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Crawlera outputs bytecode not html

a basic curl works fine and I get html back: 


curl "https://www.amazon.com"


When I request using proxy.crawlera.com then it returns a bytecode reponse:

curl -x proxy.crawlera.com:8010 -U <VALID API>: "https://www.amazon.com"


A sample of resulting bytecode:


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Any suggestions on what to try or do next?


Best Answer

Add --compressed flag, seems like it is returning gzipped content.

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Add --compressed flag, seems like it is returning gzipped content.

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