Java
Install the Autom Java SDK and make your first API call.
The official Java SDK for Autom, with one typed method per endpoint and a generic request() for anything else.
Requirements
- Java 17+
Install
The Java SDK is not on Maven Central. Build it from source to install it in your local Maven repository, then add it to your project.
git clone https://github.com/automdev/autom-java.git
cd autom-java
mvn -q install -DskipTests<dependency>
<groupId>dev.autom</groupId>
<artifactId>autom</artifactId>
<version>0.1.0</version>
</dependency>implementation("dev.autom:autom:0.1.0")Get your API key
Copy your API key from the Autom dashboard and set it in the AUTOM_API_KEY environment variable, which the SDK reads by default. Keep it out of source control.
Quick start
import dev.autom.ApiResponse;
import dev.autom.AutomClient;
import dev.autom.params.GoogleSearchParams;
AutomClient client = AutomClient.fromEnv();
ApiResponse response = client.googleSearch(GoogleSearchParams.builder().query("web scraping api").build());
System.out.println(response.json().toPrettyString());Async jobs
Any call accepts is_async, which is useful past the 60-second server limit. The response is then a job_id, and the SDK can wait for the job to finish.
ApiResponse submitted = client.googleSearch(GoogleSearchParams.builder().query("web scraping api").isAsync(true).build());
ApiResponse job = client.waitForJob(
submitted.json().get("job_id").asText(),
Duration.ofSeconds(3),
Duration.ofHours(12),
progress -> System.out.println(progress.path("status").asText() + " " + progress.path("progress").asInt()));Errors
A non-2xx response raises an API error with its status and message. See Status codes for the full list.
try {
client.googleSearch(GoogleSearchParams.builder().query("web scraping api").build());
} catch (AutomApiException e) {
System.err.println(e.status() + ": " + e.getMessage());
}Retries
Requests are retried up to 3 times after a network error, a 408, 500, 502, 503 or 504, or a plan rate limit. Per-key quota errors and client-side timeouts are not retried. The delay starts at 1 second and grows 1.5× per retry, and a Retry-After header wins.
AutomClient client = AutomClient.builder().maxRetries(5).retryDelay(Duration.ofMillis(500)).build();
client.googleSearch(GoogleSearchParams.builder().query("web scraping api").build(), RequestOptions.builder().maxRetries(0).build()); // one request without retriesBatch requests
Run many calls at once, 10 at a time by default. One failure does not stop the others.
List<String> inputs = List.of("web scraping api", "serp api", "rank tracker");
List<BatchResult<ApiResponse>> results = client.batch(inputs, 5, value ->
client.googleSearch(GoogleSearchParams.builder().query(value).build()));
for (BatchResult<ApiResponse> result : results) {
if (result.ok()) {
System.out.println(result.value().json());
} else {
System.err.println(inputs.get(result.index()) + ": " + result.error().getMessage());
}
}Any endpoint
request() reaches any path, including endpoints released after your SDK version.
ApiResponse response = client.request("GET", "/v1/usage", Map.of());Common mistakes
- Putting the API key in front-end code. Anyone could read it. Call the API from your server.
- Treating every
401as a bad key. A401can also be a rate limit: read the message. The SDK retries plan rate limits for you. - Retrying a
402. It means there are no credits or quota left, so a retry cannot succeed. See Credits. - Waiting on long requests. Past 60 seconds, use async mode as shown above rather than raising your timeout. See Timeout.
Links
- Package:
autom-java - Source code: github.com/automdev/autom-java
- API reference