Co Scraper
Spider read bbc.co.uk in 723 ms without a browser and returned 610 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "BBC Homepage" and "The video playlist".
# BBC Homepage### The 'education gap' hiding behind picture-perfect Cornwall and Devon### Stop being a terrible tourist - how cities are tackling the challenges of mass tourism. Audio## The video playlistWatch a selection of standout clips from across the BBCMan charged over death of Scottish aid worker in Athens. 00:01:30, play videoKnox defends Edinburgh Fringe comedy show. 00:01:03, play videoMeet the woman who is Matt Damon's Odyssey stunt double. 00:00:58, play videoWhy Ukraine is striking deeper into Russian territory. 00:01:24, play videoCambridge professor at centre of plagiarism row resigns. 00:00:58, play videoAre summer sandals killing your feet? 00:00:59, play videoEngland's education gaps hidden in holiday destinations. 00:01:19, play videoMoment first rare tiger in 70 years released in Kazakhstan. 00:00:38, play videoAfghan women's team reunite to play football after ban. 00:01:19, play videoWomen tell BBC of rape and abuse at teen army college. 00:01:41, play videoSunken WW2 ships emerge from Danube amid drought. 00:00:18, play video'It is what it is': Ukrainian man's house destroyed in strike. 00:00:55, play videoAI or real? BBC analyses viral China disaster videos. 00:01:41, play videoShould men be allowed to wear shorts in the office? 00:01:05, play videoHow Didi Conn returned to the world of Grease. 00:00:59, play videoWhat do we know about the Covent Garden stabbings? 00:00:39, play videoAdvert banned for glamorising smoking. 00:00:39, play videoPart of SpaceX rocket believed to have struck Moon. 00:00:50, play videoSouth Korea hit by record-breaking heatwave. 00:01:12, play videoMysterious elephant deaths in Kenya. 00:00:41, play video## Discover more to watch and listen to### Jodie Comer and Benedict Cumberbatch star in this apocalyptic dramaWhen London is submerged by severe floods, a woman and her newborn seek safety in this haunting and hopeful tale of survival.The 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 bbc.co.uk.
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://bbc.co.uk");
// No selectors, no schema. Spider reads the page and names the fields.
const data = await page.scrape();
console.log(data);
await spider.close();import { Spider } from "@spider-cloud/spider-client";
const spider = new Spider({ apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY! });
const result = await spider.scrapeUrl("https://www.bbc.co.uk", {
return_format: "markdown",
});
console.log(result);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 bbc.co.uk costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.001348 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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