Send Your First Request

Learn how to send your first API request using LunaProxy's Web Unlocker

Access Web Unlocker

LunaProxy provides two ways to use Web Unlocker in crawling tasks:

• Direct API access

• Local proxy-based access

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Direct API access

To access Web Unlocker, you need to provide the following credentials:

1. LunaProxy API key

2. The target URL you want to access

LunaProxy API key

LunaProxy API is used to authenticate your access to the Web Unlocker service through the Web API endpoint. A key will be randomly generated for you when you create a sub-account, and each account corresponds to a separate key.

The API token will only be displayed to you on screen, so make sure to copy it and store it in a safe place

Web Unlocker: API Endpoint Code Example

To use Web Unlocker via the API endpoint, you should use the following parameters:

• API endpoint: https://unlocker-api.lunaproxy.com/request

• API key

• Target URL

Example:

cURL

curl https://unlocker-api.lunaproxy.com/request 
-H "Content-Type: application/json" 
-H "Authorization: Bearer [my API key]" 
-d "{"url": "[target URL]"}"

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Local proxy-based access

In order to access Web Unlocker, you need to provide the following credentials:

• Your subaccount

• Your subaccount password

• The target URL you wish to access

• LunaProxy SSL certificate

You can create/edit your subaccount and password on the 「Web Unlocker」 -- 「Subaccount」 page.

LunaProxy SSL Certificate

Prevent SSL errors by setting up a LunaProxy SSL Certificate

The SSL Certificate can be found by clicking the SSL Certificate wizard on the top menu of the Zone Overview. See further instructions here: SSL Certificate.

Alternatively, you can Ignore SSL errors

Web Unlocker: Native Proxy-Based Access Code Example

Once you have your credentials, use the following code to send your first request:

cURL

curl -i --proxy unlocker.lunaproxy.net:13333 --proxy-user [username]:[password] 
-k "[target URL]"