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Discord Real-Time Data Retrieval

Set up Spider Bot on your Discord server to fetch and analyze web data using slash commands.

2 min read Jeff Mendez

Spider Bot for Discord

Spider Bot lets you crawl, scrape, and screenshot websites directly from Discord using slash commands. Add it to your server and start pulling web data without leaving the chat.

Install the Bot

Add Spider Bot to your server. Select a server and grant the requested permissions.

Authenticate

Discord authentication example

Before crawling, link your Spider account:

/authenticate

Follow the prompts to enter your Spider credentials. You also need credits to make requests. Purchase credits on the web, or reload from Discord:

/purchase_credits

Crawl a Website

Discord bot crawling a website example

/crawl url:<website_url> limit:<number_of_pages> return_format:<format> readability:<true_or_false>
  • url: The website to crawl
  • limit: Number of pages (up to 40)
  • return_format: raw, markdown, commonmark, or bytes
  • readability: Clean content for LLM consumption

Scrape a Single Page

Discord bot scraping a website example

/scrape url:<website_url> return_format:<format> readability:<true_or_false>

Same parameters as crawl, but fetches a single page instead of following links.

Take a Screenshot

Discord bot scraping a website example

/screenshot url:<website_url>

Captures a full-page screenshot and posts it in the channel.

Pair with AI Bots

Once you have web data in the channel, AI bots can work with it directly.

AI Bot querying data

Query extracted content, generate images from data, or convert text to video. Spider outputs LLM-ready formats, so AI tools can process the results without additional formatting.

AI Bot generating an image based on website data

Add Spider Bot to your server to get started.

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