How to Use FormWise’s New Internet Searching & Web Scraping Feature

We’re excited to introduce one of the most powerful updates to the FormWise platform yet: Internet Searching and URL Web Scraping for individual AI tools. These new features open up endless possibilities for businesses, educators, and creators by allowing you to pull live data from websites and use it within your custom AI tools.

In this guide, we’ll walk you through how to use these features effectively, step by step. You can also check out our tutorial video here.

What is Internet Searching and URL Web Scraping?

Internet Searching allows your AI tools to browse the web in real-time to gather information, conduct research, or answer complex questions without predefined data sources.
URL Web Scraping lets you input specific URLs, and the AI scrapes the data from those pages, pulling relevant information such as text, pricing, product details, or other useful insights directly into your tool.

Now let’s dive into how you can start using these features!

Step 1: Enabling Internet Searching in Your AI Tool

Login to Your FormWise Account
Head over to the FormWise platform and log in with your credentials.
Select or Create Your Tool
Navigate to your dashboard and either create a new AI tool or select an existing one that you want to enable Internet Searching for.
Enable Internet Searching
In the tool’s settings, find the “Internet Searching” option. Toggle the switch to enable web browsing functionality. This allows your AI to access the internet to gather up-to-date information for your users.
Customizing the Search Prompts
You can customize the types of queries your AI tool will handle. For example, if you’re building a tool for researching market trends, configure your prompts to direct the AI to search for specific industry reports, recent studies, or competitor information.

Step 2: Adding URL Web Scraping

Go to Tool Settings
Once you’re inside your AI tool settings, look for the "URL Web Scraping" option. This feature allows the AI to fetch data from specific URLs you provide.
Input the URLs
In the designated area, input the URLs of the web pages you want your AI to scrape. For example, if you're building a tool for SEO audits, you might input URLs of competitor websites or specific pages for analysis.
Define the Data to Scrape
Next, define the specific data you want the AI to extract from the pages. This can be text content, headings, pricing info, metadata, etc. Customize these scraping parameters based on your use case, whether it's lead generation, content analysis, or product data extraction.

Step 3: Use Case Ideas

The combination of Internet Searching and URL Web Scraping provides endless possibilities for building powerful tools. Here are a few ideas on how you can use these features:

1. Audit Tools

Create an audit tool that scrapes competitor websites for SEO data, content structure, and backlink profiles. Use Internet Searching to pull in up-to-date ranking factors or changes in search algorithms, giving your clients comprehensive, real-time audit reports.

2. Lead Magnets

Develop an AI tool that scrapes relevant data (such as product comparisons or reviews) from trusted sources and delivers this information to your prospects. This dynamic tool can serve as an interactive lead magnet on your website, engaging visitors while gathering valuable lead information.

3. Content Research & Creation

Leverage the Internet Searching feature to pull real-time information from trusted sources, and use this to generate content such as blog posts, newsletters, or social media updates. Whether you're a blogger, marketer, or content creator, having real-time data at your fingertips will make content creation faster and more insightful.

Step 4: Testing Your AI Tool

Before deploying your tool to your audience, take a few minutes to test it. Input sample queries or URLs to ensure the Internet Searching and Web Scraping features are working as expected. You can tweak the prompts or URLs if needed to refine the results.

Step 5: Deploying Your Tool

Once you’ve tested and are satisfied with your AI tool, it’s time to deploy! Whether you’re embedding it on your website, sharing it with clients, or using it for your own research, these features give you a significant edge by accessing live, real-time data.

Conclusion

With FormWise’s Internet Searching and URL Web Scraping capabilities, you’re equipped to create highly dynamic, real-time AI tools that can search and scrape the web with precision. From generating valuable lead magnets to building robust audit tools, these new features open up endless possibilities for your business or personal projects.

Ready to try it out? Log into FormWise today and start experimenting with these powerful new features. If you need any help along the way, don’t hesitate to check out our video tutorial or reach out during office hours.

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