Universal Scraper API

Billing mode

1.Billing mode

Billing conditions: Billing only when the request is successful (the return status code is 200).

Requests with non-200 status codes (such as 400, 500, 504, etc.) are not charged.

2. Common usage examples

Example 1:Successful request

If the system successfully returns HTTP status code 200, even if the target website returns a 4xx error, it is considered a successful crawl and is charged as usual.

Example 2: Failed request (not charged)

Requests with the following status codes are not charged:

  • 429 Too Many Requests: The request exceeds the concurrent limit.

  • 500 Internal Server Error: Server failure. 504 Gateway

  • Timeout: The request timed out and the target website did not respond.

3. Status code reference table

status code

state

Problem description

Whether to charge

200

success

The request was successful and the complete search engine results page data was retrieved

yes

300

Not collected

Unable to parse/process the response, resulting in no valid data being collected

no

400

bad Request

An invalid parameter was passed

no

401

Unauthorized

Authentication failed; please check token validity

no

500

500 Internal Server Error

The requested resource does not exist

no

504

504 Timeout Error

Request rate exceeds API limit

no

 

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