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Calculated Shard: 135 (from laksa002)

2. Crawled Status Check

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa135.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.economist.com/business/2019/05/25/huawei-has-been-cut-off-from-american-technology\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.economist.com/business/2019/05/25/huawei-has-been-cut-off-from-american-technology\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

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On May 15th they raised the stakes. President Donald Trump barred American firms from using telecoms equipment made by firms posing a “risk to national security”. His order named no names. But its target was plain.","attrs_markdown":"[![The Economist](https:\/\/marber-cdn.economist.com\/foundations\/latest\/images\/brand-identifiers\/the-economist\/signature-red.svg)![The Economist](https:\/\/marber-cdn.economist.com\/foundations\/latest\/images\/brand-identifiers\/the-economist\/monogram-square-red.svg)](https:\/\/www.economist.com\/)\n\n[Subscribe](https:\/\/www.economist.com\/subscribe)\n***\n[The Economist Pro](https:\/\/www.economist.com\/pro)\n***\n[Log in](https:\/\/www.economist.com\/api\/auth\/login)\n***\nMenu\n\n[![The Economist](https:\/\/marber-cdn.economist.com\/foundations\/latest\/images\/brand-identifiers\/the-economist\/logo-red.svg)![The Economist](https:\/\/marber-cdn.economist.com\/foundations\/latest\/images\/brand-identifiers\/the-economist\/monogram-square-red.svg)](https:\/\/www.economist.com\/)\n\n[Skip to 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