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Calculated Shard: 135 (from laksa094)

2. Crawled Status Check

Query:

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/topics/brexit\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.economist.com/topics/brexit\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/topics\/brexit","crawl_time":1776327387,"first_indexed_time":1722980393,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,economist!www,\/topics\/brexit s443","src_root_hash":"16779481905418258935","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Brexit | Latest news and analysis","meta_descriptions":["Stay informed on Brexit’s economic impact, political shifts and global implications with in-depth analysis from The Economist"],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Subscribe\nThe Economist Pro\nLog in\nSkip to content\nSubscribe\nThe Economist Pro\nLog in\nWeekly edition\nWorld in brief\nUnited States\nChina\nBusiness\nFinance & economics\nEurope\nAsia\nMiddle East\nAmericas\nArtificial intelligence\nCulture\nCartoons & games\nundefined undefined\nSubscribe to The Economist\nUnlock unlimited access to all our award-winning journalism, subscriber-only podcasts and newsletters\nSubscribe to The Economist\nUnlock unlimited access to all our award-winning journalism, 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