API Reference

POST /v1/crawler

Crawl new or recrawl indexed URL.

Payload

{
  "action": "FETCH",
  "indexPublicKey": "SITEKEY",
  "url": "http://foo.com/bar.html"
}
FieldDescriptionTypeNotes
actionAdd new URLs or update existing URLs to crawl and indexstringAcceptable values: FETCH
indexPublicKeyThe public site keystringA sitekey is an identifier of your AddSearch account that can be found in the dashboard
urlThe document URLstringA full URL of your document including protocol (http/https), domain, and path. Example:
https://www.example.com/page.html

Response

{
  "message": "Scheduled",
  "docId": "doc id"
}
FieldDescriptionTypeNotes
messageInformation on recrawl statusstring
docIdThe Id generated for the documentstringURL encoded as md5 hash.

Indexing is usually executed within a minute from the API call.

Returns HTTP 202 ACCEPTED with payload indicating the status of the request.

Please note that the Crawl API endpoint requires authentication. See authentication for more information.

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