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class="token plain">{</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> "result": [</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/13.0.5 Safari/605.1.15",</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/103.0.5060.53 Safari/537.36",</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Windows; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/103.0.5060.114 Safari/537.36",</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_10_5) AppleWebKit/603.3.8 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/10.1.2 Safari/603.3.8",</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Windows; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/103.0.5060.114 Safari/537.36",</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/14.0 Safari/605.1.15",</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/103.0.5060.53 Safari/537.36",</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_6) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/14.0 Safari/605.1.15",</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Windows; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/103.0.5060.114 Safari/537.36",</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/103.0.5060.53 Safari/537.36"</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> ]</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain">}</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup__atx"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_eSgA" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_y97N"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_LjdS"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div> <hr> <h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="authorisation---api-key">Authorisation - API Key<a href="#authorisation---api-key" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Authorisation - API Key" title="Direct link to Authorisation - API Key"></a></h2> <p>To use the <strong>ScrapeOps Fake User-Agent API</strong>, you first need an <strong>API key</strong> which you can get by signing up for a <a href="https://scrapeops.io/app/register/headers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">free account here</a>.</p> <p>Your API key must be included with every request using the <code>api_key</code> query parameter otherwise the API will return a <code>403 Forbidden Access</code> status code.</p> <p>The API is free to use, however, this API key is used to prevent users misusing the API endpoint.</p> <hr> <h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="how-to-retrieve-fake-user-agents-from-the-api">How To Retrieve Fake User-Agents From The API?<a href="#how-to-retrieve-fake-user-agents-from-the-api" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to How To Retrieve Fake User-Agents From The API?" title="Direct link to How To Retrieve Fake User-Agents From The API?"></a></h2> <p>To use the <strong>ScrapeOps Fake User-Agents API</strong> you just need to send a request to the API endpoint to retrieve a list of user-agents.</p> <div class="codeBlockContainer_Ckt0 theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#d6deeb;--prism-background-color:#011627"><div class="codeBlockContent_biex"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-text codeBlock_bY9V thin-scrollbar" style="color:#d6deeb;background-color:#011627"><code class="codeBlockLines_e6Vv"><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain">http://headers.scrapeops.io/v1/user-agents?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup__atx"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_eSgA" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_y97N"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_LjdS"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div> <p>Here is an example using <strong>Python Requests</strong>:</p> <div class="language-python codeBlockContainer_Ckt0 theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#d6deeb;--prism-background-color:#011627"><div class="codeBlockContent_biex"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-python codeBlock_bY9V thin-scrollbar" style="color:#d6deeb;background-color:#011627"><code class="codeBlockLines_e6Vv"><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token keyword" style="color:rgb(127, 219, 202)">import</span><span class="token plain"> requests</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain">response </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(127, 219, 202)">=</span><span class="token plain"> requests</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token plain">get</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(173, 219, 103)">'http://headers.scrapeops.io/v1/user-agents?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY'</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token keyword" style="color:rgb(127, 219, 202)">print</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token plain">response</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token plain">json</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup__atx"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_eSgA" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_y97N"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_LjdS"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div> <p>Example response from the API:</p> <div class="language-json codeBlockContainer_Ckt0 theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#d6deeb;--prism-background-color:#011627"><div class="codeBlockContent_biex"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-json codeBlock_bY9V thin-scrollbar" style="color:#d6deeb;background-color:#011627"><code class="codeBlockLines_e6Vv"><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain">{</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> "result": [</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/13.0.5 Safari/605.1.15",</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/103.0.5060.53 Safari/537.36",</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Windows; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/103.0.5060.114 Safari/537.36",</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_10_5) AppleWebKit/603.3.8 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/10.1.2 Safari/603.3.8",</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Windows; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/103.0.5060.114 Safari/537.36",</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/14.0 Safari/605.1.15",</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/103.0.5060.53 Safari/537.36",</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_6) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/14.0 Safari/605.1.15",</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Windows; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/103.0.5060.114 Safari/537.36",</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/103.0.5060.53 Safari/537.36"</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> ]</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain">}</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup__atx"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_eSgA" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_y97N"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_LjdS"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div> <hr> <h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="scraper-integration">Scraper Integration<a href="#scraper-integration" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Scraper Integration" title="Direct link to Scraper Integration"></a></h2> <p>To integrate the Fake User-Agent API you should configure your scraper to retrieve a batch of the most up-to-date user-agents when the scraper starts and then configure your scraper to pick a random user-agent from this list for each request.</p> <p>Here is an example Python scraper integration:</p> <div class="language-python codeBlockContainer_Ckt0 theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#d6deeb;--prism-background-color:#011627"><div class="codeBlockContent_biex"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-python codeBlock_bY9V thin-scrollbar" style="color:#d6deeb;background-color:#011627"><code class="codeBlockLines_e6Vv"><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token keyword" style="color:rgb(127, 219, 202)">import</span><span class="token plain"> requests</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token keyword" style="color:rgb(127, 219, 202)">from</span><span class="token plain"> random </span><span class="token keyword" style="color:rgb(127, 219, 202)">import</span><span class="token plain"> randint</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain">SCRAPEOPS_API_KEY </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(127, 219, 202)">=</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(173, 219, 103)">'YOUR_API_KEY'</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token keyword" style="color:rgb(127, 219, 202)">def</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">get_user_agent_list</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">:</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> response </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(127, 219, 202)">=</span><span class="token plain"> requests</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token plain">get</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(173, 219, 103)">'http://headers.scrapeops.io/v1/user-agents?api_key='</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(127, 219, 202)">+</span><span class="token plain"> SCRAPEOPS_API_KEY</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> json_response </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(127, 219, 202)">=</span><span class="token plain"> response</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token plain">json</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="color:rgb(127, 219, 202)">return</span><span class="token plain"> json_response</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token plain">get</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(173, 219, 103)">'result'</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">[</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">]</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token keyword" style="color:rgb(127, 219, 202)">def</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">get_random_user_agent</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token plain">user_agent_list</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">:</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> random_index </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(127, 219, 202)">=</span><span class="token plain"> randint</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token number" style="color:rgb(247, 140, 108)">0</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token builtin" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">len</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token plain">user_agent_list</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(127, 219, 202)">-</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token number" style="color:rgb(247, 140, 108)">1</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="color:rgb(127, 219, 202)">return</span><span class="token plain"> user_agent_list</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">[</span><span class="token plain">random_index</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">]</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token comment" style="color:rgb(99, 119, 119);font-style:italic">## Retrieve User-Agent List From ScrapeOps</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain">user_agent_list </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(127, 219, 202)">=</span><span class="token plain"> get_user_agent_list</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain">url_list </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(127, 219, 202)">=</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">[</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(173, 219, 103)">'https://example.com/1'</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(173, 219, 103)">'https://example.com/2'</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(173, 219, 103)">'https://example.com/3'</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">]</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token keyword" style="color:rgb(127, 219, 202)">for</span><span class="token plain"> url </span><span class="token keyword" style="color:rgb(127, 219, 202)">in</span><span class="token plain"> url_list</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">:</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token comment" style="color:rgb(99, 119, 119);font-style:italic">## Add Random User-Agent To Headers</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> headers </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(127, 219, 202)">=</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">{</span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(173, 219, 103)">'User-Agent'</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">:</span><span class="token plain"> get_random_user_agent</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token plain">user_agent_list</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">}</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token comment" style="color:rgb(99, 119, 119);font-style:italic">## Make Requests</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> r </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(127, 219, 202)">=</span><span class="token plain"> requests</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token plain">get</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token plain">url</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(127, 219, 202)">=</span><span class="token plain">url</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"> headers</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(127, 219, 202)">=</span><span class="token plain">headers</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="color:rgb(127, 219, 202)">print</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token plain">r</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token plain">text</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#d6deeb"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup__atx"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_eSgA" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_y97N"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_LjdS"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div> <p>Here the scraper will use a random user-agent for each request.</p> <hr> <h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="api-parameters">API Parameters<a href="#api-parameters" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to API Parameters" title="Direct link to API Parameters"></a></h2> <p>The following is a list of API parameters that you can include with your requests to customise the header list response.</p> <table><thead><tr><th>Parameter</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>api_key</code></td><td>This is a required parameter. You can get your <a href="https://scrapeops.io/app/register/headers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Free API key here</a>.</td></tr><tr><td><code>num_results</code></td><td>By default the API returns a list of <strong>10 user-agents</strong>, however, you can increase that number by changing the <code>num_results</code> number. 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