Send Scraped Images to a Task: New or Existing

Scraping a page is only half the job; the URLs have to land somewhere you can actually download them. The handoff is where the side panel meets the task queue. Once you know how to send scraped images to a task, your scan results stop being a throwaway list and become a structured download job you can filter, name, and process.

Three ways to send scraped images to a task

The side panel does not force a single behavior. When you send scraped images to a task, you choose how the URLs join the queue, which matters when you are building up a job across several pages.

Create new task: start a fresh task from the current results, ideal for a brand-new collection job.
Append to existing task: add the scraped URLs onto a task you already have, building it up page by page.
Replace a task’s URLs: swap out the contents of a task with your latest results when you want a clean overwrite.

Picking the right one up front saves you from untangling a mixed-up task later.

What happens on the receiving end

The handoff is designed so you always know where your URLs went. When you send scraped images to a task, the target task is highlighted and marked as a draft for review. That visual cue means you can scan from the side panel, glance at the queue, and immediately see which task just changed. Marking it draft is the safeguard: nothing downloads automatically just because you moved URLs into it. You review first, then run it.

Why the draft step matters

Treating a freshly populated task as a draft gives you a checkpoint. Before downloading, you can open the task and apply filters, set up a filename template, configure Auto Folders, or run the Duplicate Finder over the new URLs. If you appended results from several pages, this is also the moment to dedupe across the combined list. The draft status keeps you in control of that review pass instead of committing to a download the instant the scan finishes.

Choosing the right handoff each time

The three options map neatly onto common situations, so the choice rarely needs much thought.

Brand-new job: create a new task and start clean.
Same job, more pages: append so each scan stacks onto the growing list.
Redo of a task: replace when the previous URLs are stale and you want a fresh set.

Get the choice right at the moment of handoff and your queue stays organized instead of turning into one giant catch-all task.

A clean multi-page workflow

The append option turns the handoff into a repeatable pattern. Scan page one and create a new task. Scan page two and append to it. Repeat across the set, then review the combined draft, dedupe, and download once. Because scanning and task storage run client-side in your browser, the whole loop stays local. Install Bulk Image Downloader From URL List and practice the handoff on a few pages; once you can send scraped images to a task fluently, the gap between scanning and downloading all but disappears.