Introduction

Data blobs are pieces of information used by your code.  Think of them as extra input (beyond the URL and content of the page you're crawling) that you can pass to your 80app.  When you use one of the pre-built 80apps and provide input to them in the job form, we actually create a data blob and pass it to the pre-built 80app.

Creating and Uploading Data

Data can be in any file format, including text, binary, images, and so on.  Just use whatever program you're comfortable with to create the file (e.g., Notepad for text).

If you're using the web portal, go to the Data tab and click on Upload Data.  Follow the instructions on the form to upload your data to 80legs.  If you're using the API, please follow the documentation here.

The maximum allowable size of your seed list will depend on which plan you are using.  See the Pricing page for more details on seed list size limits.

Using Data

Any data file you've uploaded will be used with an 80app - typically one you made yourself.

If you're using the web portal, select Custom Code next to the Analysis to Run field in the job form.  Select the 80app you want to use.  Then select which data file you want to use with the second selection field.

If you're using the API, please follow the documentation here.

When the job runs, the data file you've selected will be passed to the initialize() method of your 80app.  In this method, you can access the information in the data file and use it as you need.