bright-data-best-practices

Install, authentication, and troubleshooting for the Bright Data CLI ( bdata ) are documented in a single canonical place: → references/cli-setup.md Consult it before any task that shells out to bdata . Bright Data provides infrastructure for web data extraction at scale. Four primary APIs cover different use cases — always pick the most specific tool for the job. All APIs share the same authentication model. The env vars below apply to direct REST API integrations — if you are using the bdata CLI, bdata login handles all of these automatically (see references/cli-setup.md ). REST API authentication header for Web Unlocker and SERP API: HTTP-based scraping proxy. Best for simple page fetches without browser interaction. Endpoint: POST Critical rule: Never use Web Unlocker with Puppeteer, Playwright, Selenium, or anti-detect browsers.