Scrape ucg.cn
The call that returns pages from ucg.cn today, with the parameters, patterns and failure modes read off the request log since 14 Aug 2026.
Measured on Crawlbase
Success rate over every request from every account in August 2026: 97.0%. Patterns, countries and failures come from the request log since 14 Aug 2026; 0.6% of successful calls used the JavaScript token and the median answer took 33.3s.
Among the 8 gaming sites in the Cookbook, ucg.cn sits at 7 of 8 by success rate; the category median is 99.9%. Its median answer of 33.3s is slower than the category median of 1.8s. 8 of the 8 accept the plain token, this one among them.
The call
The most common shape of URL the accounts fetch, with the country and token that succeed most often. Replace the placeholder path with a real one from the site.
curl "https://api.crawlbase.com/?token=YOUR_TOKEN&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ucg.cn%2Fexample-page"from crawlbase import CrawlingAPI api = CrawlingAPI({'token': 'YOUR_TOKEN'}) r = api.get('https://www.ucg.cn/example-page') html = r['body']
const { CrawlingAPI } = require('crawlbase'); const api = new CrawlingAPI({ token: 'YOUR_TOKEN' }); const r = await api.get('https://www.ucg.cn/example-page');
Parameters that matter
| Parameter | Set it to | Why |
|---|---|---|
country | leave unset | Most successful calls set no country (100%) and succeed at 97.4%. |
javascript | leave unset | Plain-token calls succeed at 97.4% and make up 100% of the traffic. A browser costs more and, on this site, buys nothing. |
URL patterns accounts fetch
| Pattern | Share of successes | JavaScript token | Country | Query parameters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
/{slug} | 100% | 0.0% | none | none |
Fields you get
Fields depend on the page type. Product pages usually carry an ld+json block with name, price, currency and availability, and article pages a headline and body; check the first response you get.
What breaks, and the fix
Of the failures since 14 Aug 2026, the site answered:
Run it on a schedule
The median answer on this site is 33.3s. Push a URL list to the Crawler with a callback for anything larger than a few thousand pages a day; it paces the calls and retries what the site refuses.
Questions
Do I need a browser to scrape ucg.cn?
No. 97.4% of plain-token calls succeed and accounts send 100% of their traffic without a browser.
How much does a ucg.cn page cost on Crawlbase?
1 credit without a browser. ucg.cn is in the standard tier.
Which country should I set for ucg.cn?
None is needed: most successful calls leave it unset.