diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 7a96248..4318a41 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 pub mod data;
 pub mod gitea;
 pub mod settings;
+pub mod spider;
 pub mod utils;
 pub mod verify;
 
diff --git a/src/spider.rs b/src/spider.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54779a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/spider.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*
+ * ForgeFlux StarChart - A federated software forge spider
+ * Copyright © 2022 Aravinth Manivannan <realaravinth@batsense.net>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+use std::time::Duration;
+use tokio::time;
+use url::Url;
+
+use crate::data::Data;
+use crate::gitea::SearchResults;
+
+const REPO_SEARCH_PATH: &str = "/api/v1/repos/search";
+
+impl Data {
+    pub async fn crawl(&self, hostname: &str) -> Vec<SearchResults> {
+        let mut page = 1;
+        let mut url = Url::parse(hostname).unwrap();
+        url.set_path(REPO_SEARCH_PATH);
+        let mut repos = Vec::new();
+        loop {
+            let mut url = url.clone();
+            url.set_query(Some(&format!(
+                "page={page}&limit={}",
+                self.settings.crawler.items_per_api_call
+            )));
+            let res: SearchResults = self
+                .client
+                .get(url)
+                .send()
+                .await
+                .unwrap()
+                .json()
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+            // TODO implement save
+            time::sleep(Duration::new(
+                self.settings.crawler.wait_before_next_api_call,
+                0,
+            ))
+            .await;
+            if res.data.is_empty() {
+                return repos;
+            }
+            repos.push(res);
+            page += 1;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::settings::Settings;
+    pub const GITEA_HOST: &str = "http://localhost:8080";
+
+    #[actix_rt::test]
+    async fn crawl_gitea() {
+        let data = Data::new(Settings::new().unwrap()).await;
+        let res = data.crawl(GITEA_HOST).await;
+        let mut elements = 0;
+        res.iter().for_each(|r| elements += r.data.len());
+        assert_eq!(res.len(), 5);
+        assert_eq!(elements, 100);
+    }
+}