Bbc-reporting-api Scraper
Spider read bbc-reporting-api.app in 151 ms without a browser and returned 44 lines of clean markdown.
An in-house BBC service which can receive standardised reports of errors or security policy violations on our websites from compliant Web Browsers.Primary uses are detecting/diagnosing:* Errors in serving web pages, such as in DNS, TCP, TLS or HTTP* Violations of security policies we put in place to restrict what our web pages can and cannot doReceiving reports allows us to fix breakages to services quickly and efficiently, without needing error reports from our audience.What data is captured/stored?In addition to the standard fields in Reporting API data, we capture and store a minimal amount of metadata to help us triage/fix problems.We actively try to capture/store as little personal information as possible, the specifics vary a little depending on the type of report/violation but typically include:* The URL of the web page on/for which the error/violation occurred (so we know which web page(s) have the problem)* The "User Agent" (the name and version of the web browser, useful for diagnosing browser-specific problems)* The Country from which the request was made (useful for correlation with per-country problems/blocking)* The network/ISP (network AS) name and number (useful for diagnosing ISP-specific problems)* The client IP address *for Network Error Logging reports only* (as it's genuinely & directly useful for network-level problems)We process (to obtain an IANA country code, AS information and IP version) but do not store the client IP address (or even a truncated version of it) except, as noted above for Network Error Logging reports, as we don't have a practical need to do so. Client IP addresses stored in Network Error Logging reports are restricted to a very small subset of specifically-allowed BBC staff members who have a genuine business need to access it.How is data stored and handled?Data is stored and handled in accordance with BBC standard practice, see https://www.bbc.co.uk/usingthebbc/privacy.How long is report data retained?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-reporting-api.app.
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-reporting-api.app");
// 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-reporting-api.app", {
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-reporting-api.app costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000018 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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- Balance never expires
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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.