--- title: "Quick Scan in Drupal instructions" date: "2025-07-29T11:50:07+00:00" summary: "Learn how to perform the Acquia Web Governance Quick Scan in Drupal, including step-by-step instructions for both standard and Drupal Canvas interfaces." image: type: "page" url: "/web-governance/quick-scan-drupal-instructions" id: "ec372570-b25f-4a6b-a981-3da400ddaedd" --- Table of contents will be added Introduction ------------ This article provides instructions for authorized users on how to run the Acquia Web Governance Quick Scan in Drupal from the standard Drupal forms edit interface and the Drupal Canvas interface. You can run a Quick Scan on new or edit existing content. * If the API is not configured, the system displays the **Configure API** button. * If the API is configured, the system displays the **Quick Scan** button. Running the Quick Scan from the Drupal node editing interface ------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Click the button to open a modal. 2. Click **Start** **Quick Scan**. The system displays a progress bar to show the scan render progress. On completion of this process, the results are loaded and the rendered page is sent to the API for the scan. 3. When the module receives the results, you can view them summarized on the Drupal sidebar in the following categories: * **Accessibility**: Issues are summarized by guideline level (WCAG 2.1 A, WCAG 2.1 AA) For more information, visit [Accessibility feature](https://docs.acquia.com/acquia-optimize/docs/features/accessibility). * **Readability**: Issues are  shown as a level, mapped from the resulting score. For more information about readability scores, visit [Quality Assurance Readability](https://docs.acquia.com/acquia-optimize/docs/features/quality-assurance/readability). * **SEO**: For more information, visit [Search engine optimization](https://docs.acquia.com/acquia-optimize/docs/features/seo). * **Data Privacy Topics**: For more information, visit [Data privacy](https://docs.acquia.com/acquia-optimize/docs/add-ons/data-privacy). 4. Click **View Issues** to view the list of issues and number of occurrences on the page of each issue. ![The Quick Scan results page displayed in Drupal.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/e31d5347-d3f3-4e3b-84c8-cddc8f7a6f0d/web/WebGov_DrupalModule-QuickScanResultsPage.png?h=480&itok=5X834EA-) 5. Click a specific issue for more information about it. For example, snippets of the HTML where the issue was detected. 6. Navigate to the Web Governance UI to view the full reports if you have an Web Governance account. * Click the link to the Web Governance [account](https://new.monsido.com/) in the module UI in the editor. * Click the link navigate to the Web Governance [user documentation](/web-governance/overview "Overview"). 7. Re-scan the page as needed. Note The results of the Quick Scan through Drupal are not integrated to your account. Running the Quick Scan from the Drupal Canvas interface ------------------------------------------------------- 1. Open Drupal Canvas. 2. Navigate to **Extensions** > **Web Governance** on the left panel. ![The Acquia Web Governance icon in the Drupal Extensions list.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/4b842e7d-8346-4b72-a0d2-5766a39cd8fa/web/WebGov_DrupalModule-Extensions.png?w=480&itok=QLxeSdhp) 3. Click the button to open the modal, then click **Start** **Quick Scan**. The system displays a progress bar to show the scan render progress. On completion of this process, the results are loaded and the rendered page is sent to the Web Governance API for the scan. If the API is not configured, you can configure it from the Canvas page. 4. When the module receives the results, you can view them summarized on the Drupal Canvas sidebar in the following categories: * **Accessibility**: Issues are summarized by guideline level (WCAG 2.1 A, WCAG 2.1 AA) For more information, visit [Accessibility feature](https://docs.acquia.com/acquia-optimize/docs/features/accessibility). * **Readability**: Issues are  shown as a level, mapped from the resulting score. For more information about readability scores, visit [Quality Assurance Readability](https://docs.acquia.com/acquia-optimize/docs/features/quality-assurance/readability). * **SEO**: For more information, visit [Search engine optimization](https://docs.acquia.com/acquia-optimize/docs/features/seo). * **Data Privacy Topics**: For more information, visit [Data privacy](https://docs.acquia.com/acquia-optimize/docs/add-ons/data-privacy). 5. Click **View Issues** to view the list of issues and number of occurrences on the page of each issue. 6. Existing Web Governance customers can navigate to the Web Governance UI. 1. Click the link to the Web Governance [account](https://new.monsido.com/) in the module UI in the editor. 2. Click the link to navigate to the Web Governance [user documentation](/web-governance/overview "Overview"). By default the Quick Scan functionality is already included. However, if you are already an Web Governance customer, you can re-scan the page as needed. Note The results of the Quick Scan through the Web Governance Drupal module are not integrated to your Web Governance account.  Errors ------ The following errors can occur with a scan. This list provides the error name and a short description about what the error means: * **Error**: There was an error gathering the content. Please try again. **Description**: The module is unable to build the payload. * **Error**: The scan request has timed out. Please try again later. * **Description**: The API does not respond or times out. * **Error**: Access to the Web Governance was denied. Contact your administrator for help. **Description**: The API provided does not have permission for the Quick Scan feature (422). * **Error**: Could not connect to the Web Governance API due to a server error. Please try again later. **Description**: The API has failed (500-5xx). Clickable demo -------------- Visit the [clickable demo](https://app.getreprise.com/launch/5XaJ9qy/) for the Web Governance Drupal module for more information or watch this demo video of the Quick Scan process. Additional resources -------------------- * For instructions on how to do the initial configuration, visit [Quick Scan in Drupal setup](/node/61336). * For advanced instructions, visit the Web Governance [Developers](/web-governance/drupal "Drupal") page for Drupal.