tools

Fetch content from a URL with optional headers and configuration

post/tools/fetch_url

Request

  • Base URL: https://www.crawlforge.dev/api/v1
  • URL: https://www.crawlforge.dev/api/v1/tools/fetch_url
  • Auth: API key in header X-API-Key

Request body

urlstring uri required

The URL to fetch

headersobject

Optional HTTP headers to include

timeoutnumber

Request timeout in milliseconds (1000-30000)

follow_redirectsboolean

Whether to follow HTTP redirects

user_agentstring

Custom User-Agent header

respect_robotsboolean
max_inline_charsinteger

Largest result returned inline, in characters of its JSON (1000-10000000; env CRAWLFORGE_MAX_INLINE_CHARS sets the default). Over it, the result is stored for 1 hour and the response carries a preview, a result_handle, total_chars and truncated: true; read the rest with read_result (1 credit).

Response

The tool's result; 1 credits charged (see x-credits-note and x-extra for add-ons).

successtrue required
dataobject required

The tool's result. Its shape is tool-specific and documented on the tool's docs page (x-docs-url on the operation).

credits_usedinteger required

Credits charged for this call: the operation's x-credits, plus any add-on x-credits-note or x-extra describes.

credits_remaininginteger required

The account's credit balance after this call.

processing_timeinteger required

Server-side processing time in milliseconds.

warningsstring[]

Non-fatal notes: a robots.txt override that was recorded, a format that could not be produced, a redaction that changed the payload.

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 1 revision of this API.