Bright Data Unlock API

Submit and retrieve unlock requests.

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OpenAPI Specification

bright-data-unlock-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Bright Data Account Management Access Unlock API
  description: 'Programmatic management of Bright Data zones (proxy pools and product entitlements), IP

    allocations, access control (whitelists, blacklists, domain permissions), passwords, and

    billing/bandwidth reporting. Authentication uses a Bearer API token issued from the control panel.

    '
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Bright Data
    url: https://docs.brightdata.com
servers:
- url: https://api.brightdata.com
  description: Production
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Unlock
  description: Submit and retrieve unlock requests.
paths:
  /request:
    post:
      summary: Unlock a URL (Synchronous)
      description: 'Submit a URL for synchronous unblocking. Bright Data returns the rendered response (HTML,

        JSON, or raw bytes) once the page is unlocked. Use the asynchronous endpoints for long-running

        targets or batch flows.

        '
      operationId: unlockSync
      tags:
      - Unlock
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - url
              - zone
              properties:
                url:
                  type: string
                  format: uri
                zone:
                  type: string
                  description: Web Unlocker zone name.
                country:
                  type: string
                  description: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
                format:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - raw
                  - json
                method:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - GET
                  - POST
                data:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Unlocked response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
            text/html:
              schema:
                type: string
  /unblocker/req:
    post:
      summary: Submit Asynchronous Unlock Request
      operationId: unlockAsync
      tags:
      - Unlock
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - url
              - zone
              properties:
                url:
                  type: string
                  format: uri
                zone:
                  type: string
                country:
                  type: string
                response_id:
                  type: string
                  description: Optional caller-provided correlation id.
                callback_url:
                  type: string
                  format: uri
                  description: Webhook for completion.
                format:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - raw
                  - json
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Submitted.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  response_id:
                    type: string
  /unblocker/get_result:
    get:
      summary: Get Asynchronous Unlock Result
      operationId: getUnlockResult
      tags:
      - Unlock
      parameters:
      - name: response_id
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Result.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                    - pending
                    - ready
                    - failed
                  result:
                    type: object
                    additionalProperties: true
                  status_code:
                    type: integer
        '202':
          description: Not yet ready.
components:
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer