---
title: "Start a multi-page crawl job with sitemap discovery and configurable depth/page limits. Returns job_id. 1 credit per page."
method: POST
path: "/bytemine/crawl/start"
tags: ["Bytemine"]
---

# Start a multi-page crawl job with sitemap discovery and configurable depth/page limits. Returns job_id. 1 credit per page.

`POST /bytemine/crawl/start`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.orthogonal.com/mpp`
- URL: `https://api.orthogonal.com/mpp/bytemine/crawl/start`
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/orthogonal/apis/orthogonal-api-marketplace/docs/bytemine/crawl/start/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Request body

- object
  - `url` string, required: Website URL to crawl
  - `max_depth` integer: Maximum crawl depth (default 3)
  - `max_pages` integer: Maximum pages to crawl (default 50)

## Response `200`

Successful response

## Other responses

- `402`: Payment Required (x402 / MPP / np)

## Changes

- **2026-11-08** `857e915717f4`: 1 breaking
  - added required request body

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/orthogonal/apis/orthogonal-api-marketplace/changes/bytemine/crawl/start/post.md)

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