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ghost-probe — stealth web fetcher

ghost-probe is a standby Apify Actor with one HTTP endpoint: POST /v1/fetch.

It fetches a single URL through a stealth fetcher and returns the raw response body. It does not parse the page, crawl links, or render Markdown — you get the payload as-is and decide how to use it.

Quickstart

curl-X POST https://<user>--ghost-probe.apify.actor/v1/fetch \
-H"authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN"\
-H"content-type: application/json"\
-d'{"url":"https://example.com/","country":"US"}'

Input

POST /v1/fetch request body:

{
"url":"https://example.com/",
"country":"US",
"session":"crawl-1",
"render":{"mode":"auto"}
}

Output

Response body:

{
"verdict":"success",
"usable_content":true,
"response":{
"status":200,
"body":"<raw fetched payload>",
"final_url":"https://www.example.com/"
}
}

The stable contract is response.body + verdict: check verdict before trusting the body, since challenge and block pages are returned too. The response may carry extra diagnostic fields — treat body + verdict as the contract.

FAQ

Does it parse the page? No. It returns the fetched body; you parse it.

Does it solve captchas? No. It handles passive challenge pages best; interactive captcha solving is out of scope.

Can I use it on any site? Use it only where you have a lawful basis and where your usage respects the target site's terms, robots rules, and rate limits.

Usage Boundaries

Use ghost-probe only where you have a lawful basis and where your usage respects the target site's terms, robots rules, and rate limits.