Spider Crawler
Learn how to use the Spider Crawler integration with Julep
Overview
Welcome to the Spider Crawler integration guide for Julep! This integration allows you to crawl websites and extract data, enabling you to build workflows that require web scraping capabilities. Whether you’re gathering data for analysis or monitoring web content, this guide will walk you through the setup and usage.
Prerequisites
To use the Spider integration, you need an API key. You can obtain this key by signing up at Spider.
How to Use the Integration
To get started with the Spider integration, follow these steps to configure and create a task:
Configure Your API Key
Add your API key to the tools section of your task. This will allow Julep to authenticate requests to Spider on your behalf.
Create Task Definition
Use the following YAML configuration to define your web crawling task:
YAML Explanation
Basic Configuration
Basic Configuration
- name: A descriptive name for the task, in this case, “Spider Task”.
- tools: This section lists the tools or integrations being used. Here,
spider_tool
is defined as an integration tool.
Tool Configuration
Tool Configuration
- type: Specifies the type of tool, which is
integration
in this context. - integration: Details the provider and setup for the integration.
- provider: Indicates the service provider, which is
spider
for Spider. - method: Specifies the method to use, such as
crawl
,links
,screenshot
, orsearch
. Defaults tocrawl
if not specified. - setup: Contains configuration details, such as the API key (
spider_api_key
) required for authentication.
- provider: Indicates the service provider, which is
Workflow Configuration
Workflow Configuration
- main: Defines the main execution steps.
- tool: Refers to the tool defined earlier (
spider_tool
). - arguments: Specifies the input parameters for the tool:
- url: The URL for which to fetch data.
- params: (optional) The parameters for the Spider API. Defaults to None.
- content_type: (optional) The content type to return. Default is “application/json”. Other options: “text/csv”, “application/xml”, “application/jsonl”.
- tool: Refers to the tool defined earlier (
Remember to replace SPIDER_API_KEY
with your actual API key. Customize the url
, params
, and content_type
parameters to suit your specific needs.
The different parameters available depending on the method used for the Spider integration can be found in the Spider API documentation.
Conclusion
With the Spider integration, you can efficiently crawl websites and extract valuable data. This integration provides a robust solution for web scraping, enhancing your workflow’s capabilities and user experience.
For more information, please refer to the Spider API documentation.