Initiating a collection (new dataset)

Use the Bright Data Marketplace API to initiating a collection (New Dataset). Spans 250+ domains in the Bright Data marketplace.

Endpoint: POST /datasets/initiate_collection

POST body

request_id · string · required

The unique identifier for the collection request you are inquiring about.

freshness_ms · string · required

The time in milliseconds indicating the desired data freshness.

Body Example

{
    "request_id": "j_lsu5sdup1ggkc5umby",
    "freshness_ms": 2592000000
}

curl -k "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/request_collection?dataset_id=gd_l1vikfnt1wgvvqz95w&type=url_collection" -H "Authorization: Bearer API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '[{"id":"user-id"}]'

{
"request_id": "j_lsu5sdup1ggkc5umby"
}