# Instacart

With Web Scraper API, you can scrape various types of **Instacart** pages; below is an overview of all supported scrapers and their respective `source` values.

<table><thead><tr><th width="250.78515625">Source</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>instacart_search</code></td><td><a href="instacart/search"><strong>Search page</strong></a> for a search term of your choice.</td></tr><tr><td><code>instacart_product</code></td><td><a href="instacart/product"><strong>Product page</strong></a> of a product ID of your choice.</td></tr><tr><td><code>instacart</code></td><td>Submit any Instacart <a href="instacart/search"><strong>URL</strong></a> you like.</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Getting started

**Create your API user credentials**: Sign up for a free trial or purchase the product in the [**Oxylabs dashboard**](https://dashboard.oxylabs.io/en/registration) to create your API user credentials (`USERNAME` and `PASSWORD`).

{% hint style="warning" %}
If you need more than one API user for your account, please contact our [**customer support**](mailto:support@oxylabs.io) or message our 24/7 live chat support.
{% endhint %}

### Request sample

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="cURL" %}

```shell
curl 'https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries' \
--user 'USERNAME:PASSWORD' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
        "source": "instacart_search", 
        "query": "eggs"
    }'
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
import requests
from pprint import pprint


# Structure payload.
payload = {
    'source': 'instacart_search',
    'query': 'eggs'
}

# Get response.
response = requests.request(
    'POST',
    'https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries',
    auth=('USERNAME', 'PASSWORD'),
    json=payload,
)

# Instead of response with job status and results url, this will return the
# JSON response with the result.
pprint(response.json())
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Node.js" %}

```javascript
const https = require("https");

const username = "USERNAME";
const password = "PASSWORD";
const body = {
    source: "instacart_search",
    query: "eggs"
};

const options = {
    hostname: "realtime.oxylabs.io",
    path: "/v1/queries",
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        Authorization:
            "Basic " + Buffer.from(`${username}:${password}`).toString("base64"),
    },
};

const request = https.request(options, (response) => {
    let data = "";

    response.on("data", (chunk) => {
        data += chunk;
    });

    response.on("end", () => {
        const responseData = JSON.parse(data);
        console.log(JSON.stringify(responseData, null, 2));
    });
});

request.on("error", (error) => {
    console.error("Error:", error);
});

request.write(JSON.stringify(body));
request.end();
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="HTTP" %}

```http
# The whole string you submit has to be URL-encoded.

https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries?source=instacart_search&query=eggs&access_token=12345abcde
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="PHP" %}

```php
<?php

$params = array(
    'source' => 'instacart_search',
    'query' => 'eggs'
);

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($params));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "USERNAME" . ":" . "PASSWORD");

$headers = array();
$headers[] = "Content-Type: application/json";
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);

$result = curl_exec($ch);
echo $result;

if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    echo 'Error:' . curl_error($ch);
}
curl_close($ch);
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Golang" %}

```go
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	const Username = "USERNAME"
	const Password = "PASSWORD"

	payload := map[string]interface{}{
		"source":       "instacart_search",
		"query":        "eggs"
	}

	jsonValue, _ := json.Marshal(payload)

	client := &http.Client{}
	request, _ := http.NewRequest("POST",
		"https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries",
		bytes.NewBuffer(jsonValue),
	)

	request.SetBasicAuth(Username, Password)
	response, _ := client.Do(request)

	responseText, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(responseText))
}

```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="C#" %}

```csharp
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Json;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace OxyApi
{
    class Program
    {
        static async Task Main()
        {
            const string Username = "USERNAME";
            const string Password = "PASSWORD";

            var parameters = new {
                source = "instacart_search",
                query = "eggs"
            };

            var client = new HttpClient();

            Uri baseUri = new Uri("https://realtime.oxylabs.io");
            client.BaseAddress = baseUri;

            var requestMessage = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, "/v1/queries");
            requestMessage.Content = JsonContent.Create(parameters);

            var authenticationString = $"{Username}:{Password}";
            var base64EncodedAuthenticationString = Convert.ToBase64String(System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.UTF8.GetBytes(authenticationString));
            requestMessage.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Basic " + base64EncodedAuthenticationString);

            var response = await client.SendAsync(requestMessage);
            var contents = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

            Console.WriteLine(contents);
        }
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Java" %}

```java
package org.example;

import okhttp3.*;
import org.json.JSONObject;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

public class Main implements Runnable {
    private static final String AUTHORIZATION_HEADER = "Authorization";
    public static final String USERNAME = "USERNAME";
    public static final String PASSWORD = "PASSWORD";

    public void run() {
        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject();
        jsonObject.put("source", "instacart_search");
        jsonObject.put("query", "eggs");

        Authenticator authenticator = (route, response) -> {
            String credential = Credentials.basic(USERNAME, PASSWORD);
            return response
                    .request()
                    .newBuilder()
                    .header(AUTHORIZATION_HEADER, credential)
                    .build();
        };

        var client = new OkHttpClient.Builder()
                .authenticator(authenticator)
                .readTimeout(180, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
                .build();

        var mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json; charset=utf-8");
        var body = RequestBody.create(jsonObject.toString(), mediaType);
        var request = new Request.Builder()
                .url("https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries")
                .post(body)
                .build();

        try (var response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
            if (response.body() != null) {
                try (var responseBody = response.body()) {
                    System.out.println(responseBody.string());
                }
            }
        } catch (Exception exception) {
            System.out.println("Error: " + exception.getMessage());
        }

        System.exit(0);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new Thread(new Main()).start();
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="JSON" %}

```json
{
    "source": "instacart_search", 
    "query": "eggs"
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

We use synchronous [**Realtime**](https://developers.oxylabs.io/scraping-solutions/web-scraper-api/integration-methods/realtime) integration method in our examples. If you would like to use [**Proxy Endpoint**](https://developers.oxylabs.io/scraping-solutions/web-scraper-api/integration-methods/proxy-endpoint) or asynchronous [**Push-Pull**](https://developers.oxylabs.io/scraping-solutions/web-scraper-api/integration-methods/push-pull) integration, refer to the [**integration methods**](https://developers.oxylabs.io/scraping-solutions/web-scraper-api/integration-methods) section.

Optionally, you can include additional parameters such as `user_agent_type`, `render`, and more to customize your scraping request. Read more:

{% content-ref url="../../features" %}
[features](https://developers.oxylabs.io/scraping-solutions/web-scraper-api/features)
{% endcontent-ref %}