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Let Auto choose the route under a credit ceiling

Automatic routing, called Auto mode in the API, lets ScrapeDrive decide how to fetch a page. You send auto=true with a max_credits ceiling. ScrapeDrive works through compatible HTTP and browser routes, proxy pools and locations, and charges the configuration that succeeds once.

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A request being routed through the suitable available path under a credit ceiling.
curl "https://sync.scrapedrive.com/api/v1/scrape" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "api_key": "YOUR_KEY",
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "auto": true,
    "max_credits": 20
  }'

What this request asks for

auto=true
Hands the route to ScrapeDrive.
max_credits=20
The most this request can cost. Auto never charges more.

What it does for a request

Works through routes in order
Auto starts with a compatible route for the target and moves to the next one only after an attempt fails.
Keeps your output requirements
The result format, screenshots and browser waits stay as you sent them. A screenshot or a wait tells Auto that the result needs a browser.
Caps the charge
ScrapeDrive reserves the highest price it can reach under max_credits. You pay once for the configuration that succeeded, never above the ceiling. Failed internal attempts are not charged again.
Settles failures at zero
A request that ends without a usable page costs 0 credits.

When to use it

Use it when

  • You do not know yet which route a site needs.
  • You fetch many different sites and do not want to tune a configuration for each one.
  • You would rather not resubmit a request by hand after each failure, and you need a known maximum charge.

Leave it out when

  • You already know a configuration that works. A Standard request has one fixed price.
  • You need a named country, your own proxy or a sticky session. Auto rejects those fields.

How to set it

  • auto

    true or false

    Turns on Auto mode. The default is false.

  • max_credits

    1 or more

    Required with auto=true. The final charge never exceeds it.

  • render_js, proxy_pool, proxy_country, custom_proxy, session_number

    not accepted

    Sending any of them with auto=true is rejected before the request runs. Rejected requests are not charged.

Limits to plan for

  • A low ceiling can rule out the route a page needs. A residential browser request costs 15 credits, so a ceiling of 10 never reaches it.
  • Some pages still fail under Auto. When the request ends without a usable page, you pay 0 credits.
  • On a sync response, X-Sdrive-Credits reports the settled charge. It is not a count of attempts.

Other features

Start with a plain request. Add browser, routing or waiting settings only when the page needs them.

Try automatic routing on your page

Paste a page URL into the Playground and see exactly what ScrapeDrive returns.

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