curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.zenrows.com/v1/crawls \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "url": "https://www.scrapingcourse.com/ecommerce/"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.zenrows.com/v1/crawls"

payload = { "url": "https://www.scrapingcourse.com/ecommerce/" }
headers = {
    "X-API-Key": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({url: 'https://www.scrapingcourse.com/ecommerce/'})
};

fetch('https://api.zenrows.com/v1/crawls', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

const url = 'https://api.zenrows.com/v1/crawls';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({url: 'https://www.scrapingcourse.com/ecommerce/'})
};

fetch(url, options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(json => console.log(json))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.zenrows.com/v1/crawls"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"url\": \"https://www.scrapingcourse.com/ecommerce/\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.zenrows.com/v1/crawls",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'url' => 'https://www.scrapingcourse.com/ecommerce/'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "X-API-Key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.zenrows.com/v1/crawls")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"url\": \"https://www.scrapingcourse.com/ecommerce/\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.zenrows.com/v1/crawls")
  .header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"url\": \"https://www.scrapingcourse.com/ecommerce/\"\n}")
  .asString();

{
  "crawl_id": "c_01M3XP7RZD4JT88F7PNPGBFRAF",
  "status": "running",
  "url": "https://www.scrapingcourse.com/ecommerce/",
  "max_items": 100,
  "max_pages": 10,
  "include_patterns": [
    "/product/"
  ],
  "exclude_patterns": [],
  "discovery": [
    "links"
  ],
  "coverage": {
    "pages_fetched": 0,
    "pages_failed": 0,
    "items_found": 0
  },
  "duplicates_removed": 0,
  "created_at": "2026-10-09T09:00:12Z",
  "results": [],
  "next_cursor": "cur_Y18wMU0zWFA3UlpENEpUODhGN1BOUEdCRlJBRjow"
}

{
  "code": "unknown_parameter",
  "title": "Unknown parameter",
  "detail": "The request has a parameter this endpoint does not accept: max_depth.",
  "status": 400,
  "instance": "urn:zenrows:request:9ac5b40be6127c8809b91babda784059"
}

{
  "code": "AUTH002",
  "detail": "Invalid API key.",
  "instance": "/v1",
  "status": 401,
  "title": "Invalid apikey provided (AUTH002)",
  "type": "https://docs.zenrows.com/api-error-codes#AUTH002"
}

{
  "code": "AUTH004",
  "detail": "This account has used all its credits for the period. Upgrade or add credits to continue.",
  "instance": "/v1",
  "status": 402,
  "title": "Usage exceeded (AUTH004)",
  "type": "https://docs.zenrows.com/api-error-codes#AUTH004"
}

{
  "code": "idempotency_request_in_flight",
  "title": "Request in flight",
  "detail": "A request with this Idempotency-Key is still in progress. Retry when it ends.",
  "status": 409,
  "instance": "urn:zenrows:request:9ac5b40be6127c8809b91babda784059"
}

{
  "code": "invalid_start_url",
  "title": "Invalid start URL",
  "detail": "The start URL must be a public http or https URL.",
  "status": 422,
  "instance": "urn:zenrows:request:9ac5b40be6127c8809b91babda784059"
}

{
  "code": "too_many_crawls",
  "title": "Too many active crawls",
  "detail": "Your account already runs 3 active jobs. Wait for one to end, then start the crawl again.",
  "status": 429,
  "instance": "urn:zenrows:request:9ac5b40be6127c8809b91babda784059"
}

{
  "code": "internal_error",
  "title": "Internal error",
  "detail": "Something failed on our side. Retry later.",
  "status": 500,
  "instance": "urn:zenrows:request:9ac5b40be6127c8809b91babda784059"
}