---
title: "ask: get content"
description: "a `ContentRequest` to a `ContentResponse`, the page in bronze"
section: reference
address: /reference/ask/get_content
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---
# ask: get content
a `ContentRequest` to a `ContentResponse`, the page in bronze
[figure: The caller sends ContentRequest to /v1/ask/get_content. The platform returns a card whose body is ContentResponse.]
POST/v1/ask/get_contenta task, 202
Get content. The call needs the strategy rung under a token with the ask grant, and it is served by either, by the size bound.
The route takes [ContentRequest](/concepts/contentrequest) and returns a card whose body is [ContentResponse](/concepts/contentresponse).
## Request body
The request body is [ContentRequest](/concepts/contentrequest).
| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `address` | `text` | yes | |
| `returns` | `[one of article \| html \| markdown \| text \| links \| metadata \| stylesheets \| scripts \| images \| screenshot \| pdf \| network events]` | yes | article is the main content with its title, author, published time and language, as CrawlKit's extractor returns it |
| `filter` | [ResourceFilter](/concepts/resourcefilter) | yes | |
| `as_identity` | `id` | no | a held identity, lent by a grant: its cookie jar, session token, access token or API key |
| `proxy_policy` | [ProxyPolicy](/concepts/proxypolicy) | no | |
| `wait_for` | `text` | no | a selector or a time |
| `cache_for` | `duration` | no | |
| `credit_cells` | `[id]` | no | |
## Response
The route returns a card whose body is [ContentResponse](/concepts/contentresponse). Every card ends with a foot that states the basis of each number, the scope of the call, and the time when the facts were true. This route runs as a long step and returns a task with status 202. `POST /v1/work/status` returns the task's progress, and `POST /v1/work/cancel` stops the task.
## Headers
| header | required | meaning |
|---|---|---|
| `Scale-Scope` | yes | the scope the call runs in: tenant/, then /brand/, then /strategy/ |
| `Scale-As-True-On` | no | the date the facts must have been true on; defaults to now |
| `Scale-As-Known-On` | no | the date the facts must have been known on; defaults to now |
| `Scale-Key` | no | for a change, the key made from the input; a repeat under the same key returns the unit held and writes nothing |
A caller needs the strategy rung and a token with the ask grant. The platform or the desktop app serves this route.
## Example
The example sends the smallest body that ContentRequest allows. The build validates it against the schema of ContentRequest.
Example
```sh
curl -X POST https://api.scaleintelligence.co/v1/ask/get_content \
-H "Scale-Key: $SCALE_KEY" -H "Scale-Scope: tenant/" \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-d '{ "address": "…", "returns": [], "filter": { "allow_types": [], "deny_types": [], "allow_patterns": [], "deny_patterns": [], "render": "static" } }'
```
```typescript
import { client } from "@scale/sdk";
const answer = await client.ask.get_content({
"address": "…",
"returns": [],
"filter": {
"allow_types": [],
"deny_types": [],
"allow_patterns": [],
"deny_patterns": [],
"render": "static"
}
});
// answer.body is a ContentResponse. answer.foot holds the basis, the scope and the time.
```
```python
import requests
answer = requests.post("https://api.scaleintelligence.co/v1/ask/get_content",
headers={"Scale-Key": KEY, "Scale-Scope": "tenant/"},
json={
"address": "…",
"returns": [],
"filter": {
"allow_types": [],
"deny_types": [],
"allow_patterns": [],
"deny_patterns": [],
"render": "static"
}
}).json()
```
```rust
let answer: Card = client.post("https://api.scaleintelligence.co/v1/ask/get_content")
.header("Scale-Key", key).header("Scale-Scope", "tenant/")
.json(&ContentRequest { /* the fields of the page */ }).send().await?.json().await?;
```