Atlas Obscura Scraper
Spider read atlasobscura.com in 110 ms without a browser and returned 584 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "Salton Sea", "Habsburg Imperial Crypt" and "Fearless Girl Statue".
The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.## Salton SeaThe ghostly remains of an accidental sea.## Habsburg Imperial CryptThe final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.## Fearless Girl StatueWall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.## Pavilhão ChinêsRing the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.## ‘Tower of Figures’Unique massive sculpture on a mound at a public park just outside of Paris.## Praça Ayrton Senna do BrasilAyrton Senna Plaza is a beautifully curated park tucked inside the Ibirapuera Modelódromo in São Paulo, serving as a memorial dedicated to the legendary three-time Formula 1 champion.## Statue of UnityA unique interactive bronze sculpture that captures a real-life viral rescue.## Blarney Stone of RenoThis lucky stone from Ireland is embedded on the corner of a Reno casino to grant luck## The Field of Lost ShoesA commemoration of child soldiers during a fearful battle of the Civil War.## Top Gun ‘Sleazy Bar’The Kansas City Barbecue restaurant also contains the original piano that was a central part of the famous "Great Balls of Fire" scene.## The Pickle GuysThe Pickle Guys stand as a salt-stained holdout of the Lower East Side’s historic pushcart culture.## Plum Creek BridgeScenic semi-abandoned bridge with easy access* @Lana Velkov 103 places added 531 places been to* @slgwv 257 places added 564 places been to* @Dr Alan P Newman 763 places added 1,103 places been to* @Dark Nebula Deluxe 163 places added 1,889 places been to* @WhiskeyBristles 90 places added 1,167 places been to* @linkogecko 335 places added 1,442 places been toThe same call, in code.
The capture above came back as markdown. These examples add a key, so you get browser rendering, proxies, and concurrency on atlasobscura.com.
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.atlasobscura.com/things-to-do/japan");
// No selectors, no schema. Spider reads the page and names the fields.
const data = await page.scrape();
console.log(data);
await spider.close();import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";
const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
stealth: 2,
});
await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://www.atlasobscura.com/things-to-do/japan");
await page.content(10000);
const data = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
const places = [];
document.querySelectorAll(".index-card").forEach(el => {
const name = el.querySelector(".index-card-title")?.textContent?.trim();
const location = el.querySelector(".index-card-location")?.textContent?.trim();
const description = el.querySelector(".index-card-description")?.textContent?.trim();
const category = el.querySelector(".index-card-category")?.textContent?.trim();
if (name) places.push({ name, location, description, category });
});
return JSON.stringify({ total: places.length, places: places.slice(0, 10) });
})()`);
console.log(JSON.parse(data));
await spider.close();Ready for volume? Get an API key →
Fields you can pull.
Spider names these from the page. The capture above came back as markdown; the same
call with return_format: "json" returns them as keys.
What atlasobscura.com costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000791 to fetch. Pricing is $1 per GB of pre-transformation bandwidth plus $0.001 per CPU minute, so a page like this one lands at a fraction of a cent. Failed requests are billed at $0.
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You already have the call. A key raises the rate limit and turns on browser rendering, proxies, and concurrency. Balance never expires, and top-ups go through secure checkout.