Control PhantomBuster automation agents via API. List agents, launch automations, get output/results, check status, and abort running agents. Use when the user needs to run LinkedIn scraping, Twitter
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Control your PhantomBuster automation agents from the command line.
export PHANTOMBUSTER_API_KEY=your-api-key-here
All commands use the bundled
pb.pySee all your configured PhantomBuster agents.
python3 pb.py list python3 pb.py list --json # JSON output
Start a phantom by ID or name.
python3 pb.py launch <agent-id> python3 pb.py launch <agent-id> --argument '{"search": "CEO fintech"}'
Fetch the results/output from the most recent run.
python3 pb.py output <agent-id> python3 pb.py output <agent-id> --json # Raw JSON
See if an agent is running, finished, or errored.
python3 pb.py status <agent-id>
Stop an agent that's currently running.
python3 pb.py abort <agent-id>
Full details about a specific agent.
python3 pb.py get <agent-id>
Download the actual result data (CSV) from an agent's latest run.
python3 pb.py fetch-result <agent-id> python3 pb.py fetch-result <agent-id> > output.csv
This downloads the
result.csvPhantomBuster offers many pre-built automations:
PhantomBuster has execution time limits based on your plan. The API itself is not heavily rate-limited, but agent execution consumes your plan's minutes.
No automatic installation available. Please visit the source repository for installation instructions.
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