brightdata-hello-world

# Bright Data Hello World ## Overview Scrape a real webpage through Bright Data's Web Unlocker proxy. Web Unlocker handles CAPTCHAs, fingerprinting, and retries automatically — you send a normal HTTP request through the proxy endpoint at `brd.superproxy.io:33335`. ## Prerequisites - Completed `brightdata-install-auth` setup - Web Unlocker zone active in Bright Data control panel - `brd-ca.crt` SSL certificate downloaded ## Instructions ### Step 1: Scrape via Web Unlocker Proxy (Node.js) ```typescript // hello-brightdata.ts import axios from 'axios'; import https from 'https'; import 'dotenv/config'; const { BRIGHTDATA_CUSTOMER_ID, BRIGHTDATA_ZONE, BRIGHTDATA_ZONE_PASSWORD } = process.env; const proxy = { host: 'brd.superproxy.io', port: 33335, auth: { username: `brd-customer-${BRIGHTDATA_CUSTOMER_ID}-zone-${BRIGHTDATA_ZONE}`, password: BRIGHTDATA_ZONE_PASSWORD!, }, }; async function scrape(url: string) { const response = await axios.get(url, { proxy, httpsAgent: new https.Agent({ rejectUnauthorized: false }), timeout: 60000, }); console.log(`Status: ${response.status}`); console.log(`Content length: ${response.data.length} chars`); console.log(response.data.substring(0, 500)); return response.data; } scrape('https://example.com').catch(console.error); ``` ### Step 2: Scrape via REST API ```typescript // hello-brightdata-api.ts import 'dotenv/config'; async function scrapeViaAPI(url: string) { const response = await fetch...