = {"Authorization": f"Token {API_KEY}", "Content-Type": "application/json"}
squid_id = "YOUR_SQUID_HASH"
video_urls = [
"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANOTHER_VIDEO_ID",
]
payload = {
"squid": squid_id,
"tasks": [{"url": url} for url in video_urls],
}
response = requests.post(f"{BASE_URL}/tasks", headers=headers, json=payload)
print(f"Tasks added: {len(response.json().get('tasks', []))}")
Response
201
{
"tasks": [
{
"id": "TASK_HASH",
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
"status": "pending"
}
]
}