> ## Documentation Index
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# Web

> Crawl and index public website content

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## Overview

The Web connector ingests **publicly reachable** pages and files from a website you specify. It fetches content over HTTP(S) like a browser, with configurable crawl scope and limits.
You can index a **single page** or use **recursive** mode to discover more pages by following links.

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## Configuration setup

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    ### Step 1: Create a Web connector

    In PipesHub, add a Web connector instance. There are two scopes to choose from: **personal** and **team**.

    You can create a **personal** connector from Workspace Settings > *Your Connectors* > Web > Setup. The records created by this connector will be visible to you only.

    You can create a **team** connector from Workspace Settings > *Connectors* > Web > Setup. The records created by this connector will be visible to all users in your organization. This connector can be created by Admins only.

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    ### Step 2: Name the connector and continue

    After you select the scope, enter a **name** for this Web connector (how it will appear in your workspace), then press **Next**.

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    ### Step 3: Website URL

    Enter the full **Website URL** to crawl (for example `https://docs.example.com/guides/`). This value is **required** and becomes the connector’s root; it **cannot** be edited later—use a new connector if you need a different URL.

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    ### Step 4: Crawl type and limits

    | Field                      | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
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    | **Crawl type**             | **Single** — one URL only. **Recursive** — follow links extracted from each page’s HTML, subject to host, depth, path rules, and your caps.                                                                                                     |
    | **Crawl depth**            | Maximum link depth to which pages are crawled.                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
    | **Maximum pages**          | Upper bound on how many distinct URLs are processed during sync.                                                                                                                                                                                |
    | **Maximum size (MB)**      | Largest HTTP body to download per URL; larger responses are skipped.                                                                                                                                                                            |
    | **Follow external links**  | When enabled, links to **other domains** may be followed. When disabled, crawling stays on the **same host** as the start URL. Disabled by default.                                                                                             |
    | **Restrict to start path** | When enabled, only URLs whose path stays **under** the starting path prefix are crawled (useful for subsites). If this is on, **Follow external links** is effectively off—you cannot combine path restriction with arbitrary external domains. |
    | **URL should contain**     | Optional tags: if any are set, only URLs containing **at least one** of the substrings (case-insensitive) are synced—except the **configured start URL**, which is always allowed.                                                              |

    ### Step 5: Filters and indexing

    * **Enable manual sync filter:** This allows you to have control over which records are indexed. It stops records from being automatically indexed. You can then go to **All Records** section to index the records manually.
    * **File extension filter:** Restrict which file extensions are synced and skipped.
    * **Indexing toggles:** Turn indexing on or off by category for **webpages**, **images**, and **documents** (and related options shown in connector settings) to control what downstream search indexing receives.

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    ### Step 6: Save configuration

    After you finish configuring connector settings, click **Save Configuration**. Then toggle the connector to enable the crawling process.
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## Connector Workflow

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    ### What the connector does

    * **Crawling:** Starts from your configured **Website URL**. In recursive mode, discovers links from HTML, resolves them against the page URL, and visits URLs that pass validation (scheme, domain, path, extension, and optional URL substring filters).
    * **Fetching:** Uses a **multi-strategy** HTTP pipeline (standard client, then browser-like TLS profiles and fallbacks where available) to improve success on sites that use bot detection or CDN challenges. Requests use realistic browser headers and respect a per-response **maximum size** cap.
    * **Content types:** Treats HTML as web pages (title and cleaned text are derived for indexing). Also supports common **documents** (for example PDF, Office formats, CSV, JSON, XML, Markdown) and **images** (with processing for some formats in HTML context). Extension and indexing filters can narrow what is stored or sent for indexing.
    * **Structure:** Builds a **record group** for the configured root URL and **file records** per URL, with parent links so paths appear hierarchically where applicable. URLs are **normalized** (for example deduplication, trailing-slash handling for “directory” pages) to avoid duplicate records.
    * **Sync:** Supports **scheduled** sync (default daily) and connector **filters** (manual sync selection, file extensions, and indexing toggles in the product UI). **Team** vs **personal** scope controls who receives permissions on synced records.

    ### Key limitations

    * **Public content only:** Anything that requires login, cookies, or private APIs is out of scope unless the URL returns the content without authentication.
    * **Robots and rate limits:** Respect your own policies and the target site’s terms of use. Heavy crawling can trigger **429** or blocks; the connector retries some transient errors with backoff but cannot guarantee access to every site.
    * **Starting URL is fixed:** After creation, the root **Website URL** (and its domain) **cannot** be changed; create a new connector for a different site or domain.
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## FAQ

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    Many sites use bot protection (CDNs, CAPTCHAs, or geographic rules). The connector tries multiple fetch strategies, but **no integration can guarantee** access. Try a simpler entry URL, reduce crawl rate by lowering scope (URL filters, single-page mode), or host documentation on a domain that allows automated access. Sites that require interactive login cannot be indexed with this connector alone.
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    Common reasons include: **maximum pages** or **depth** reached, **URL should contain** filtering out branches, **same-domain** rules excluding external links, **path restriction** excluding parent or sibling paths, **extension** filters, **size** limits skipping large files, non-retryable HTTP errors (for example **404**), or links pointing only to asset types the crawler does not follow as pages.
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  <Accordion title="Can I change the website URL after setup?">
    No. The root URL and domain are fixed for the lifetime of the connector instance. To index a different site or domain, **create a new Web connector**.
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  <Accordion title="How are permissions applied?">
    For **team** scope, records are readable at the organization level as configured by PipesHub. For **personal** scope, ownership-style permissions are tied to the user who created the connector. Exact behavior matches your workspace’s connector permission model.
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