# Block Resources As the name implies, what the `block_resources` parameter does is to block certain resources from loading. Using it can lower the response time, as our headless browser won't wait until everything loads before sending back the extracted data. It also helps to reduce the traffic usage. {% hint style="danger" %} Some modern websites rely heavily on JavaScript. Blocking JavaScript files may result in altering the DOM on JavaScript web pages. If your element is not present in the result while using `block_resources`, we advise you turn this feature off. {% endhint %} In order to specify what resources to be blocked, simply pass them as values of this parameter, separated by commas. (i.e. `block_resources=jpg,jpeg,png,js`) {% hint style="info" %} By default we block these resources: `*/favicon.ico`, `.gif`, `.jpeg`, `.png`, `.svg`, `.woff`, `data:image/svg+xml`, {% endhint %} Your full **GET** request should then be sent to the following address: ``` https://api.webscrapingapi.com/v1?api_key=&url=&block_resources= ``` ### Block Resources Integration Examples {% tabs %} {% tab title="cURL" %} {% code overflow="wrap" %} ```bash curl --request GET --url "https://api.webscrapingapi.com/v1?api_key=&url=https://httpbin.org/&block_resources=css,jpg,jpeg" ``` {% endcode %} {% endtab %} {% tab title="NodeJS" %} {% code overflow="wrap" %} ```javascript const http = require("https"); const options = { "method": "GET", "hostname": "api.webscrapingapi.com", "port": null, "path": "/v1?api_key=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fhttpbin.org&block_resources=css,jpg,jpeg", "headers": {} }; const req = http.request(options, function (res) { const chunks = []; res.on("data", function (chunk) { chunks.push(chunk); }); res.on("end", function () { const body = Buffer.concat(chunks); console.log(body.toString()); }); }); req.end(); ``` {% endcode %} {% endtab %} {% tab title="Python" %} {% code overflow="wrap" %} ```python import requests API_KEY = '' SCRAPER_URL = 'https://api.webscrapingapi.com/v1' TARGET_URL = 'https://httpbin.org/' PARAMS = { "api_key":API_KEY, "url": TARGET_URL, "block_resources":"css,jpeg,jpg", "render_js":1 } response = requests.get(SCRAPER_URL, params=PARAMS) print(response.text) ``` {% endcode %} {% endtab %} {% tab title="PHP" %} {% code overflow="wrap" %} ```php "https://api.webscrapingapi.com/v1?api_key=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fhttpbin.org&block_resources=css,jpg,jpeg", CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true, CURLOPT_ENCODING => "", CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET", ]); $response = curl_exec($curl); $err = curl_error($curl); curl_close($curl); if ($err) { echo "cURL Error #:" . $err; } else { echo $response; } ``` {% endcode %} {% endtab %} {% tab title="Go" %} {% code overflow="wrap" %} ```go package main import ( "fmt" "net/http" "io/ioutil" ) func main() { url := "https://api.webscrapingapi.com/v1?api_key=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fhttpbin.org&block_resources=css,jpg,jpeg" req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil) res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req) defer res.Body.Close() body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body) fmt.Println(res) fmt.Println(string(body)) } ``` {% endcode %} {% endtab %} {% tab title="Java" %} {% code overflow="wrap" %} ```java HttpResponse response = Unirest.get("https://api.webscrapingapi.com/v1?api_key=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fhttpbin.org&block_resources=css,jpg,jpeg") .asString(); ``` {% endcode %} {% endtab %} {% tab title=".NET" %} {% code overflow="wrap" %} ```csharp var client = new RestClient("https://api.webscrapingapi.com/v1?api_key=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fhttpbin.org&block_resources=css,jpg,jpeg"); var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET); IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request); ``` {% endcode %} {% endtab %} {% tab title="Ruby" %} {% code overflow="wrap" %} ```ruby require 'uri' require 'net/http' require 'openssl' url = URI("https://api.webscrapingapi.com/v1?api_key=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fhttpbin.org&block_resources=css,jpg,jpeg") http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port) http.use_ssl = true http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url) response = http.request(request) puts response.read_body ``` {% endcode %} {% endtab %} {% endtabs %} {% hint style="danger" %} **Important!** The `url` parameter has to be encoded. *( i.e. **\&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww\.webscrapingapi.com%2F** )* {% endhint %}
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