Content

Reads all or part of the downloaded page for a task, typically one created by Fetch. If processing is pending, poll the same content URL

Endpoint

GET /api/v3/tasks/{taskId}/content

Path Parameters

Name Type Description
taskId string Required. Download task ID returned by job start, in download task records from crawl requests, or embedded in a 202 Location URL from async task endpoints

Query Parameters

Name Type Description
startIndex int Optional. Optional. Zero-based start index of the returned content substring. Omit or pass null to start at 0. A negative value or an index at or beyond the content length returns an empty ContentSpan
length int Optional. Optional. Maximum number of content characters to return from startIndex. Omit or pass null to return all remaining content; a value of 0 or less returns an empty ContentSpan

Responses

200 (OK)

Returns ContentChunk as a ContentChunk.

202 (Accepted)

Task processing is pending. Retry the URL in the Location header after the number of seconds in Retry-After (currently 1) until the response is no longer 202 (Accepted).

400 (Bad Request)

Invalid request parameters. Refer to the response text for more information

403 (Forbidden)

Access restricted. Refer to the response text for more information

404 (Not Found)

Task not found

422 (Unprocessable Content)

There is an issue with processing the page content. Refer to the response text for more information

Data Contracts

ContentChunk

Reports the full downloaded content length and the full or requested content span for one task

Fields:

Name Type Description
ContentLength int or null Optional. Length of the full downloaded page content in characters
ContentSpan string or null Optional. Full downloaded content or the requested substring. An invalid or non-positive range produces an empty string

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