>> cobalt instances

instances

if you need a list of instances, you don't need to scrape the website, just use this api.
the api's endpoint is /api/instances.json, for this website the link will be http://instances.cobalt.best/api/instances.json.
make sure you change the user-agent! i'm blocking default user-agents to prevent bots from hitting my websites!
example user-agent: your-project/versionorcommit (+https://codeberg.org/kwiat/yourproject)

this is how the response will look like: 
[
    {
        "protocol": "https",
        "frontend": "None",
        "api": "offlineinstance.fake",
        "trust": 0,
        "online": {
            "api": true,
            "frontend": false
        },
        "services": {},
        "score": -1
    },
    {
        "protocol": "https",
        "frontend": "cobalt.tools",
        "api": "api.cobalt.tools",
        "trust": 1,
        "online": {
            "api": true,
            "frontend": true
        },
        "services": {
            "YouTube": false,
            "YouTube Music": true,
            "YouTube Shorts": true,
            "TikTok": true,
            "Instagram": true,
            "Twitter": true,
            "Reddit": true,
            "SoundCloud": true,
            "BiliBili": false,
            "Dailymotion": true,
            "Odnoklassniki": true,
            "Streamable": true,
            "Tumblr": true,
            "Twitch Clips": true,
            "VK": true,
            "Vimeo": true,
            "Pinterest": true,
            "RUTUBE": true,
            "Vine": true,
            "Loom": true
        },
        "version": "7.15",
        "branch": "current",
        "commit": "05ba1f0",
        "name": "olly",
        "cors": true,
        "score": 90
    },
    // ...
]

last updated

if you want to know when the instance list was last updated, just to a request to /api/lastupdated
and you'll get the time of the last update. example response: 
23:17:44