Precise Scraping Control and Reliability

This release enhances the precision of our performance tiers and improves the accuracy of our cost estimation tools. We have also refined stealth block detection and configuration handling across various scraping modes to ensure a more predictable and reliable developer experience.

Highlights

Phased platform update rollouts

We have implemented a gradual rollout system for all service updates to ensure maximum platform stability. This reduces the risk of interruptions by validating changes before they reach all users.

Flexible file type auto-routing

The API now correctly identifies and processes PDF and image URLs when using the automatic routing mode. You will no longer encounter errors when sending these file types for processing.

Reliable Auto-Detection for Documents

The API now correctly identifies and routes PDF and image URLs when using automatic detection mode. This prevents the system from defaulting to standard web scraping, ensuring you receive the correct data format every time.

New Features

Phased platform update rollouts

We have implemented a gradual rollout system for all service updates to ensure maximum platform stability. This reduces the risk of interruptions by validating changes before they reach all users.

Improvements

Enhanced data processing capacity

The internal queueing system has been optimized to handle larger bursts of scraping requests without data loss. This ensures your high-volume tasks are processed reliably even during peak periods.

Proactive service health monitoring

Our system now performs more frequent health checks to monitor API availability during infrastructure changes. This allows for faster detection and resolution of minor service disruptions.

General bug fixes and improvements

Plus 13 internal improvements for better reliability and performance.

Bug Fixes

Flexible file type auto-routing

The API now correctly identifies and processes PDF and image URLs when using the automatic routing mode. You will no longer encounter errors when sending these file types for processing.

Reliable job recovery handling

We resolved an issue that could prevent the successful recovery of interrupted scraping tasks. This improvement ensures that your jobs are correctly managed and completed if a system restart occurs.

Reliable Auto-Detection for Documents

Enhanced Demo Content Support

The interactive demo has been updated to correctly handle automatic mode upgrades for specialized content. Your testing experience in the demo environment now accurately reflects the behavior and performance of the production API.

Accurate Credit Usage Reporting

Estimated usage metrics now correctly reflect requests that are automatically upgraded to specialized processing modes. This fix ensures that your usage logs provide a transparent and reliable view of your account activity.

Corrected Playground Code Samples

Code samples generated in the playground now use the correct request structure for performance and cost controls. You can copy and paste code directly into your application without needing to manually adjust the JSON structure.

Enhanced enhanced mode Block Detection

We have improved our ability to detect error pages that return a successful status code. This ensures that blocked requests are correctly identified and handled, leading to higher success rates and cleaner data.

Accurate Cost Estimation

The estimation endpoint now correctly accounts for your requested performance tier overrides. This allows for more precise budget planning and usage tracking when using advanced scraping options.

Tier-Specific Results Cache

Cached results are now separated by your requested performance settings to prevent data inconsistencies. You will always receive the data quality corresponding to your specific request parameters.

Reliable Performance Enforcement

The API now strictly enforces your requested performance level and will no longer silently downgrade requests. You can be confident that every request is executed with the exact resources and routing you specified.

Expanded Document Mode Support

Custom options such as proxy settings and screenshots are now fully supported in PDF and OCR modes. This provides greater flexibility and control when generating documents or extracting text from complex files.

Consistent HTML Scraping

Scraping in HTML mode now fully respects all job configurations, including proxy and performance settings. This ensures your custom requirements are applied consistently across every scraping method we offer.

Plus 24 internal changes for stability and performance.