Scan with the Desktop Crawler App for platform

Who can use this feature?

• Organization administrators, workspace administrators, and workspace users.
• Available for Accelerate and Enterprise.

Scan secure environments or intranets using the Desktop Crawler App. To scan with Desktop Crawler App, make sure you've downloaded and installed the application first. 

The Desktop Crawler App:

• Can scan up to 100 pages with no limit to crawl depth.
• Can't scan iframes.

On this page:

• Log in to the secure environment
• Log in to the Desktop Crawler App
• Scan with the Desktop Crawler App

Log in to the secure environment

The Desktop Crawler App requires access to the protected environment via your access. This means you have to log in to the secure environment you want to scan before scanning with the Desktop Crawler App.

Before logging into the Desktop Crawler App:

• Log in to the protected environment you want to scan. Note that the browser you use must correspond with the browser you select in Scan with the Desktop Crawler App step 4.a.

Log in to the Desktop Crawler App

Once you've installed the Desktop Crawler App, you can log in to the app with your organization URL and API key.

To log in to the Desktop Crawler App:

1. Open the app.
2. Enter your organization URL. For example, https://ACME.hub.essentia11y.com/.
3. Enter your API key. Learn more about generating an API key.

You're ready to start scanning.

Scan with the Desktop Crawler App

To scan with the Desktop Crawler App:

1. Select the workspace with website you want to scan.
2. Find the website you want to scan.
3. Select Run scan.
4. Enter or select the:
   1. Browser. If your default browser is supported, it will be selected automatically.
   2. Scan title.
   3. Website URL.
   4. Scan tag.
   5. Maximum number of pages.
   6. Crawl depth.
5. Select Run scan.

Once the scan is complete, you can view the results in the platform or run a new scan.