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Webscraper io

Triggers cloud scraping jobs to extract website data into your database, manages sitemap configurations, and monitors credit usage to keep your data pipelines running.

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Why use Ceven?

  1. AI native Webscraper io integration

    • Describe the outcome and Ceven picks the right Webscraper io calls, fills the parameters, and checks the result.
    • Structured, agent friendly tool schemas so each call runs reliably instead of by guesswork.
    • Rich coverage for reading, writing, and querying your Webscraper io data, across all 10 of its actions.

  2. Managed auth

    • Built in OAuth with automatic token refresh and rotation.
    • One place to manage, scope, and revoke Webscraper io access.
    • Per user and per environment credentials instead of shared keys.

  3. Agent optimized design

    • Actions are tuned from real success and error rates so reliability climbs over time.
    • Full execution logs so you always know what ran in Webscraper io, when, and on whose behalf.
    • The agent pauses and asks when Webscraper io is unclear instead of plowing ahead.

  4. Enterprise grade security

    • Fine grained access so you control which agents and people can reach Webscraper io.
    • Least privilege by default, read scopes first and only the writes a workflow needs.
    • A full audit trail of every Webscraper io action to support review and sign off.

Supported tools

Every action Ceven's agents can run on Webscraper io, and when to use it.

Create Sitemap
Use this when you need to define a new scraping structure with start URLs and selector rules for data extraction from a website.
Delete Sitemap
Use this to permanently remove a sitemap configuration from the cloud account when it is no longer needed.
Disable Sitemap Scheduler
Use this to stop automated scraping jobs from running on a set schedule.
Enable Sitemap Scheduler
Use this to automate scraping jobs to run at specific times using cron expressions.
Get Account Info
Pull current account details including the registered email and available page credits.
Get Scraping Jobs
Pull a list of all scraping jobs with optional filters for sitemap ID or tag to check completion status.
Get Sitemap
Pull the specific configuration for a single sitemap by its ID to inspect selectors.
Get Sitemaps
Pull all sitemaps for the account using pagination to browse available extraction templates.
Get Sitemap Scheduler
Pull the current cron configuration and proxy settings for a specific sitemap.
Update Sitemap
Modify an existing sitemap configuration including its structure, URLs, or selectors.

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Frequently asked questions

Ceven uses the Get Account Info action to monitor your remaining page credits before initiating a large scrape. If a workflow is designed to run multiple sitemaps, the agent checks the credit balance first. If the balance is too low to complete the requested job, the agent can trigger a notification to the admin or pause the workflow instead of letting the job fail silently. This prevents critical data gaps and allows you to top up your credits before the next scheduled run. You can set up a specific alert in Ceven to ping you when your WebScraper io credits drop below a certain threshold.
Ceven cannot automatically see the website layout to write a new CSS selector, but it can manage the update process. If a scraping job returns empty results, the agent can flag the sitemap as broken and notify a developer. Once the developer provides the new selector string, the agent uses the Update Sitemap action to push that change to the cloud. This ensures that your data pipeline recovers quickly without requiring a manual login to the cloud dashboard for every minor site change. The agent keeps a log of which selectors were changed and when for audit purposes.
Ceven monitors the status of scraping jobs through the Get Scraping Jobs action. If a job remains in a pending or running state beyond a defined timeout period, the agent can trigger a retry or alert the user. Because cloud scraping depends on the target site response time and proxy speeds, some jobs naturally take longer. Ceven handles this by polling the API at intervals rather than holding a connection open. This asynchronous approach ensures that your workflow does not time out while waiting for the cloud scraper to finish processing thousands of pages.
Sitemaps are treated as configuration assets. Ceven can list all existing sitemaps, retrieve the specific JSON structure of one, or create a new one from a template. This allows you to version control your scraping logic. For example, you can have the agent create a duplicate sitemap for testing a new selector before updating the production sitemap. The agent can also tag sitemaps to group them by project or client, making it easier to trigger a batch of related scraping jobs across different domains using a single prompt in the Ceven composer.
The primary limitation is based on your WebScraper io plan tier. Some plans limit the number of concurrent scraping jobs that can run in the cloud. If Ceven attempts to start more jobs than your tier allows, the WebScraper io API will return an error. To handle this, Ceven implements a queuing system. The agent will check the current list of running jobs and only trigger a new one once a slot becomes available. This ensures your account stays within the API limits and prevents jobs from being rejected by the cloud server.
Yes. Ceven can interact with the Enable Sitemap Scheduler and Disable Sitemap Scheduler tools. You can tell the agent to set a scrape for every Monday at 8 AM, and it will translate that into the correct cron expression for the WebScraper io API. This is useful for reports that need fresh data at the start of the week. The agent can also dynamically change the schedule based on external events, such as increasing the frequency of scrapes during a holiday sale period and then reverting to a slower pace once the event ends.
When a scraping job completes, Ceven inspects the results. If the API indicates a failure or if the returned data does not match the expected schema, the agent marks the run as failed. It can then attempt to troubleshoot by checking if the sitemap is still enabled or if the account has run out of credits. If the error is a site block, the agent can notify you to update the proxy settings via the sitemap scheduler configuration. This closed loop ensures that you are not relying on empty datasets for your business intelligence.
Ceven can facilitate this by reading the configuration of a sitemap from one account using Get Sitemap and then using the Create Sitemap action to recreate it in another authorized account. This is particularly helpful for agencies managing multiple client accounts. The agent ensures that all selectors and start URLs are mapped correctly during the transfer. However, you must ensure both accounts are connected to Ceven. Since sitemaps are just JSON configurations, the agent can also save these configurations to a local file or database for backup before performing the migration.

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