Beacondb Scraper
Spider read beacondb.net in 146 ms without a browser and returned 56 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "contribute", "usage" and "geoclue".
* **ethically sourced**: opt-in only data collection## contributeto add coverage for your area you can use the following apps on your phone:* NeoStumbler: user friendly app for easily submitting new coverage* download on Accrescent, F-Droid, Google Play, or GitHub* as of version 1.5.1, just click “yes” when prompted to set the endpoint to beaconDB* for older versions: in Settings → Endpoint → Suggested services, select beaconDB to automatically apply the correct configuration* Tower Collector: long established app for collecting cell towers* download on F-Droid or Google Play* the latest versions of Tower Collector upload to beaconDB by default!* Network Survey: robust tool for comprehensive local data collection* on the main screen, under Upload to Database, open Upload Settings to enable submitting data to beaconDB## usageplease note that beaconDB is experimental and may be inaccurate or unreliableas beaconDB is starting from scratch there is likely no wifi coverage for your area. if beaconDB can’t estimate your location using wifi, it will fallback to an approximate cell tower location sourced from MLS’ final data dump, or an IP-based estimate as a last resort. note that submissions will take at least 5 minutes to become available in the beaconDB API.### microGif your Android ROM supports microG, you can easily set beaconDB as an online location service using microG’s new location engine (stable as of v0.3.6). beaconDB can be selected in microG Settings → Location → More options → Select online location service. make sure to enable ‘Request from online service’ under both ‘Wi-Fi location’ and ‘Mobile network location’.### geocluemost Linux distros include geoclue as a location backend. you can use beaconDB by overriding the URL used to request WiFi location data:`sudo mkdir /etc/geoclue/conf.dsudo tee > /etc/geoclue/conf.d/99-beacondb.conf <<EOFurl=https://api.beacondb.net/v1/geolocate# submit data, only possible with a GPS antennaThe 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 beacondb.net.
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://beacondb.net");
// 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.beacondb.net", {
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 beacondb.net costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000035 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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