Your First Result: From Website to File

Akmelo collects data from websites, stores records, and delivers them to your applications. Collection and export are separate operations: first collect records, then decide how to deliver them. Preparing a file does not request the website again.

Checklist for your first collection

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In the example, product 00123 costs 1290.50 and has stock of 8; product 00124 has no price and has stock of 0; product 00125 costs 890.00 and has stock of 7. Store product codes as text: leading zeroes may be part of the identifier. Do not replace a missing price with zero. Before publishing, compare several different products with the source website, including variants and delivery conditions.

What to create

1. In Sites, create a source with a recognizable name and its main address.
2. Define the result fields, such as product code, name, price, stock, and link.
3. Create a collection scenario yourself or with the AI assistant. Explain which pages to visit, which attributes to collect, and how to identify a product.
4. Run a trial, check the values, and publish a working scenario version.
5. Start a regular run. Its page shows status, logs, processed pages, and results. A run being queued does not mean execution has started.
6. Open Records and inspect several products from different categories.
7. In Exports, select a file or integration, configure fields, and open a preview.
8. Prepare a file or connect a recipient through an endpoint. Add a schedule after the result checks out.

Start with a small sample

Choose a few products with different variants: no price, several stock values, with and without discounts. If the website uses pagination, check more than the first page. A stable product code or identifier helps update existing records instead of creating duplicates.

Where to look when something goes wrong

Next: sites, scenarios, runs, and your first export.