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POST
/
dca
/
collector
Create Scraper Template
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.brightdata.com/dca/collector \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "Test",
  "deliver": {
    "type": "azure",
    "filename": {
      "template": "<string>"
    },
    "container": "<string>",
    "credentials": {
      "account": "<string>",
      "key": "aSDinaTvuI8gbWludGxpZnk=",
      "sas_token": "<string>"
    },
    "directory": "<string>"
  }
}
'
import requests

url = "https://api.brightdata.com/dca/collector"

payload = {
"name": "Test",
"deliver": {
"type": "azure",
"filename": { "template": "<string>" },
"container": "<string>",
"credentials": {
"account": "<string>",
"key": "aSDinaTvuI8gbWludGxpZnk=",
"sas_token": "<string>"
},
"directory": "<string>"
}
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
name: 'Test',
deliver: {
type: 'azure',
filename: {template: '<string>'},
container: '<string>',
credentials: {account: '<string>', key: 'aSDinaTvuI8gbWludGxpZnk=', sas_token: '<string>'},
directory: '<string>'
}
})
};

fetch('https://api.brightdata.com/dca/collector', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.brightdata.com/dca/collector",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => 'Test',
'deliver' => [
'type' => 'azure',
'filename' => [
'template' => '<string>'
],
'container' => '<string>',
'credentials' => [
'account' => '<string>',
'key' => 'aSDinaTvuI8gbWludGxpZnk=',
'sas_token' => '<string>'
],
'directory' => '<string>'
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://api.brightdata.com/dca/collector"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"Test\",\n \"deliver\": {\n \"type\": \"azure\",\n \"filename\": {\n \"template\": \"<string>\"\n },\n \"container\": \"<string>\",\n \"credentials\": {\n \"account\": \"<string>\",\n \"key\": \"aSDinaTvuI8gbWludGxpZnk=\",\n \"sas_token\": \"<string>\"\n },\n \"directory\": \"<string>\"\n }\n}")

req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.brightdata.com/dca/collector")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"Test\",\n \"deliver\": {\n \"type\": \"azure\",\n \"filename\": {\n \"template\": \"<string>\"\n },\n \"container\": \"<string>\",\n \"credentials\": {\n \"account\": \"<string>\",\n \"key\": \"aSDinaTvuI8gbWludGxpZnk=\",\n \"sas_token\": \"<string>\"\n },\n \"directory\": \"<string>\"\n }\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.brightdata.com/dca/collector")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"Test\",\n \"deliver\": {\n \"type\": \"azure\",\n \"filename\": {\n \"template\": \"<string>\"\n },\n \"container\": \"<string>\",\n \"credentials\": {\n \"account\": \"<string>\",\n \"key\": \"aSDinaTvuI8gbWludGxpZnk=\",\n \"sas_token\": \"<string>\"\n },\n \"directory\": \"<string>\"\n }\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "name": "test collector",
  "deliver": {
    "type": "webhook",
    "endpoint": "https://webhook.site11111",
    "flatten_csv": false,
    "delivery_type": "deliver_results"
  },
  "active": false,
  "created": "2026-04-12T06:25:47.708Z",
  "user": "test@example.com",
  "customer": "customer",
  "customer_id": "ID",
  "output_format_ver": 1,
  "require_all_success": false,
  "default_queue_behavior": "parallel",
  "strict_input_normalize": true,
  "request_cmd_behavior": "send_ajax_request",
  "strict_url_validate": true,
  "no_strange_input_normalize": true,
  "allow_wait_ms": false,
  "id": "c_mnvdqy7w1fyaku0uep",
  "zone": "v__dca_test_collector_15",
  "notifications": {
    "success_rate": {
      "addresses": "test@example.com",
      "frequency": 1
    }
  },
  "history": [
    {
      "date": "2026-04-12T06:25:47.715Z",
      "user": "user",
      "comment": "Collector was created"
    }
  ],
  "output_fields": [],
  "fields": {},
  "template": {
    "stub": true
  },
  "has_output_fields_mapping": false,
  "account_id": "ID",
  "is_under_dataset_migration": false,
  "under_sla": false,
  "output_schema_incompatible": false,
  "beta_output_schema_incompatible": false,
  "is_scheduled": false
}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Use your Bright Data API Key as a Bearer token in the Authorization header.

How to authenticate:

  1. Obtain your API Key from the Bright Data account settings at https://brightdata.com/cp/setting/users
  2. Include the API Key in the Authorization header of your requests
  3. Format: Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

Example:

Authorization: Bearer b5648e1096c6442f60a6c4bbbe73f8d2234d3d8324554bd6a7ec8f3f251f07df

Learn how to get your Bright Data API key: https://docs.brightdata.com/api-reference/authentication

Body

application/json
name
string
required
Example:

"Test"

deliver
Microsoft Azure · object
required

Deliver configuration

Response

200 - application/json

Scraper created successfully