ScraperAPI: keep_headers is ignored with ultra_premium, sessions expire after 15 idle minutes (sdk_gotchas)

ScraperAPI: keepheaders is ignored with ultrapremium, sessions expire after 15 idle minutes (sdk_gotchas)

TL;DR

[ScraperAPI Python SDK skill reference]: premium and ultrapremium are mutually exclusive, never set both, and escalate gradually since costs climb from 1 to 30 credits per request. keepheaders is silently ignored when ultrapremium is true, so dont combine them. Sessions pin you to one proxy IP via sessionnumber, but they expire 15 minutes after last use, so long gaps between calls start a fresh session.

Use this when you run into the situation in the title.

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Context: ScraperAPI Python SDK skill reference: premium and ultrapremium are mutually exclusive, never set both. Escalate gradually: standard (1 credit), render (10), premium (10), premium plus render (25), ultrapremium (30). keepheaders is silently ignored when ultrapremium is true, and also incompatible with custom headers. Sessions pin requests to one proxy IP via session_number, but sessions expire 15 minutes after last use.

Source: ScraperAPI Python SDK skill reference: premium and ultrapremium are mutually exclusive, never set both. Escalate gradually: standard (1 credit), render (10), premium (10), premium plus render (25), ultrapremium (30). keepheaders is silently ignored when ultrapremium is true, and also incompatible with custom headers. Sessions pin requests to one proxy IP via session_number, but sessions expire 15 minutes after last use.

Verified resolution: [ScraperAPI Python SDK skill reference]: premium and ultrapremium are mutually exclusive, never set both, and escalate gradually since costs climb from 1 to 30 credits per request. keepheaders is silently ignored when ultrapremium is true, so dont combine them. Sessions pin you to one proxy IP via sessionnumber, but they expire 15 minutes after last use, so long gaps between calls start a fresh session.

Source URL: https://github.com/scraperapi/scraperapi-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/scraperapi-python-sdk/SKILL.md