diff --git a/ai_ta_backend/main.py b/ai_ta_backend/main.py
index fe4586cd..98519ea6 100644
--- a/ai_ta_backend/main.py
+++ b/ai_ta_backend/main.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 from ai_ta_backend.service.workflow_service import WorkflowService
 
 from ai_ta_backend.utils.pubmed_extraction import extractPubmedData
+from ai_ta_backend.utils.update_project import webscrape_documents
 
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
@@ -603,6 +604,19 @@ def get_project_stats(service: RetrievalService) -> Response:
   response.headers.add('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*')
   return response
 
+@app.route('/updateProjectDocuments', methods=['GET'])
+def updateProjectDocuments() -> Response:
+    project_name = request.args.get('project_name', default='', type=str)
+
+    if project_name == '':
+        abort(400, description="Missing required parameter: 'project_name' must be provided.")
+
+    result = webscrape_documents(project_name)
+
+    response = jsonify(result)
+    response.headers.add('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*')
+    return response
+
 
 def configure(binder: Binder) -> None:
   binder.bind(ThreadPoolExecutorInterface, to=ThreadPoolExecutorAdapter(max_workers=10), scope=SingletonScope)
diff --git a/ai_ta_backend/utils/update_project.py b/ai_ta_backend/utils/update_project.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b41932ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ai_ta_backend/utils/update_project.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import os
+from supabase import create_client
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
+import json
+
+load_dotenv()
+
+
+
+def webscrape_documents(project_name: str):
+    print(f"Scraping documents for project: {project_name}")
+
+    # create Supabase client
+    supabase_url = os.getenv("SUPABASE_URL")
+    supabase_key = os.getenv("SUPABASE_API_KEY")
+    supabase_client = create_client(supabase_url, supabase_key)
+
+    # use RPC to get unique base_urls
+    # response = supabase_client.rpc("get_distinct_base_urls", {"p_course_name": project_name}).execute()   # this only returns base_urls
+    response = supabase_client.rpc("get_base_url_with_doc_groups", {"p_course_name": project_name}).execute()   # this returns base_urls with document groups
+    print(f"Base urls: {response}")
+    base_urls = response.data
+    print(f"Total base_urls: {len(base_urls)}")
+    
+    #webcrawl_url = "https://crawlee.kastan.ai/crawl"
+    webcrawl_url = "https://crawlee-production.up.railway.app/crawl"
+    
+    payload = {
+        "params": {
+            "url": "",
+            "scrapeStrategy": "equal-and-below",
+            "match": "",
+            "maxPagesToCrawl": 5,
+            "maxTokens": 2000000,
+            "courseName": project_name
+        }
+    }
+
+    for base_url in base_urls:
+        print(f"Base URL: {base_url}")
+        print(f"Document Group: {base_urls[base_url]}")
+        payload["params"]["url"] = base_url
+        domain = urlparse(base_url).netloc
+        print(f"Domains: {domain}")
+        payload["params"]["match"] = "http?(s)://" + domain + "/**"
+        payload["params"]["documentGroups"] = [base_urls[base_url]]
+        print("Payload: ", payload)
+
+        # response = requests.post(webcrawl_url, json=payload)
+        # print("Response from crawl: ", response.json())
+
+         
+
+    return "Webscrape done."
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