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bobvila.com · HTTP 200

Bobvila Scraper

Spider read bobvila.com in 127 ms without a browser and returned 546 lines of clean markdown, including the section "Meet the Experts".

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Response bobvila.com/index.md markdown · 546 lines
Easy DIY Projects ### 5 Ways to Fix Stairs That SqueakBy Michelle Ullman, BobVila.com StaffEasy DIY Projects ### Wood Cutting Board Maintenance You’re Probably Forgetting (Because Washing and Oiling Aren’t Always Enough)By Tony Carrick, Additional research provided by Emily BlackwoodSafety & Security ### Testing the Honeywell Home X8S Changed How I Answer the Door—It Streams Live Doorbell VideoHouseplants </a> Garden Pests ### 4 Ways to Get Fungus Gnats Off Your Plants ASAPBy Audrey Stallsmith, Phillip TinnerHouseplants ### How to Grow Zebra PlantHouseplants ### The Dos and Don’ts of Watering PlantsBy Glenda Taylor, Updated by Gretchen HeberGenerators </a> Generators ### Propane vs. Gas Generators: Pros and ConsBackup Generators ### Amazon Drops Generators and Portable Power Stations Up to 42% Off—Save on Jackery, Anker, Westinghouse, and MoreGenerators ### The Best Quiet Generators for Peaceful Power, TestedBy Mark Wolfe, Additional research provided by Bob Beacham#### Meet the ExpertsWe’re not just here to answer your questions and offer advice. BobVila.com seeks to educate and empower.Our team of writers and editors are passionate about all things home. We are general contractors, master gardeners, real estate pros, historic preservationists, product testing specialists, and veteran journalists with expertise in everything from design to DIY. Our common bond is the mission of BobVila.com—to simplify, demystify, and chronicle the joys and challenges of homeownership through a commitment to accuracy, clarity, accessibility and good old-fashioned fun.BobVila.com is the complete toolbox and ultimate resource for inspirational ideas and nitty-gritty know-how. It’s been that way since the site began in 2011. Our goal is to carry forward Bob Vila’s decades-long tradition of helping people maintain and upgrade their homes to live better each day.
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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 bobvila.com.

bobvila-com-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://bobvila.com");

// No selectors, no schema. Spider reads the page and names the fields.
const data = await page.scrape();

console.log(data);
await spider.close();
ready to run · spider-browser, no selectors

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Fields you can pull.

ServiceProviderRatingPrice RangeLocation

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 bobvila.com costs to scrape.

The capture above cost $0.000368 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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Run it keyless, no account

curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/scrape -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"url": "https://bobvila.com/", "return_format": "markdown"}'

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