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Calculated Shard: 62 (from laksa026)

2. Crawled Status Check

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa062.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.kiplinger.com/\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.kiplinger.com/\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.kiplinger.com\/","crawl_time":1776340910,"first_indexed_time":1455269694,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,kiplinger!www,\/ s443","src_root_hash":"17775170722709703662","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Kiplinger | Personal Finance News, Investing Advice, Business Forecasts","meta_descriptions":["Leader in personal finance news and business forecasting. Get trusted advice on investing, retirement, taxes, saving, real estate, cars, college, insurance."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"5 Stocks to Buy With Your 2026 Tax Refund\nWondering what to do with your tax refund? 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