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Following a layout change in ChatGPT source, the ads.advertiser_info object no longer returns image_url. The field has been replaced by image_data, which contains the advertiser image as base64-encoded bytes. If your parser reads ads.advertiser_info.image_url, update it to use ads.advertiser_info.image_data. No changes to request parameters are needed.
Oxylabs Web API now supports a remote MCP server, allowing AI agents to use search and scrape endpoints without local deployment.
Oxylabs updated its Gemini parsed output to include a list of web page sources used by Gemini to generate answers, returned as titles and URLs.
The Oxylabs Web API now supports TikTok and Bilibili as media data collection targets. Collected media files are delivered directly to S3 or GCS storage buckets.
Oxylabs now provides additional parsed fields for ChatGPT shopping results, including product descriptions, URLs, and merchant information.
Oxylabs Agent Browser is now available for self-service purchase and includes session inspection and replay features.
Residential Proxies now support precise location targeting with geohash. Add a 1 to 4 character code to the username that covers roughly 39 × 20 km without relying on city or region names. Alternatively, geohash_fallback widens the search area by removing one character at a time until an IP is found.
The new Oxylabs Dashboard replaces product-specific subscriptions with credit-based billing. One subscription now covers all Oxylabs products, and usage is charged from a single shared balance.
Residential Proxies now support MASQUE, enabling modern QUIC and HTTP3 connections through the proxy. This provides more flexible data transport, supporting stable performance and stronger success rates on complex targets.
google_travel_hotels source now returns a more detailed offers field when parse is set to true, with additional hotel-offer details in every parsed response.
Parsed output from the google_search source now returns more detailed data for the additional news component by using "parse": true , which appears in searches using the tbm=nws parameter.
Headless Browser sessions have been improved to stay more consistent while accessing the targeted sites, instead of regenerating it between requests.
A dedicated Google Books parser is now available through the google_search source using the tbm=bks parameter with parse set to true to receive structured book data in JSON format.
YouTube Downloader now accepts an optional audio_language parameter for selecting the audio track: original – the creator's original audio trackdefault – the audio track YouTube selects (may be dubbed).
New locations have been added across multiple self-service proxy products: Dedicated Datacenter Proxies: Croatia, Romania, Malaysia, Philippines, BulgariaDatacenter Proxies (pay per GB): FinlandDatacenter Proxies (pay per IP): Croatia, Finland, PhilippinesDedicated ISP Proxies: Belgium, Romania, Brazil, ColombiaISP Proxies: Romania, Brazil, Colombia
The maximum prompt length for Google AI Mode source requests has increased from 4,000 to 8,000 characters.
LLM sources now support custom browser instructions, allowing you to define actions (e.g., clicks, scrolls, waits) to control page behavior before content is extracted.
A dedicated parser for Home Depot product pages is now available through the universal scraping source. Enable parsing on your request to receive structured product data (such as title, price, availability, and specifications) instead of raw HTML.
Google Scholar is now a dedicated parsed source in Web Scraper API. Set source to google_scholar and parse to true to receive parsed JSON directly.
We have rolled out improvements to how requests are handled on sites using CAPTCHA. Success rates on these targets should improve, particularly for jobs that previously saw elevated failure or retry rates. Learn more in our documentation.
Parsed output from Walmart e-commerce sources now returns pricing data more reliably and consistently. If you're tracking competitor prices or monitoring product catalogs, you'll get cleaner numbers automatically with new requests using "parse": true.
Headless Browser now offers more realistic browser fingerprints and continues to align device-memory values with the rest of the emulated fingerprint to lower detection risk for all users. This change applies automatically to all Headless Browser sessions.
Oxylabs now offers official Agent Skills – structured skill files that teach AI agents and coding assistants work with Oxylabs products with significantly more accurate code and fewer hallucinations.
ChatGPT source requests with search set to true now retry citation extraction automatically, roughly doubling citation coverage in the parsed citations field. The overall request success rate is unchanged, and no payload changes are needed for requests already using search: true.
LLM sources now support up to 5,000 prompts within a single batch request for chatgpt, gemini, and perplexity sources. Every prompt runs as its own job, so you get one job ID back per prompt. Learn more about batch requests here.
Oxylabs dashboard login now supports Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) for single sign-on (SSO) in addition to Google and Okta. To set up Entra SSO, contact your Oxylabs account manager and authenticate the users in your organization to sign in through Entra ID instead of using email and password. Head to dashboard login page to start.
Web Scraper API LLM & AI sources now offers a dedicated gemini source together with updated chatgpt and perplexity scrapers. All LLM sources now share a more consistent request structure, streamlined output envelope, and include new response fields (citations, shopping, ads, etc.)
YouTube Downloader can now download a specific segment of a video instead of the full file by adding start_at and end_at to the context array. Both parameters take an hh:mm:ss timestamp format.
YouTube Downloader now supports resolution selection for downloaded videos using the context: video_quality parameter with specific resolution from 144p all the way up to 8K.
Web Scraper API youtube_download source now returns specific error codes in job status response for easier troubleshooting when a video can't be downloaded.
Top-ups for Residential Proxies, Mobile Proxies, Datacenter Proxies (per GB), Web Unblocker, and Web Scraper API are no longer restricted to fixed values. You can now enter any amount within the range allowed by your plan instead of choosing from a preset list.
Dashboard API allows users to programmatically access product usage statistics of Oxylabs Datacenter Proxies (DC) and Headless Browser (HB) for automated reporting and real-time usage monitoring without using Oxylabs dashboard directly.
HTTP/3 protocol is now supported by Residential and Mobile Proxies. Access is available through a dedicated SOCKS5 endpoint with UDP support.
You can now set the geo-location of your Headless Browser sessions to the city or state level. New parameters include p_city for city and p_state for state or region targeting.
Web Scraper API domain parameter for google sources is no longer available. To localize your searches, use the geo_location parameter. For more details, check our geo_location parameter structures here.
We’re making a change to our product naming: Unblocking Browser is now Headless Browser. This is a name change only and all core features, functions, and integrations will remain the same as per pre-existing workflows.
IPs from Cox and Deutsche Telekom are now included in ISP Proxy and Dedicated ISP Proxy pools. Dedicated ISP Proxy users can choose their preferred premium ASN provider directly from the Oxylabs dashboard.
Dedicated ISP Proxies are now available in the self-service dashboard. This new proxy type provides fully dedicated, static IPs sourced from premium ISP providers and the ability to freely choose your preferred ASNs. Dedicated ISP proxies offer top-tier speed, stable connections, maximum customizability, and unlimited-duration sessions.
Residential Proxies support two advanced filters that give you more control: Platform (OS) – pl parameter to select the operating system (e.g., Windows, iOS) of the residential proxy for the TCP connection.
Web Scraper API users can now bundle multiple scraping results into large batch files to streamline storage using the Result Aggregator. Create a custom aggregator via the /v1/aggregators endpoint and route jobs to it by adding the aggregate_name parameter to your scraping request payloads.
Unblocking Browser now supports real-time visual inspection through a VNC-based Session Inspection Tool. Add o_vnc=true to your connection endpoint (e.g. wss://user:pass@ubc.oxylabs.io?o_vnc=true) to open a live graphical view of the headless browser and interact with it directly.
Five new Datacenter proxy locations are now available for per-traffic (per GB) users: Latvia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Greece, and Austria. Requests can now be routed through these countries to optimize coverage and performance.
Web Scraper API can now retrieve YouTube search term suggestions with the new youtube_autocomplete source. It allows users to discover related keywords for any search query, which can then be used with the youtube_search source to discover more relevant videos.
Google Shopping sources now use the token-based system, replacing the product_id workflow. google_shopping_search (with render enabled) now provides a token required for google_shopping_product requests. Additionally, google_shopping_pricing is no longer supported as a standalone source. To extract pricing data, use the google_shopping_product source.
Users can now enable self-healing for their parser presets by setting "self_heal": true in the preset configuration. This feature allows Oxylabs to automatically adjust your parser instructions when a parser preset starts to fail due to changes in the target website.
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