Integrations / AI Web Scraping
Connect WebCrawlerAPI to WhatsApp with an AI agent
Flann turns WebCrawlerAPI into something you can message. Ask on WhatsApp, by text or voice note, and Flann does the work in WebCrawlerAPI for you. Behind most businesses sits a database of some kind: bookings, members, stock, patients, orders. With WebCrawlerAPI connected, Flann can look up a record the moment you ask. Adding or changing records is different.
10 actions in WebCrawlerAPI. 6 only look things up, and 4 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in WebCrawlerAPI
You do not need the exact wording. These are the kinds of messages Flann turns into WebCrawlerAPI actions.
“Look up the feed in WebCrawlerAPI.”
“Show me my feed changes in WebCrawlerAPI.”
“Show me my organization costs in WebCrawlerAPI.”
“Create a feed in WebCrawlerAPI.”
“Create a crawl in WebCrawlerAPI.”
What Flann can work with in WebCrawlerAPI
WebCrawlerAPI gives Flann 10 actions across 5 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Feeds | createdeletelook up | 4 |
Side by side, the two ways of working in WebCrawlerAPI:
| Compare | WebCrawlerAPI on its ownEvery step is yours | With FlannThe work comes to your chat |
|---|---|---|
| How you ask | Log in and click through the screens | Text or voice note, in your own words |
| Looking things up | By hand, screen by screen | 6 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Creating and updating | Typed in by hand | 4 changes, made from a message |
| WebCrawlerAPI records | All of them, one screen at a time | 5 kinds, from one chat |
| Set-up | Nothing new to set up | Your WebCrawlerAPI API key, once |
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Step by step: WebCrawlerAPI jobs you can hand to Flann
How a request turns into real WebCrawlerAPI actions, one step at a time.
Create a feed from a voice note
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Create a feed in WebCrawlerAPI with these details.”
- Flann runs
List Feedsin WebCrawlerAPI and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Create Feedin WebCrawlerAPI. - Flann creates it in WebCrawlerAPI and confirms in the chat.
Get answers about your costs
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our costs in WebCrawlerAPI?”
- Flann runs
Get Organization Costsin WebCrawlerAPI and shows you what it found. - Nothing in WebCrawlerAPI is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Check your feed changes from WhatsApp
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Show me where our feed changes in WebCrawlerAPI stand.”
- Flann runs
List Feed Changesin WebCrawlerAPI and shows you what it found. - Nothing in WebCrawlerAPI is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Where Flann saves you time in WebCrawlerAPI
Small jobs, repeated often, are where the time goes. Here is how they change once WebCrawlerAPI is connected.
Checking today against a normal day
Today
Midway through a quiet afternoon you wonder whether it is just today or the whole week. Opening WebCrawlerAPI on your phone to check means pinching and zooming through charts.
With Flann
“Is today slower than a normal Tuesday? Check WebCrawlerAPI.”
Today so far in WebCrawlerAPI is set against the same day over recent weeks, and you get one line on whether you are behind, level or ahead. If you are behind, Flann says where.
What you stop doing: Pinching and zooming through charts on a small screen stops.
Keeping an eye on competitors
Today
Checking what nearby competitors charge means visiting several websites and writing it all down. So it happens once a year, if that.
With Flann
“Use WebCrawlerAPI to check what the gyms near us charge for a monthly membership.”
Using WebCrawlerAPI, Flann gathers the published membership prices from those gyms’ websites and lays them out next to yours in one short table. It notes the date it checked, since prices change. Nothing on your side changes, and nothing is sent anywhere.
What you stop doing: Visiting competitor websites one by one with a notepad is a thing of the past.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to WebCrawlerAPI
- In Flann, go to Connectors and find WebCrawlerAPI.
- Paste your WebCrawlerAPI API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your WebCrawlerAPI account settings.
- Go back to WhatsApp and ask for what you need. Flann chooses the WebCrawlerAPI action and fills in the details.
Of the 10 WebCrawlerAPI actions, 6 only read. The other 4 create, update, send or delete. Disconnect WebCrawlerAPI in Connectors whenever you like.
Ways to use WebCrawlerAPI with Flann
A weekly summary on demand
Ask Flann for the week in brief. It reads WebCrawlerAPI and sends the few numbers worth knowing.
Check before you decide
Before a big call, ask Flann for the figure that matters. It looks it up in WebCrawlerAPI first.
Ask, do not dig
Ask how this week compares to last. Flann pulls the numbers from WebCrawlerAPI and answers in plain words.
Everything Flann can do in WebCrawlerAPI
Every WebCrawlerAPI action Flann can run, split into what it reads and what it changes.
Looks up 6
- Get Crawl Job
- Get Feed
- Get Organization Costs
- List Feed Changes
- List Feeds
- Scrape Page
Changes 4
- Create Crawl
- Create Feed
- Delete Feed
- Set Feed State
More AI Web Scraping apps Flann works with
Foursquare
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MetabaseCommon questions
What can Flann do with feeds in WebCrawlerAPI?
Flann can create, delete and look up feeds in WebCrawlerAPI, using 4 actions (Create Feed, Delete Feed, Get Feed, List Feeds). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change feeds in WebCrawlerAPI.
How does Flann connect to WebCrawlerAPI?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose WebCrawlerAPI and paste your WebCrawlerAPI API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your WebCrawlerAPI account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 10 actions in WebCrawlerAPI.
Do I need to open WebCrawlerAPI to use it with Flann?
No. Once WebCrawlerAPI is connected, you ask Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and it does the work in WebCrawlerAPI.
Which Flann plan do I need for WebCrawlerAPI?
Any of them. Every Flann plan includes WebCrawlerAPI and every other app.