Create or Update a Custom API

Create or update the parameters and ruleset of an existing Custom API

byDiffbot Extract API (Web Extraction)

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Updated: Oct 27, 2026, 12:40 AM

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Selected tool: diffbot.custom.create.v1.44012bca
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Catalog updated: 2026-10-27T00:40:01.989419+00:00
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apistringOptional

The specific API being targeted. Always precede the API name with "/api/" as in `"/api/article"` except for "all")

notesarrayOptional

An array of strings that can be added manually. The API automatically adds a notes specifying when the API was last updated.

rulesarrayOptional

An object that defines a set of rules for a specific urlPattern-api combination

testUrlstringOptional

A URL that can be used to check that the rule still works as intended. This is the page that will load automatically when editing the ruleset in the Dashboard UI

useProxystringOptional

Used to disable proxies (when they have been set globally), by applying the value `"none"`

prefiltersarrayOptional

An array of string selectors that should be omitted from the DOM before extraction occurs

urlPatternstringOptional

A regex that defines the URLs for which the ruleset will be applied

renderOptionsstringOptional

Rendering options

xForwardHeadersobjectOptional

Allows you to pass in X-Forward headers by name, including X-Evaluate (aka. X-Forward-X-Evaluate; omit "X-Forward" in the header name)

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Selected tool

diffbot.custom.create.v1.44012bca

Provider scope

Diffbot Extract API (Web Extraction)

Catalog updated

2026-10-27T00:40:01.989419+00:00

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Pending verification

Continue setupYou can return to this tool page if the selection is incomplete or expires.