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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a Schedule trigger and FireCrawl action. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

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Configure the Monthly Schedule trigger
1. Connect your Schedule account
2. Configure Cron Schedule
Configure the Crawl URL action
1. Connect your FireCrawl account
2. Configure URL
3. Optional- Configure Includes
4. Optional- Configure Excludes
5. Optional- Configure Generate Image Alt Text
6. Optional- Configure Return Only URLs
7. Optional- Configure Max Depth
8. Optional- Select a Mode
9. Optional- Configure Ignore Sitemap
10. Optional- Configure Limit
11. Optional- Configure Allow Backward Crawling
12. Optional- Configure Allow External Content Links
13. Optional- Configure Headers
14. Optional- Configure Include HTML
15. Optional- Configure Include Raw HTML
16. Optional- Configure Only Include Tags
17. Optional- Configure Only Main Content
18. Optional- Configure Remove Tags
19. Optional- Configure Replace All Paths With Absolute Paths
20. Optional- Configure Screenshot
21. Optional- Configure Full Page Screenshot
22. Optional- Configure Wait For
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

Details#

This integration uses pre-built, source-available components from Pipedream's GitHub repo. These components are developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Trigger#

Monthly Schedule on Schedule

Description:Trigger your workflow on one or more days each month at a specific time (with timezone support).

Version:0.0.2

Key:schedule-monthly

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Schedule Overview#

The Schedule app in Pipedream is a powerful tool that allows you to trigger workflows at regular intervals, ranging from every minute to once a year. This enables the automation of repetitive tasks and the scheduling of actions to occur without manual intervention. By leveraging this API, you can execute code, run integrations, and process data on a reliable schedule, all within Pipedream's serverless environment.

Trigger Code#

import schedule from "../../schedule.app.mjs";

export default {
  name: "Monthly Schedule",
  version: "0.0.2",
  key: "schedule-monthly",
  type: "source",
  description: "Trigger your workflow on one or more days each month at a specific time (with timezone support).",
  props: {
    schedule,
    cron: {
      propDefinition: [
        schedule,
        "cron",
      ],
      default: {
        cron: "0 10 1 * *",
      },
    },
  },
};

Trigger Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Schedule	`schedule`	`app`	This component uses the Schedule app.
Cron Schedule	`cron`	`$.interface.timer`	Enter a cron expression

Trigger Authentication#

The Schedule API does not require authentication.

About Schedule#

Trigger workflows on an interval or cron schedule.

Action#

Crawl URL on FireCrawl

Description:Crawls a given input URL and returns the contents of sub-pages. [See the documentation](https://docs.firecrawl.dev/api-reference/endpoint/crawl)

Version:0.0.1

Key:firecrawl-crawl-url

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Action Code#

import firecrawl from "../../firecrawl.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "firecrawl-crawl-url",
  name: "Crawl URL",
  description: "Crawls a given input URL and returns the contents of sub-pages. [See the documentation](https://docs.firecrawl.dev/api-reference/endpoint/crawl)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    firecrawl,
    url: {
      propDefinition: [
        firecrawl,
        "url",
      ],
    },
    includes: {
      propDefinition: [
        firecrawl,
        "includes",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    excludes: {
      propDefinition: [
        firecrawl,
        "excludes",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    generateImgAltText: {
      propDefinition: [
        firecrawl,
        "generateImgAltText",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    returnOnlyUrls: {
      propDefinition: [
        firecrawl,
        "returnOnlyUrls",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    maxDepth: {
      propDefinition: [
        firecrawl,
        "maxDepth",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    mode: {
      propDefinition: [
        firecrawl,
        "mode",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    ignoreSitemap: {
      propDefinition: [
        firecrawl,
        "ignoreSitemap",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    limit: {
      propDefinition: [
        firecrawl,
        "limit",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    allowBackwardCrawling: {
      propDefinition: [
        firecrawl,
        "allowBackwardCrawling",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    allowExternalContentLinks: {
      propDefinition: [
        firecrawl,
        "allowExternalContentLinks",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    headers: {
      propDefinition: [
        firecrawl,
        "headers",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    includeHtml: {
      propDefinition: [
        firecrawl,
        "includeHtml",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    includeRawHtml: {
      propDefinition: [
        firecrawl,
        "includeRawHtml",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    onlyIncludeTags: {
      propDefinition: [
        firecrawl,
        "onlyIncludeTags",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    onlyMainContent: {
      propDefinition: [
        firecrawl,
        "onlyMainContent",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    removeTags: {
      propDefinition: [
        firecrawl,
        "removeTags",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    replaceAllPathsWithAbsolutePaths: {
      propDefinition: [
        firecrawl,
        "replaceAllPathsWithAbsolutePaths",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    screenshot: {
      propDefinition: [
        firecrawl,
        "screenshot",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    fullPageScreenshot: {
      propDefinition: [
        firecrawl,
        "fullPageScreenshot",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    waitFor: {
      propDefinition: [
        firecrawl,
        "waitFor",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const response = await this.firecrawl.crawl({
      $,
      data: {
        url: this.url,
        crawlerOptions: {
          includes: this.includes,
          excludes: this.excludes,
          generateImgAltText: this.generateImgAltText,
          returnOnlyUrls: this.returnOnlyUrls,
          maxDepth: parseInt(this.maxDepth),
          mode: this.mode,
          ignoreSitemap: this.ignoreSitemap,
          limit: this.limit,
          allowBackwardCrawling: this.allowBackwardCrawling,
          allowExternalContentLinks: this.allowExternalContentLinks,
        },
        pageOptions: {
          headers: this.headers,
          includeHtml: this.includeHtml,
          includeRawHtml: this.includeRawHtml,
          onlyIncludeTags: this.onlyIncludeTags,
          onlyMainContent: this.onlyMainContent,
          removeTags: this.removeTags,
          replaceAllPathsWithAbsolutePaths: this.replaceAllPathsWithAbsolutePaths,
          screenshot: this.screenshot,
          fullPageScreenshot: this.fullPageScreenshot,
          waitFor: parseInt(this.waitFor),
        },
      },
    });

    $.export("$summary", `Crawl job started with jobId: ${response.jobId}`);
    return response;
  },
};

Action Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
FireCrawl	`firecrawl`	`app`	This component uses the FireCrawl app.
URL	`url`	`string`	The URL to start crawling from.
Includes	`includes`	`string[]`	URL patterns to include.
Excludes	`excludes`	`string[]`	URL patterns to exclude.
Generate Image Alt Text	`generateImgAltText`	`boolean`	Generate alt text for images using LLMs (must have a paid plan).
Return Only URLs	`returnOnlyUrls`	`boolean`	If true, returns only the URLs as a list on the crawl status. Attention: the return response will be a list of URLs inside the data, not a list of documents.
Max Depth	`maxDepth`	`string`	Maximum depth to crawl relative to the entered URL. A maxDepth of 0 scrapes only the entered URL. A maxDepth of 1 scrapes the entered URL and all pages one level deep. A maxDepth of 2 scrapes the entered URL and all pages up to two levels deep. Higher values follow the same pattern.
Mode	`mode`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`defaultfast`
Ignore Sitemap	`ignoreSitemap`	`boolean`	Ignore the website sitemap when crawling.
Limit	`limit`	`integer`	Maximum number of pages to crawl.
Allow Backward Crawling	`allowBackwardCrawling`	`boolean`	Enables the crawler to navigate from a specific URL to previously linked pages. For instance, from 'example.com/product/123' back to 'example.com/product'.
Allow External Content Links	`allowExternalContentLinks`	`boolean`	Allows the crawler to follow links to external websites.
Headers	`headers`	`object`	Headers to send with the request. Can be used to send cookies, user-agent, etc..
Include HTML	`includeHtml`	`boolean`	Include the HTML version of the content on page.
Include Raw HTML	`includeRawHtml`	`boolean`	Include the raw HTML content of the page.
Only Include Tags	`onlyIncludeTags`	`string[]`	Only include tags, classes, and ids from the page in the final output. Example: 'script, .ad, #footer'.
Only Main Content	`onlyMainContent`	`boolean`	Only return the main content of the page excluding headers, navs, footers, etc..
Remove Tags	`removeTags`	`string[]`	Tags, classes, and ids to remove from the page. Example: 'script, .ad, #footer'.
Replace All Paths With Absolute Paths	`replaceAllPathsWithAbsolutePaths`	`boolean`	Replace all relative paths with absolute paths for images and links.
Screenshot	`screenshot`	`boolean`	Include a screenshot of the top of the page that you are scraping.
Full Page Screenshot	`fullPageScreenshot`	`boolean`	Include a full page screenshot of the page that you are scraping.
Wait For	`waitFor`	`string`	Wait x amount of milliseconds for the page to load to fetch content.