docs-v2/content/v2.0/write-data/scrape-data/manage-scrapers/create-a-scraper.md

title	seotitle	description	aliases	menu	weight
Create a scraper	Create an InfluxDB scraper	Create an InfluxDB scraper that collects data from InfluxDB or a remote endpoint.	/v2.0/collect-data/scrape-data/manage-scrapers/create-a-scraper	v2_0 parent Manage scrapers	301

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

Create a scraper in the InfluxDB UI

1. Click Load Data in the navigation bar.

   {{< nav-icon "load data" >}}

2. Click Scrapers.

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.

7. Click Create.

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