Start a structured site crawl from seed links
Submit seed pages when research begins and let Diffbot crawl a site into one structured collection.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Start Crawl Job
Tool to spider a site for links and process them with the extract api into a single collection. use when you have seed urls and want to collect structured data across a site. requires a plus plan for crawl api access.
Why this helps
Collecting useful information from many pages by hand creates repeated browsing and incomplete research.
- Start a crawl from seed URLs.
- Collect structured data across linked pages into a single collection.
- Trigger a larger research job when a request arrives.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Diffbot in the Notis portal and confirm your plan supports crawl API access.
- 2Create a named automation from Automations using New Automation.
- 3Tell Notis to start a crawl from the seed URLs in the request and report the job outcome.
- 4Choose a webhook trigger and set a destination for run reports.
- 5Test with one real seed URL and a small scope.
Questions about this workflow
Does crawl require a particular plan?
Yes. Diffbot crawl API access requires a Plus plan.
What should the request include?
Include the seed URLs for the site or pages you want Diffbot to crawl.
Does it finish during the webhook run?
A crawl processes links into a collection, and the work may take time. Treat the workflow as starting the job and review its reported outcome.
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