Cost Control

ScraperAPI helps you control and manage your costs efficiently. By using the max_cost parameter with your requests, you instruct the API to set a limit on the maximum API credits you'd like to spend per each individual scrape. This helps prevent overspending, ensuring you stay within your individual project's budget.

• API REQUEST

<?php
$url =
"https://api.scraperapi.com?api_key=API_KEY&premium=true&max_cost=5&url=https://example.com"; $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,
TRUE); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER,
FALSE); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST,
0); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER,
0); $response = curl_exec($ch); curl_close($ch); print_r($response);

• ASYNC REQUEST

<?php
$payload = json_encode(
    array(
        "apiKey" => "API_KEY",
        "url" => "https://example.com",
        "apiParams" => array(
            "premium" => "true",
            "max_cost" => 5
        )
    )
);

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://async.scraperapi.com/jobs");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $payload);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array("Content-Type: application/json"));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
print_r($response);
?>

• PROXY MODE - COMING SOON!

If the scrape cost exceeds your limit, a 403 status code will be returned for the request, with the following error message:

"This request would cost more than your max_cost. You can see the cost per request in your response header or in API Playground in the dashboard."