---
title: Create a scraper
seotitle: Create an InfluxDB scraper
description: Create an InfluxDB scraper that collects data from InfluxDB or a remote endpoint.
menu:
  v2_0:
    parent: Manage scrapers
weight: 301
---

Create a new scraper in the InfluxDB user interface (UI).

## Create a scraper in the InfluxDB UI
1. Click the **Settings** tab in the navigation bar.

    {{< nav-icon "settings" >}}

2. Click the **Scrapers** tab.
3. Click **{{< icon "plus" >}} Create Scraper**.
4. Enter a **Name** for the scraper.
5. Select a **Bucket** to store the scraped data.
6. Enter the **Target URL** to scrape. The default URL value is `http://localhost:9999/metrics`,
   which provides InfluxDB-specific metrics in the [Prometheus data format](https://prometheus.io/docs/instrumenting/exposition_formats/).
7. Click **Finish**.

The new scraper will begin scraping data after approximately 10 seconds,
then continue scraping in 10 second intervals.
