Start a Diffbot crawl for every new research board
Create a research board and kick off site discovery from the same setup moment.
Trigger
New Board Trigger
Triggered when a board is created in the specified workspace
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
New research projects often wait for someone to manually start collecting source pages.
- Begin collection immediately
- Reduce setup handoffs
- Build one research corpus
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Trello and Diffbot in Notis.
- 2Create an automation that starts a crawl from seed URLs supplied for the new board.
- 3Pick Trello New Board Trigger for the workspace.
- 4Choose report delivery and test with one board that includes public seed URLs.
Questions about this workflow
What does a crawl require?
It requires seed URLs and Diffbot Crawl API access, which requires a Plus plan.
Can the crawl follow many pages?
Yes. Start Crawl Job spiders a site from the supplied seed URLs.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Trello to Diffbot. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Trello triggers
Diffbot actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Diffbot Search
Tool to search data extracted by crawl or bulk jobs using dql queries. use after data extraction jobs complete to retrieve search results.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Get Diffbot Account Details
Tool to retrieve account details, including plan information and usage statistics. use after authenticating to verify subscription and daily quota status.
Card Archived Trigger
Triggered when a card is archived in the specified board
Diffbot Analyze
Tool to automatically determine a page's content type and route it to the appropriate extraction api. use when you have only a url and need diffbot to choose the right extractor.
New Activity Trigger
Triggered when there is activity in Trello.
Get Article Data
Tool to extract information from articles, including authors, publication dates, and images. use when you need structured metadata from a web article url.
New Board Trigger
Triggered when a board is created in the specified workspace
Get Discussion Thread
Tool to extract threads of content from forums, comment sections, and review pages. use when you need structured discussion data from web pages after identifying the discussion url.
New Card Trigger
Triggered when a card is created in the specified board
Diffbot Get Event
Tool to extract event details from web pages. use when you need structured event data such as venue, date, and description.
Card Updated Trigger
Triggered when a specific card is updated
Diffbot Get Image
Tool to extract detailed information about images, including dimensions and recognition data. use after confirming the image url is publicly accessible.
Diffbot Get Product
Tool to extract product information such as specifications, prices, availability, and reviews. use when you need structured product data including specs, pricing, and reviews.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
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