UC Berkeley Student Life Scraper

A directory of student life, housing, athletics, and events at UC Berkeley. Built on spider-browser .

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target
berkeley.edu: success rate
99.9%: latency
~4ms

Quick start

Extract data in minutes.

berkeley-edu-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.berkeley.edu");

const data = await page.extractFields({
  banner_text: "div.block--banner__text",
  content: "div.content-container",
  find_your_place_button: "a.link--cta",
  find_your_place_text: "div.column__content",
  get_involved_button: "a.link--cta",
  get_involved_text: "div.column__content",
});

console.log(data);
await spider.close();

ready to run · spider-browser · TypeScript

Fetch API

One endpoint for berkeley.edu.

Structured JSON from berkeley.edu with a single POST. AI-resolved selectors, cached on the first call.

POST /fetch/berkeley.edu/

Banner TextContentFind Your Place ButtonFind Your Place TextGet Involved ButtonGet Involved Text

Try it Fetch docs

cURL

curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/berkeley.edu/ \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"return_format": "json"}'

Python

import requests

resp = requests.post(
    "https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/berkeley.edu/",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    json={"return_format": "json"},
)
print(resp.json())

Node.js

const resp = await fetch("https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/berkeley.edu/", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({ return_format: "json" }),
});
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

Extraction

Fields you can pull.

Banner TextContentFind Your Place ButtonFind Your Place TextGet Involved ButtonGet Involved TextJoin The Lair ButtonJoin The Lair TextStudent Life TextStudent Life TitleTake A Tour ButtonTake A Tour TitleTitle

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