Thordata

Thordata Web Scraper API

Pre-built site scrapers launched as asynchronous tasks

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Operations 2

POST /builder Launch a Web Scraper API task #

POST /video_builder Launch a video/audio Web Scraper API task #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Thordata Scraper Web Scraper API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: SERP API and Web Scraper API task launch endpoints on the Thordata scraper host. Derived from Thordata's own canonical SDK specification (thordata-sdk-spec v1.json) and the published documentation at https://doc.thordata.com/doc/overview.
  contact:
    name: Thordata Support
    email: support@thordata.com
    url: https://www.thordata.com/contact-us
  x-derived-from: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Thordata/thordata-sdk-spec/main/v1.json
  x-derived-by: API Evangelist enrichment pipeline
  x-derived-on: '2026-08-11'
servers:
- url: https://scraperapi.thordata.com
  description: Scraper API (SERP, Builder, Video Builder)
tags:
- name: Web Scraper API
  description: Pre-built site scrapers launched as asynchronous tasks
paths:
  /builder:
    post:
      operationId: runScraperTask
      tags:
      - Web Scraper API
      summary: Launch a Web Scraper API task
      description: 'Run a pre-built scraper from the Web Scraper Store against a list of inputs. Requires all three headers: Authorization bearer scraperToken, token, key.'
      security:
      - ScraperBearer: []
        PublicToken: []
        PublicKey: []
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                spider_name:
                  type: string
                  description: Target site key, e.g. amazon.com
                spider_id:
                  type: string
                  description: Scraper id, e.g. amazon_product_by-url
                spider_parameters:
                  type: string
                  description: JSON-encoded array of per-input parameter objects
                spider_errors:
                  type: string
                  description: Include per-input errors in the result set
                spider_universal:
                  type: string
                  description: Universal spider flag
                file_name:
                  type: string
                  description: Output file name; supports the {{TasksID}} template
              required:
              - spider_id
              - spider_name
              - spider_parameters
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success. Billed only when the payload code is 200.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request - invalid parameters were passed. Not billed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - authentication failed; check token validity. Not billed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden - the target server refused to fulfill the request. Not billed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope'
        '429':
          description: Too Many Requests - request rate exceeded the API limit. Retryable with exponential backoff. Not billed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope'
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error. Retryable with exponential backoff. Not billed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope'
        '504':
          description: Timeout Error - the proxy server timed out waiting for the upstream server. Not billed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope'
  /video_builder:
    post:
      operationId: runVideoScraperTask
      tags:
      - Web Scraper API
      summary: Launch a video/audio Web Scraper API task
      description: Same contract as /builder plus common_settings for video/audio stream selection.
      security:
      - ScraperBearer: []
        PublicToken: []
        PublicKey: []
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                spider_name:
                  type: string
                spider_id:
                  type: string
                spider_parameters:
                  type: string
                spider_errors:
                  type: string
                file_name:
                  type: string
                common_settings:
                  type: string
                  description: 'JSON string of video/audio settings: resolution (e.g. ''<=360p''), video_codec (vp9, h264), audio_format (opus, mp3, aac), bitrate (e.g. ''<=320''), selected_only (boolean)'
              required:
              - spider_id
              - spider_name
              - spider_parameters
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success. Billed only when the payload code is 200.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request - invalid parameters were passed. Not billed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - authentication failed; check token validity. Not billed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden - the target server refused to fulfill the request. Not billed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope'
        '429':
          description: Too Many Requests - request rate exceeded the API limit. Retryable with exponential backoff. Not billed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope'
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error. Retryable with exponential backoff. Not billed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope'
        '504':
          description: Timeout Error - the proxy server timed out waiting for the upstream server. Not billed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope'
components:
  schemas:
    Envelope:
      type: object
      description: Thordata JSON envelope. The effective status is the payload `code` when present and not 200, otherwise the HTTP status (v1.json errors.precedence).
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          description: Application status code. 200 success, 300 not collected (not billed).
        msg:
          type: string
          description: 'Human-readable message. Alternate field names: message, error, detail, description.'
        data:
          description: Result payload; shape varies by operation.
  securitySchemes:
    ScraperBearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: Token
      description: Scraper token (THORDATA_SCRAPER_TOKEN) from Dashboard > Account Settings.
    ScraperHeaderToken:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: token
      description: 'Alternate to bearer: scraperToken sent in the token header.'
    PublicToken:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: token
      description: Public token (THORDATA_PUBLIC_TOKEN) from the Thordata Dashboard.
    PublicKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: key
      description: Public key (THORDATA_PUBLIC_KEY) from the Thordata Dashboard.