click
Type:
<string> | <string[]>
It clicks the DOM elements matching the given
CSS selectors
over the target url.The following examples show how to use the Microlink API with CLI, cURL, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, PHP & Golang, targeting 'https://microlink.io' URL with 'screenshot' & 'click' API parameters:
CLI Microlink API example
microlink https://microlink.io&screenshot&click=#featurescURL Microlink API example
curl -G "https://api.microlink.io" \
-d "url=https://microlink.io" \
-d "screenshot=true" \
-d "click=#features"JavaScript Microlink API example
import mql from '@microlink/mql'
const { data } = await mql('https://microlink.io', {
screenshot: true,
click: "#features"
})Python Microlink API example
import requests
url = "https://api.microlink.io/"
querystring = {
"url": "https://microlink.io",
"screenshot": "true",
"click": "#features"
}
response = requests.get(url, params=querystring)
print(response.json())Ruby Microlink API example
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
base_url = "https://api.microlink.io/"
params = {
url: "https://microlink.io",
screenshot: "true",
click: "#features"
}
uri = URI(base_url)
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form(params)
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
response = http.request(request)
puts response.bodyPHP Microlink API example
<?php
$baseUrl = "https://api.microlink.io/";
$params = [
"url" => "https://microlink.io",
"screenshot" => "true",
"click" => "#features"
];
$query = http_build_query($params);
$url = $baseUrl . '?' . $query;
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => $url,
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;
}Golang Microlink API example
package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"net/url"
"io"
)
func main() {
baseURL := "https://api.microlink.io"
u, err := url.Parse(baseURL)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
q := u.Query()
q.Set("url", "https://microlink.io")
q.Set("screenshot", "true")
q.Set("click", "#features")
u.RawQuery = q.Encode()
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", u.String(), nil)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
client := &http.Client{}
resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
fmt.Println(string(body))
}import mql from '@microlink/mql'
const { data } = await mql('https://microlink.io', {
screenshot: true,
click: "#features"
})It can be combined with other browser interaction, such as scroll, to mutates the browser page state.