Clay Chrome extension

Clay offers two powerful Chrome extensions that help you gather and organize information from the web:

• Clay for Chrome lets you extract structured data from webpages, either from a list or an individual page.
• Clip to Clay allows you to quickly save entire webpages to your Clay tables.

Both tools integrate seamlessly with your Clay workspace, making it easier to collect, organize, and act on web data.

Clay for Chrome

The Clay for Chrome extension allows you to extract structured data from webpages. You can capture data from a single page, lists across multiple pages, or even custom-defined structures. Once extracted, the data can be added directly to your Clay table, downloaded as a CSV, or copied to your clipboard.

Autodetected lists

The extension automatically detects list-like structures on the page and formats them into a table.

With autodetected lists, you can:

• Export the list as a CSV or copy it to your clipboard.
• Add to Clay by opening the list in a new window and saving it directly to your table.

Custom recipes

You can create custom recipes to extract data in two main formats:

• Pages with lists. Extract multiple items from a structured list, such as a directory or table.
• Individual pages. Extract specific data from single-item pages, such as profiles or product pages.

Creating a list recipe

To create a recipe that extracts data from list-style pages:

1. Install the Clay for Chrome extension.
2. Open the Clay for Chrome extension on a webpage with a list.
3. Click Select Data to Add from Page.
4. Choose Select a List and click multiple items to help the extension detect patterns.
5. Add attributes for each item:
   • For images, select the Image Attribute (e.g., logos).
   • For text, select the Text Attribute (e.g., name, location).
6. Repeat this process for each attribute you want to capture.
7. Name and save your recipe.

Creating an individual page recipe

To create a recipe for scraping structured data from profile or detail pages:

1. Open the Clay for Chrome extension on the page you want to scrape.
2. Click Select Data to Add from Page, then choose Select a Single Attribute.
3. Map each attribute you want to extract:
   • For example: name, website, LinkedIn, Twitter, or Crunchbase.
4. Adjust the URL Matching settings to apply the recipe to similar pages:
   • Replace specific URL components with variables (e.g., :company_name).
5. Name and save your recipe.

Clip to Clay

The Clip to Clay extension lets you quickly save full webpages into your Clay tables. It’s useful for capturing unstructured data or bookmarking key pages.

Setting up

To get started:

1. Install the Clip to Clay Chrome extension.
2. Open the Clay table you want to use, click the table name, and select Show in Chrome Extension.
   • Only tables added this way will appear in the extension.

Using Clip to Clay

To save a webpage:

1. Visit the webpage you want to save and open the Clip to Clay extension.
2. Select your destination Clay table.
   • If the table doesn’t appear, check that:
     • You’re in the correct workspace.
     • The table has been enabled for the extension.
3. Click Add to Table to save the page.

Viewing history and customizing fields

To view your saved clips:

1. Open Clip to Clay and click History.
2. Browse your previously saved links and their destination tables.
3. Click Go to Table to open the saved page in your Clay workspace.

To customize your history view:

1. Open the Clay table connected to the extension.
2. Click the table name, then click Configure Chrome Extension Fields.
3. Choose which fields you want to display and click Save.
4. Your clipping history will now reflect the selected fields.