## Table of Contents

- [insights › lighthouse](#insights-%E2%80%BA-lighthouse)
  - [CLI Microlink API example](#cli-microlink-api-example)
  - [cURL Microlink API example](#curl-microlink-api-example)
  - [JavaScript Microlink API example](#javascript-microlink-api-example)
  - [Python Microlink API example](#python-microlink-api-example)
  - [Ruby Microlink API example](#ruby-microlink-api-example)
  - [PHP Microlink API example](#php-microlink-api-example)
  - [Golang Microlink API example](#golang-microlink-api-example)
  - [CLI Microlink API example](#cli-microlink-api-example-1)
  - [cURL Microlink API example](#curl-microlink-api-example-1)
  - [JavaScript Microlink API example](#javascript-microlink-api-example-1)
  - [Python Microlink API example](#python-microlink-api-example-1)
  - [Ruby Microlink API example](#ruby-microlink-api-example-1)
  - [PHP Microlink API example](#php-microlink-api-example-1)
  - [Golang Microlink API example](#golang-microlink-api-example-1)
  - [CLI Microlink API example](#cli-microlink-api-example-2)
  - [cURL Microlink API example](#curl-microlink-api-example-2)
  - [JavaScript Microlink API example](#javascript-microlink-api-example-2)
  - [Python Microlink API example](#python-microlink-api-example-2)
  - [Ruby Microlink API example](#ruby-microlink-api-example-2)
  - [PHP Microlink API example](#php-microlink-api-example-2)
  - [Golang Microlink API example](#golang-microlink-api-example-2)
  - [CLI Microlink API example](#cli-microlink-api-example-3)
  - [cURL Microlink API example](#curl-microlink-api-example-3)
  - [JavaScript Microlink API example](#javascript-microlink-api-example-3)
  - [Python Microlink API example](#python-microlink-api-example-3)
  - [Ruby Microlink API example](#ruby-microlink-api-example-3)
  - [PHP Microlink API example](#php-microlink-api-example-3)
  - [Golang Microlink API example](#golang-microlink-api-example-3)

---

[](https://microlink.io/docs/api/getting-started/overview)

[API](https://microlink.io/docs/api/getting-started/overview)

[](https://microlink.io/docs/guides)

GUIDES

[](https://microlink.io/docs/mql/getting-started/overview)

MQL

[](https://microlink.io/docs/sdk/getting-started/overview)

SDK

[](https://microlink.io/docs/cards/getting-started/overview)

CARDS

## insights › lighthouse

Type:

boolean \| object

\
Default: true

It returns a web performance report over the target [url](https://microlink.io/docs/api/parameters/url), powered by [](https://developers.google.com/web/tools/lighthouse)

[Lighthouse](https://developers.google.com/web/tools/lighthouse)

.

The following examples show how to use the Microlink API with CLI, cURL, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, PHP & Golang, targeting 'https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web' URL with 'insights' API parameter:

### CLI Microlink API example

``` bash
microlink https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web&insights.lighthouse
```

### cURL Microlink API example

``` bash
curl -G "https://api.microlink.io" \
  -d "url=https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web" \
  -d "insights.lighthouse=true"
```

### JavaScript Microlink API example

``` javascript
import mql from '@microlink/mql'

const { data } = await mql('https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web', {
  insights: {
    lighthouse: true
  }
})
```

### Python Microlink API example

``` python
import requests

url = "https://api.microlink.io/"

querystring = {
    "url": "https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web",
    "insights.lighthouse": "true"
}

response = requests.get(url, params=querystring)

print(response.json())
```

### Ruby Microlink API example

``` ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

base_url = "https://api.microlink.io/"

params = {
  url: "https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web",
  insights.lighthouse: "true"
}

uri = URI(base_url)
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form(params)

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
response = http.request(request)

puts response.body
```

### PHP Microlink API example

``` php
<?php

$baseUrl = "https://api.microlink.io/";

$params = [
    "url" => "https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web",
    "insights.lighthouse" => "true"
];

$query = http_build_query($params);
$url = $baseUrl . '?' . $query;

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => $url,
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET"
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
    echo "cURL Error #: " . $err;
} else {
    echo $response;
}
```

### Golang Microlink API example

``` bash
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "net/url"
    "io"
)

func main() {
    baseURL := "https://api.microlink.io"

    u, err := url.Parse(baseURL)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    q := u.Query()
    q.Set("url", "https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web")
    q.Set("insights.lighthouse", "true")
    u.RawQuery = q.Encode()

    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", u.String(), nil)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    fmt.Println(string(body))
}
```

``` javascript
import mql from '@microlink/mql'

const { data } = await mql('https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web', {

  insights: {

    lighthouse: true

  }

})
```

The report is serialized to JSON by default to make it easy to visualize using [](https://lighthouse.microlink.io/)

[lighthouse.microlink.io](https://lighthouse.microlink.io/)

.

Alternatively, you can serialize to `'html'` or `'csv'`:

The following examples show how to use the Microlink API with CLI, cURL, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, PHP & Golang, targeting 'https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web' URL with 'insights' API parameter:

### CLI Microlink API example

``` bash
microlink https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web&insights.lighthouse.output=html
```

### cURL Microlink API example

``` bash
curl -G "https://api.microlink.io" \
  -d "url=https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web" \
  -d "insights.lighthouse.output=html"
```

### JavaScript Microlink API example

``` javascript
import mql from '@microlink/mql'

const { data } = await mql('https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web', {
  insights: {
    lighthouse: {
      output: "html"
    }
  }
})
```

### Python Microlink API example

``` python
import requests

url = "https://api.microlink.io/"

querystring = {
    "url": "https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web",
    "insights.lighthouse.output": "html"
}

response = requests.get(url, params=querystring)

print(response.json())
```

### Ruby Microlink API example

``` ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

base_url = "https://api.microlink.io/"

params = {
  url: "https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web",
  insights.lighthouse.output: "html"
}

uri = URI(base_url)
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form(params)

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
response = http.request(request)

puts response.body
```

### PHP Microlink API example

``` php
<?php

$baseUrl = "https://api.microlink.io/";

$params = [
    "url" => "https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web",
    "insights.lighthouse.output" => "html"
];

$query = http_build_query($params);
$url = $baseUrl . '?' . $query;

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => $url,
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET"
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
    echo "cURL Error #: " . $err;
} else {
    echo $response;
}
```

### Golang Microlink API example

``` bash
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "net/url"
    "io"
)

func main() {
    baseURL := "https://api.microlink.io"

    u, err := url.Parse(baseURL)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    q := u.Query()
    q.Set("url", "https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web")
    q.Set("insights.lighthouse.output", "html")
    u.RawQuery = q.Encode()

    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", u.String(), nil)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    fmt.Println(string(body))
}
```

``` javascript
import mql from '@microlink/mql'

const { data } = await mql('https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web', {

  insights: {

    lighthouse: {

      output: "html"

    }

  }

})
```

Any [](https://github.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse/blob/master/docs/configuration.md)

[Lighthouse configuration](https://github.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse/blob/master/docs/configuration.md)

setting is supported:

The following examples show how to use the Microlink API with CLI, cURL, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, PHP & Golang, targeting 'https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web' URL with 'insights' API parameter:

### CLI Microlink API example

``` bash
microlink https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web&insights.lighthouse.onlyCategories=accessibility
```

### cURL Microlink API example

``` bash
curl -G "https://api.microlink.io" \
  -d "url=https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web" \
  -d "insights.lighthouse.onlyCategories=accessibility"
```

### JavaScript Microlink API example

``` javascript
import mql from '@microlink/mql'

const { data } = await mql('https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web', {
  insights: {
    lighthouse: {
      onlyCategories: [
        "accessibility"
      ]
    }
  }
})
```

### Python Microlink API example

``` python
import requests

url = "https://api.microlink.io/"

querystring = {
    "url": "https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web",
    "insights.lighthouse.onlyCategories": "accessibility"
}

response = requests.get(url, params=querystring)

print(response.json())
```

### Ruby Microlink API example

``` ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

base_url = "https://api.microlink.io/"

params = {
  url: "https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web",
  insights.lighthouse.onlyCategories: "accessibility"
}

uri = URI(base_url)
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form(params)

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
response = http.request(request)

puts response.body
```

### PHP Microlink API example

``` php
<?php

$baseUrl = "https://api.microlink.io/";

$params = [
    "url" => "https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web",
    "insights.lighthouse.onlyCategories" => "accessibility"
];

$query = http_build_query($params);
$url = $baseUrl . '?' . $query;

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => $url,
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET"
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
    echo "cURL Error #: " . $err;
} else {
    echo $response;
}
```

### Golang Microlink API example

``` bash
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "net/url"
    "io"
)

func main() {
    baseURL := "https://api.microlink.io"

    u, err := url.Parse(baseURL)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    q := u.Query()
    q.Set("url", "https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web")
    q.Set("insights.lighthouse.onlyCategories", "accessibility")
    u.RawQuery = q.Encode()

    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", u.String(), nil)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    fmt.Println(string(body))
}
```

``` javascript
import mql from '@microlink/mql'

const { data } = await mql('https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web', {

  insights: {

    lighthouse: {

      onlyCategories: [

        "accessibility"

      ]

    }

  }

})
```

You can use `'preset'` to load a set of specific Lighthouse settings at once:

The following examples show how to use the Microlink API with CLI, cURL, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, PHP & Golang, targeting 'https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web' URL with 'insights' API parameter:

### CLI Microlink API example

``` bash
microlink https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web&insights.lighthouse.preset=desktop
```

### cURL Microlink API example

``` bash
curl -G "https://api.microlink.io" \
  -d "url=https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web" \
  -d "insights.lighthouse.preset=desktop"
```

### JavaScript Microlink API example

``` javascript
import mql from '@microlink/mql'

const { data } = await mql('https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web', {
  insights: {
    lighthouse: {
      preset: "desktop"
    }
  }
})
```

### Python Microlink API example

``` python
import requests

url = "https://api.microlink.io/"

querystring = {
    "url": "https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web",
    "insights.lighthouse.preset": "desktop"
}

response = requests.get(url, params=querystring)

print(response.json())
```

### Ruby Microlink API example

``` ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

base_url = "https://api.microlink.io/"

params = {
  url: "https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web",
  insights.lighthouse.preset: "desktop"
}

uri = URI(base_url)
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form(params)

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
response = http.request(request)

puts response.body
```

### PHP Microlink API example

``` php
<?php

$baseUrl = "https://api.microlink.io/";

$params = [
    "url" => "https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web",
    "insights.lighthouse.preset" => "desktop"
];

$query = http_build_query($params);
$url = $baseUrl . '?' . $query;

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => $url,
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET"
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
    echo "cURL Error #: " . $err;
} else {
    echo $response;
}
```

### Golang Microlink API example

``` bash
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "net/url"
    "io"
)

func main() {
    baseURL := "https://api.microlink.io"

    u, err := url.Parse(baseURL)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    q := u.Query()
    q.Set("url", "https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web")
    q.Set("insights.lighthouse.preset", "desktop")
    u.RawQuery = q.Encode()

    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", u.String(), nil)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    fmt.Println(string(body))
}
```

``` javascript
import mql from '@microlink/mql'

const { data } = await mql('https://css-tricks.com/nerds-guide-color-web', {

  insights: {

    lighthouse: {

      preset: "desktop"

    }

  }

})
```

The following presets are supported:

- [](https://github.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse/blob/5e18c5a0656b427e59890dc9c125164ef9f276c3/core/config/default-config.js)

  default

- [](https://github.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse/blob/5e18c5a0656b427e59890dc9c125164ef9f276c3/core/config/desktop-config.js)

  desktop

- [](https://github.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse/blob/5e18c5a0656b427e59890dc9c125164ef9f276c3/core/config/experimental-config.js)

  experimental

- [](https://github.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse/blob/5e18c5a0656b427e59890dc9c125164ef9f276c3/core/config/full-config.js)

  full

- [](https://github.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse/blob/5e18c5a0656b427e59890dc9c125164ef9f276c3/core/config/lr-desktop-config.js)

  lr-desktop

- [](https://github.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse/blob/5e18c5a0656b427e59890dc9c125164ef9f276c3/core/config/lr-mobile-config.js)

  lr-mobile

- [](https://github.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse/blob/5e18c5a0656b427e59890dc9c125164ef9f276c3/core/config/perf-config.js)

  perf