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BBC News Scraper

Extract news articles, headlines, and publication data from BBC News. Powered by spider-browser .

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bbc.com target
99.5% success rate
~4ms latency
Quick Start

Extract data in minutes

bbc-news-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.bbc.com/news");
await page.content();

const data = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
  const articles = [];
  document.querySelectorAll("[data-testid='card-headline']").forEach(el => {
    const headline = el.textContent?.trim();
    const link = el.closest("a")?.href;
    if (headline) articles.push({ headline, link });
  });
  return JSON.stringify({ total: articles.length, articles: articles.slice(0, 15) });
})()`);

console.log(JSON.parse(data));
await spider.close();
✓ ready to run | spider-browser | TypeScript
Extraction

Data you can extract

HeadlineSummaryCategoryAuthorPublished dateArticle URLImageRelated
Freshness

Real-time headlines

Capture breaking news and trending stories as they publish.

Sources

Multi-publication

Aggregate articles from thousands of publications in a single scrape.

Parsing

Article extraction

Clean article text, images, and metadata from complex news layouts.

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