Opens a new interactive browser session. Creating a session is free; each step is billed.

POST

https://api.scrapingduck.com/v1/sessions

Last modified:2026-10-04 11:19:25

The session keeps one live browser for up to MaxLifetime and is evicted after IdleTimeout
without activity. At most MaxPerKey sessions may be active per API key.

Request

Authorization

API Key

Add parameter in query

apiKey

Example:

apiKey: ********************

Query Params

Responses

🟢201

application/json

Created

Body

🟠400

🟠401

🟠404

🟠429

Request Example

Shell

JavaScript

Java

Swift

curl --location --request POST 'https://api.scrapingduck.com/v1/sessions?deviceName=&locale=&timezone=&disableResourceExclusion=&useAdvancedSpoofing=&disableJavaScript=&useResidentialProxy=&apiKey=%3Capi-key%3E'

Response Example

201 - Example 1

{
    "sessionId": "string",
    "statusUrl": "string",
    "expiresAtUtc": "2019-08-24T14:15:22.123Z",
    "maxPerKey": 0
}

Modified at 2026-10-04 11:19:25

Performs a web search and returns unified results from SearXNG, TinyFish or Brave Search.

Lists the caller's active sessions.