# Crawl a site into a WACZ

Source: https://zshot-cli.com/examples/crawl-links/
Markdown: https://zshot-cli.com/examples/crawl-links/index.md
Section: [Examples](https://zshot-cli.com/examples/)
License: [Pro](https://zshot-cli.com/support/licenses/pro)

Start at the [Winnie-the-Pooh](https://zshot-cli.com/example_assets/winnie-the-pooh/) table of contents, follow its links one hop out, and archive every page into a single WACZ, saved to [`winnie-the-pooh.wacz`](/example-renders/crawl-links.wacz). Upload the WACZ file at [ReplayWeb.page](https://replayweb.page) to browse the archived site.

**CLI**

```sh
zshot -f winnie-the-pooh.wacz \
  --crawl-links \
  --crawl-link-depth 1 \
  https://zshot-cli.com/example_assets/winnie-the-pooh/
```

**JSON** — `POST /` body for the [API](/reference/server/api), Pro license

```json
{
  "url": "https://zshot-cli.com/example_assets/winnie-the-pooh/",
  "output_type": "wacz",
  "crawl_links": true,
  "crawl_link_depth": 1
}
```

**curl**

```sh
curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:3000/ \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url":"https://zshot-cli.com/example_assets/winnie-the-pooh/","output_type":"wacz","crawl_links":true,"crawl_link_depth":1}' \
  -o winnie-the-pooh.wacz
```

## Related

Flags:

- [`--crawl-links`](https://zshot-cli.com/reference/flags/archive/crawl-links/)
- [`--crawl-link-depth`](https://zshot-cli.com/reference/flags/archive/crawl-link-depth/)

Topics:

- [WACZ](https://zshot-cli.com/reference/formats/wacz/)

## Navigation

- [Examples](https://zshot-cli.com/examples/)
  - [Webpage as PNG](https://zshot-cli.com/examples/hello-from-zshot/)
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  - [Wait for a JavaScript event](https://zshot-cli.com/examples/wait-for-event/)
  - [Rendered HTML](https://zshot-cli.com/examples/html-output/)
  - [Tablet screenshot](https://zshot-cli.com/examples/tablet-screenshot/)
  - [Accessible PDF](https://zshot-cli.com/examples/accessible-pdf/)
  - [WebM video](https://zshot-cli.com/examples/webm-video/)
  - [Animated GIF](https://zshot-cli.com/examples/animated-gif/)
  - [Dark mode](https://zshot-cli.com/examples/dark-mode/)
  - [Emulate geolocation](https://zshot-cli.com/examples/geolocation/)
  - [Log in, then capture](https://zshot-cli.com/examples/navigate-login/)
  - [Log in, then extract JSON](https://zshot-cli.com/examples/sales-report-json/)
  - [Upload a file, download the result](https://zshot-cli.com/examples/enhance-leads/)
  - **Crawl a site into a WACZ**
  - [Archive a sitemap into a WACZ](https://zshot-cli.com/examples/wacz-sitemap/)
  - [Run an API server](https://zshot-cli.com/examples/api-server/)
  - [Signed URL support](https://zshot-cli.com/examples/menu-board/)
  - [Browser as a CDN](https://zshot-cli.com/examples/browser-as-a-cdn/)
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