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[salimmadjd]

What if the content you want to scrape->API is behind a login gate? Is there an option of authentication?

[wrapapi → salimmadjd]

You can actually write an API endpoint that'll retrieve a state token (which includes the cookies). For one example, you can use view our Hacker News login endpoint at https://wrapapi.com/#/view/phsource/hackernews/login/latest

That endpoint will then emit a state token, which includes the session cookies. You can feed that state token into your next request and it'll authenticate you

[webninja → salimmadjd]

Yes, you can get the content you want even if it's behind a login page! Expect to create 2 APIs, one for logging in and another for getting the content. An example is provided on their homepage: https://wrapapi.com/v2#/caseStudies/cj