Do I need to know how to code to use the Crawling API?
At the moment the only way to use ProxyCrawl is by integrating it to your product or service, therefore you will need to know development or know/pay someone which can help you.
Please note that we have some very easy to integrate libraries.
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Crawler
Where can I get the API keys?
You can the API Key either in the Normal Request Tokens or the Javascript Request Tokens.
By default a request is retried 110 times for a period of 48 hours from the first time it starts to be processed.
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Leads api
Are the leads you provide updated?
All the leads you get from the Leads API are up to date. We don't work with outdated sources.
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Crawler
There is a limit of 30 URLs push each second. We are looking to crawl for a huge number of URL. Is there a way to increase the limit?
For LinkedIn crawls, the limit is 30 push per second. But for other URLs, we can increase the limit on a case-to-case basis
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Scraper api
What is the difference between Crawling API and Scraper API?
The Crawling API is a generic API that can be used to crawl any website and get the raw source page. It also gives the option to use our classified scrapers. The Scraper API is an API that focuses on auto scraping and parsing HTML pages into structured data.
One of their differences as well, the Crawling API is tiered pricing and payments are made at the end of every month based on the request consumption while the Scraper API is subscription-based.
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Proxy
Can the proxy be used with https?
Yes, the proxy can be used for https websites, but the connection to the proxy must be done with http. So when connecting to the proxy use http://proxy.proxycrawl.com and not https://proxy.proxycrawl.com
All https traffic that you send to any website using the proxy, will continue to be securely transfered and we won't be able to access it in any way.
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Crawling api
Do you sell a list of proxies?
We want to offer more than just a list or lists of proxies, therefore our API and Crawler products are built on top of thousands of residential and data center worldwide proxies combined with artificial intelligence plus our engineering team which helps delivering the best data results possible. If you are looking just for proxies and you don't want to get any of the other benefits, we recommend that you use the Proxy Backconnect
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General
Can I change my account email address?
No, you cannot change the account email address. If you need to do so, please create a new account with the new email and re-add your billing details to the new account. Don't forget to update your account tokens.
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Leads api
How much will I be charged when I upgrade?
We prorate the charges, so only the the amount according to the remaining days of the month period will be charged.
