createTask : creating a task

This is the task creation endpoint which you will submit through tasks to be solved by our servers.

When creating tasks you must specify the type and the subtask type if necessary,

please check the task types section in the documentation.

Example request

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{
  "clientKey": "CRABKEYINHEREFOREXAMPLEPURPOSES012345",
  "task": {
    "type": "MainTaskType",
    "websiteURL": "http://crabtcha.com",
    "subtask_type": "SubtaskType",
    "proxyType": "http",
    "proxyAddress": "proxy_address",
    "proxyPort": "proxy_port",
    "proxyLogin": "proxy_login",
    "proxyPassword": "proxy_password"
  }
}

Request body table

Key	Type	Description
clientKey	String	Client account key
task	Object	Task object

Example response

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After creating a task successfully you will be receiving its task id which will then be used to check through the getTaskResult route.

{
    "taskId": "eb797a7d-18f9-4078-adb9-668ef81e4e56" // This will be used later
}

Response structure

Key	Type	Description
errorId	Integer	Error message: 0 - no error 1 - with error
errorCode	String
errorDescription	String	Error description
status	String	returns the status of the task
solution	Object	the task result, an object containing task relevant solution such as headers, cookies etc..
taskId	String	Id of the created task