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GET
/
datasets
/
list
cURL
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/list \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
[
  {
    "id": "gd_l1vijqt9jfj7olije",
    "name": "Crunchbase companies information",
    "size": 2300000
  },
  {
    "id": "gd_l1vikfch901nx3by4",
    "name": "Instagram - Profiles",
    "size": 620000000
  }
]

Documentation Index

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Authorizations

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Authorization
string
header
required

Use your Bright Data API Key as a Bearer token in the Authorization header.

How to authenticate:

  1. Obtain your API Key from the Bright Data account settings at https://brightdata.com/cp/setting/users
  2. Include the API Key in the Authorization header of your requests
  3. Format: Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

Example:

Authorization: Bearer b5648e1096c6442f60a6c4bbbe73f8d2234d3d8324554bd6a7ec8f3f251f07df

Learn how to get your Bright Data API key: https://docs.brightdata.com/api-reference/authentication

Response

List of available datasets

​
id
string
required

Unique identifier for the dataset

Example:

"gd_l1vijqt9jfj7olije"

​
name
string
required

Human-readable name of the dataset

Example:

"Crunchbase companies information"

​
size
integer
required

Number of records in the dataset

Example:

2300000

Example:
[
  {
    "id": "gd_l1vijqt9jfj7olije",
    "name": "Crunchbase companies information",
    "size": 2300000
  },
  {
    "id": "gd_l1vikfch901nx3by4",
    "name": "Instagram - Profiles",
    "size": 620000000
  }
]