AirNow Scraper

Extract real-time air quality index readings, pollutant concentrations, health advisories, and forecast maps from AirNow. Built on spider-browser .

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target
airnow.gov: success rate
99.9%: latency
~4ms

Quick start

Extract data in minutes.

airnow-scraper.ts

import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";

const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
  apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
});

await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://www.airnow.gov/?city=New%20York&state=NY&country=USA");
await page.content();

const data = await page.extractFields({
  aqi: ".aqi-value",
  category: ".aqi-category",
  pollutant: ".primary-pollutant",
  healthMessage: ".health-message",
  forecast: ".forecast-text",
  lastUpdated: ".last-updated",
  location: ".location-name",
});

console.log(data);
await spider.close();

ready to run · spider-browser · TypeScript

Fetch API

One endpoint for airnow.gov.

Structured JSON from airnow.gov with a single POST. AI-resolved selectors, cached on the first call.

POST /fetch/airnow.gov/

AQI valueAQI categoryPrimary pollutantPM2.5OzoneHealth message

Try it Fetch docs

cURL

curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/airnow.gov/ \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"return_format": "json"}'

Python

import requests

resp = requests.post(
    "https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/airnow.gov/",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    json={"return_format": "json"},
)
print(resp.json())

Node.js

const resp = await fetch("https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/airnow.gov/", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({ return_format: "json" }),
});
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

Extraction