Run a Request in the Playground

The Playground lets you fire a single live scrape straight from the dashboard — no collection, no scheduler, just a result in seconds. It is the fastest way to check that a domain, postcode, and ASIN or SKU all resolve correctly before you build a full pipeline.

In the dashboard

Welcome screen

Open Playground from the sidebar. The welcome screen lets you choose between Amazon and Officeworks, and shows the code-sample panel on the right with your live API key already filled in.

Amazon form

Select the Amazon tab and fill in:

1. Domain — pick the marketplace you want to scrape (e.g. amazon.com.au).
2. ASIN — the 10-character Amazon product identifier, e.g. B0DJQQ38TG.
3. Postcode — choose one of your active postcodes for that domain. If none appear, add a postcode first.
4. Format — JSON returns structured product data; HTML returns the raw page HTML.
5. Include raw HTML — toggle on if you want the raw HTML bundled alongside the parsed JSON output.

Code-sample panel

The panel on the right of the form shows a ready-to-run request in curl, Python, and Node with your actual API key substituted in. You can copy any snippet and run it from your own environment.

Send and view results

Click Send. The Results pane appears below (or to the right, depending on your screen width) and shows the parsed JSON output as soon as the scrape completes.

Officeworks form

Switch to the Officeworks tab. The form changes to:

1. SKU — the Officeworks product code, e.g. JBMS310BK.
2. Store — the Officeworks store ID, e.g. W411. Use List Officeworks Stores to find valid IDs.
3. Postcode — a 4-digit Australian postcode, e.g. 4500.

Click Send — the result appears in the same Results pane.

Via the API

Amazon: test-scrape an ASIN

curl https://multicartapi.com/api/v1/playground/post/ \
  -X POST \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "domain": "1",
    "customer_postcode": "14",
    "asin": "B0DJQQ38TG",
    "output": "JSON",
    "include_raw_html": "false"
  }'

{
"code": 200,
"data": {
  "type": "json",
  "output": {
    "asin": "B0DJQQ38TG",
    "title": "Example Product Title",
    "price": "$49.99",
    "availability": "In Stock"
  }
},
"status": 1
}

Two things to watch out for with this endpoint:

• domain and customer_postcode are string-encoded integer IDs, not domain names or postcode numbers. Pass "1", not "amazon.com.au".
• include_raw_html is a string ("true" or "false"), not a JSON boolean. The backend does not coerce the type.
• On insufficient credits the envelope still returns status: 1. Check data.output.error — if it contains "Insufficient Credits", top up before retrying.

Officeworks: test-scrape a SKU

curl https://multicartapi.com/api/v1/playground/officeworks/post/ \
  -X POST \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "sku": "JBMS310BK",
    "store_id": "W411",
    "customer_postcode": "4500"
  }'

{
"code": 200,
"data": {
  "type": "json",
  "output": {
    "sku": "JBMS310BK",
    "title": "JBL Flip 6 Portable Bluetooth Speaker",
    "price": "$149.00",
    "availability": "In Stock"
  }
},
"status": 1
}

The field name is sku, not asin. Do not pass a domain field — the backend does not require it for Officeworks playground requests.