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Website Crawler Tasks in One Console

Arcvenza Crawler Console turns a website crawl into a task with inputs, estimated credits, status and results. Use it when the work needs a repeatable collection record rather than an untracked one-off request.

Start a Crawl Task Review interfaces

…Calls and concurrency includedTask history retained

Choose the interface before setting limits

Select the interface that matches the target. The public product page lists search, social-comment and general website options. For a website crawl, review the available mode and output format in the current interface.

Task stage	Action	Result to check
01Configure	Enter the target and supported parameters	Correct URL and scope
02Estimate	Review the displayed credit estimate	Cost basis and limits
03Run	Submit and follow the task status	Queued, running or completed state
04Inspect	Open output and logs	Useful content, errors and duration

SEARCH / GOOGLE

Google Search

Collect Google search results.

REDDIT / LIST

Reddit Subreddit List

Collect posts from a subreddit list. URLs are case-sensitive.

REDDIT / COMMENTS

Reddit Post Comments

Collect top-level comments from a Reddit post.

TIKTOK / COMMENTS

TikTok Video Comments

Collect top-level comments from a TikTok video.

WEB / ALIVE + DEEP

General Website Crawl

Crawl a website in alive or deep mode with HTML or Markdown output.

Crawler interface selection and request configuration shown in the live console.

Define what a successful crawl produces

Write the expected output before running the task. A short website review may need a bounded page set with HTML or Markdown. A data pipeline may need an additional transformation after collection. Keep those two stages separate in the task definition.

Turn the expected output into an acceptance checklist that another reviewer can apply. For a content inventory, identify the required page types and choose a few examples of each. An article, a category listing and a contact page may expose different structures, even on the same website.

Crawler output acceptance checklist
Inventory field	Where to obtain it	Acceptance check
Source URL	Requested URL and returned location	The record points to the page that supplied the content
Page title	Returned page content	It belongs to the page, not a generic error screen
Main text	Supported HTML or Markdown output	It includes the intended section rather than navigation alone
Capture outcome	Result and task log	Missing or failed pages are recorded explicitly
Follow-up action	Manual review of the sample	Retry, exclude or adjust the extraction rule for a stated reason

These are fields for the downstream inventory. Build the mapping from the output the selected crawl interface actually returns.

Start with a bounded sample

Use a permitted target and a modest scope. Inspect several pages manually to confirm that titles, body text and links correspond to the intended content. Check repeated navigation and error pages before passing the result to downstream processing.

Keep the run record with the output

Retain the selected interface, request parameters, task identifier and output location. When a result differs from an earlier run, compare the inputs and logs before changing the collection design. Task completion and usable data are separate checkpoints.

Example: prepare a content inventory

Set the approved website scope and choose the supported output. Run a small sample, inspect the actual pages and establish the fields needed for your inventory. Expand only after the collection and transformation produce the expected records.

Work through a small example before defining the full inventory. Suppose an approved scope contains a homepage, two category pages and three articles. Inspect one article in the browser, then compare its title and main paragraphs with the collected output. Repeat the check on a category page, where repeated product cards and navigation may dominate the text.

If the article is complete but the category contains only navigation, keep those outcomes separate. Record which page type needs another collection or extraction approach. If a source redirects, retain both the requested URL and final location in your working record so later checks can explain the change. The sample is ready to expand when each required page type has an understood output and every rejected item has a visible reason.

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