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This is useful in situations where you’ve configured your metadata incorrectly, for example, or when you’ve decided to add richer metadata retroactively that you’d like to see updated in your dashboard and API results.</p> <div class="a8c-docs-note-block wp-reference"> <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-note">Note</h4> <p>A recrawl will only apply new metadata to historical data for the three days prior to the recrawl and forward. If you would like to correct additional historical data, a rebuild of your historical data will be necessary. More information on rebuilds is <a href="https://docs.parse.ly/whats-a-rebuild/">available here</a>.</p> </div> <p>There are five ways that we can update existing metadata with this process:</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-recrawl-via-automatic-metadata-change-detection">Recrawl via Automatic Metadata Change Detection</h2> <p>Read more about <a href="https://docs.parse.ly/automatically-update-metadata-changes/">this opt-in feature</a> that automatically detects and updates your metadata.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-recrawl-via-check-for-metadata-updates-feature">Recrawl via Check For Metadata Updates feature</h2> <p>Read more about how to manually <a href="https://docs.parse.ly/check-for-metadata-updates/">check for metadata updates</a> within each Post Details page.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="2660" height="1120" src="https://docs.parse.ly/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/12/check-for-metadata-updates-link.png?w=1024" alt="Parse.ly post detail page with the "Check for metadata updates" link circled." class="wp-image-5379" srcset="https://docs.parse.ly/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/12/check-for-metadata-updates-link.png 2660w, https://docs.parse.ly/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/12/check-for-metadata-updates-link.png?resize=300,126 300w, https://docs.parse.ly/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/12/check-for-metadata-updates-link.png?resize=768,323 768w, https://docs.parse.ly/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/12/check-for-metadata-updates-link.png?resize=1024,431 1024w, https://docs.parse.ly/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/12/check-for-metadata-updates-link.png?resize=1536,647 1536w, https://docs.parse.ly/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/12/check-for-metadata-updates-link.png?resize=2048,862 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 2660px) 100vw, 2660px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Check For Metadata Updates: a useful tool to update your dashboard after updating your older content</figcaption></figure> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Recrawl a single URL from the dashboard</strong></h2> <p>A local site administrator can submit individual URLs to recrawl via a form found in the Parse.ly dashboard. This form is accessible via the API Settings page in the admin:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" src="https://docs.parse.ly/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/07/xnip2022-02-10_16-33-12.jpg" alt="Parse.ly dashboard depicting how to recrawl a single post."/></figure> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Trigger a new article crawl from the Parsely API</strong></h2> <p>Normally, we crawl articles during the first 24 hours after publication when the metadata is most likely to change. It is possible to notify our servers when you update posts. To do that, submit a POST request to the following address, appending the URL of the post to the end of it. The <code><API_KEY></code> should be replaced with your respective Site ID (<code>apikey</code>), and <code><API_SECRET></code> with the token accessible to the account administrators via <a href="https://dash.parsely.com/to/settings/api">API Settings</a>.</p> <div class="wp-block-a8c-docs-syntax-highlighting a8c-docs-syntax"><pre class="line-numbers prism-large" data-start="1"><code class="lang-php">https://dash.parsely.com/<API_KEY>/ping_crawl?secret=<API_SECRET>&url=<URL></code></pre><textarea aria-hidden="true" class="a8c-docs-syntax__copy-textarea">https://dash.parsely.com/<API_KEY>/ping_crawl?secret=<API_SECRET>&url=<URL></textarea><button class="a8c-docs-syntax__copy-button" type="button"><span class="a8c-docs-syntax__copy-button__before">Copy</span><span class="a8c-docs-syntax__copy-button__after" aria-hidden="true">Copied</span></button></div> <p>If your CMS supports webhooks, you may be able to automate this process as well. </p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Request a bulk recrawl from Parse.ly Support</strong></h2> <p>If you have a large number of URLs that need updating, please contact support@parsely.com to set up a bulk recrawl.</p> </div>  <p class='a8c-docs-last-updated-text'>Last updated: August 15, 2024</p> </article>  </main> <footer class="a8c-docs-layout__main__content__footer"> <hr /> <p class="has-text-align-center a8c-docs-gutter-bottom-none font-small"> Documentation is licensed under a </p> <p class="has-text-align-center font-small"> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"> Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License </a> </p> <div class="a8c-docs-automattic-block"> <p> <a href="https://automattic.com/"> An <span class="screen-reader-text">Automattic</span><svg class="svg-icon svg-icon-automattic" aria-hidden="true" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 200 15.4"><path d="M72.5 15.4c-5.1 0-8.4-3.7-8.4-7.5v-.4c0-3.9 3.3-7.5 8.4-7.5 5.1 0 8.4 3.6 8.4 7.5V8c0 3.8-3.3 7.4-8.4 7.4zm5.7-7.9c0-2.8-2-5.3-5.7-5.3s-5.7 2.5-5.7 5.3v.3c0 2.8 2 5.3 5.7 5.3s5.7-2.5 5.7-5.3v-.3z" fill="#3298CB"/><path d="M15 14.9l-1.9-3.6H4.7l-1.8 3.6H0L7.8.5H10l7.9 14.4H15zM8.8 3.3l-3.1 6h6.4l-3.3-6zm21.4 12.1c-5.2 0-7.6-2.8-7.6-6.5V.5h2.7V9c0 2.7 1.7 4.2 5.1 4.2 3.4 0 4.8-1.6 4.8-4.2V.5h2.7v8.4c0 3.6-2.3 6.5-7.7 6.5zM52.9 2.8v12.1h-2.7V2.8h-6.3V.5h15.3v2.2h-6.3zM105 14.9V3.5l-.7 1.3-6 10.1H97L91 4.8l-.7-1.3v11.4h-2.6V.5h3.7l5.7 9.9.7 1.2.7-1.2 5.6-9.9h3.7v14.4H105zm23.1 0l-1.9-3.6h-8.4l-1.8 3.6h-3L120.8.5h2.2l7.9 14.4h-2.8zm-6.2-11.6l-3.1 6h6.4l-3.3-6zm19.9-.5v12.1h-2.7V2.8h-6.3V.5h15.3v2.2h-6.3zm19.8 0v12.1h-2.7V2.8h-6.3V.5h15.3v2.2h-6.3zm12.9 12.1v-13c1.1 0 1.5-.6 1.5-1.4h1.1v14.4h-2.6zm23.8-10.3c-1.3-1.2-3.2-2.3-5.8-2.3-3.8 0-6 2.6-6 5.4V8c0 2.7 2.2 5.3 6.2 5.3 2.4 0 4.4-1.1 5.6-2.3l1.6 1.7c-1.6 1.6-4.3 2.9-7.4 2.9-5.4 0-8.7-3.5-8.7-7.4v-.6c0-3.9 3.6-7.6 8.9-7.6 3 0 5.8 1.3 7.3 2.9l-1.7 1.7zM74.3 5c.5.3.6 1 .3 1.5l-2.5 3.8c-.3.5-1 .6-1.5.3s-.6-1-.3-1.5l2.5-3.8c.4-.5 1-.6 1.5-.3z"/></svg> Creation </a> </p> </div>  </footer>  </div>  <div class="a8c-docs-layout__main__content__secondary"> <nav id="docs-toc-nav" class="a8c-docs-table-of-contents__sticky" aria-label="Table of Contents"> </nav> </div>  </div>  </div>  </div>  </div>  </div>   <script defer id="bilmur" data-provider="vip" data-service="k8s-a8c" src="https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/js/bilmur.min.js?m=202514"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://docs.parse.ly/wp-content/themes/a8c-docs/assets/build/main.js?m=1743116159g" ></script><script type="text/javascript" id="jetpack-stats-js-before"> /* <![CDATA[ */ _stq = window._stq || []; _stq.push([ "view", JSON.parse("{\"v\":\"ext\",\"blog\":\"209021633\",\"post\":\"1827\",\"tz\":\"0\",\"srv\":\"docs.parse.ly\",\"hp\":\"vip\",\"j\":\"1:14.4.1\"}") ]); _stq.push([ "clickTrackerInit", "209021633", "1827" ]); /* ]]> */ </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://stats.wp.com/e-202514.js" id="jetpack-stats-js" defer="defer" data-wp-strategy="defer"></script> </body> </html>