# (How) is it possible to monitor the progress of a crawler? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elastic Search\ **Created:** [October 31, 2021, 8:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-is-it-possible-to-monitor-the-progress-of-a-crawler/288079 "2021-10-31T08:13:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![neergttocsdivad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/43a26b/32.png) [@neergttocsdivad](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/neergttocsdivad)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 8:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-is-it-possible-to-monitor-the-progress-of-a-crawler/288079/1 "2021-10-31T08:13:41Z")
I have setup a crawler, but do not recognise any evidence of its progress. Is there a page showing a count or an animated graphic suggesting progress? ---
**Author:** ![ross.bell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ross.bell/32/77559_2.png) [@ross.bell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ross.bell)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2021, 4:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-is-it-possible-to-monitor-the-progress-of-a-crawler/288079/2 "2021-11-01T16:35:48Z")
Hey @neergttocsdivad, You can monitor crawls both in the UI and programmatically over the API. Here's a good place to start: [Crawl web content | Elastic App Search Documentation [7.15] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/app-search/current/crawl-web-content.html#crawl-web-content-monitor-crawl). It's possible the current monitoring functionality doesn't expose progress at the granularity you're looking for. Ross ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 8:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-is-it-possible-to-monitor-the-progress-of-a-crawler/288079/3 "2022-11-04T08:32:53Z")