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Learn how to get data from any Petco URL using the Web Scraper API. Find out more about its request parameters and see an example request.

The petco data source is designed to retrieve any Petco URL data.

Request samples

In the samples below, we make a request to retrieve an example Petco URL.

curl 'https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries' \
--user 'USERNAME:PASSWORD' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
        "source": "petco",
        "url": "https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/pro-plan-savor-shredded-blend-beef-and-rice-adult-dog-food",
        "render": "html"
    }'

import requests
from pprint import pprint


# Structure payload.
payload = {
    'source': 'petco',
    'url': 'https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/pro-plan-savor-shredded-blend-beef-and-rice-adult-dog-food'
    'render': 'html'
}

# 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())

const https = require("https");

const username = "USERNAME";
const password = "PASSWORD";
const body = {
    source: "petco",
    url: "https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/pro-plan-savor-shredded-blend-beef-and-rice-adult-dog-food",
    render: "html"
};

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();

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

https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries?source=petco&url=https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/pro-plan-savor-shredded-blend-beef-and-rice-adult-dog-food&access_token=12345abcde

<?php

$params = array(
    'source' => 'petco',
    'url' => 'https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/pro-plan-savor-shredded-blend-beef-and-rice-adult-dog-food',
    'render' => 'html'
);

$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);

package main

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

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

	payload := map[string]interface{}{
		"source":       "petco",
		"url":  	"https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/pro-plan-savor-shredded-blend-beef-and-rice-adult-dog-food",
        	"render": 	"html"
	}

	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))
}

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 = "petco",
                url = "https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/pro-plan-savor-shredded-blend-beef-and-rice-adult-dog-food",
                render = "html"
            };

            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);
        }
    }
}

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", "petco");
        jsonObject.put("url", "https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/pro-plan-savor-shredded-blend-beef-and-rice-adult-dog-food")

        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();
    }
}

Request parameter values

Generic

Basic setup and customization options for scraping Lowe's URLs.

Parameter

Description

Default Value

source

Sets the scraper.

universal

url

Petco page URL.

render

Enables JavaScript rendering when set to html. More info.

callback_url

URL to your callback endpoint. More info.

user_agent_type

Device type and browser. The full list can be found here.

desktop

- mandatory parameter

Localization

Adapt regional results to specific stores.

Parameter

Description

Type

store_id

Specify a Petco store.

Integer

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Request parameter values

Generic

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