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Spider read bom.gov.au in 6.6 s without a browser and returned 109 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "Auroral oval and the limits of aurora visibility", "Parameters" and "Aurora Sightings".
FORECAST SOL: Normal MAG: Normal ION: NormalFilter Aurora Sightings by DateAustralian Antarctic Stations# Auroral oval and the limits of aurora visibilityThe auroral oval tool displays estimates of the equatorward and poleward boundaries of the auroral ovals aroundthe north and south geomagnetic poles. It uses a model that predicts the location of the auroral ovals as a function of theK index. The tool also displays an estimate of the equatorward visibility line,assuming a clear night sky and an aurora height of 150 km.The aurora oval model used by the tool is in the process of being updated since its estimate of the equatorward visibility linedoes not always agree with the aurora sighting reports in the ASWFC archive. These discrepancies could be due to the assumed maximumaurora height of 150 km. They could also be due to the model using Kaus instead of Kp for the K index.The model uses Kaus since it is available in near real-time. In addition, the tool will be updated to use a moreaccurate conversion from corrected geomagnetic coordinates (CGM) to geographic coordinates.# ParametersThe K index can be set manually. This is useful for checking observing conditions for times in the future. Click on the"Get Kaus Index" button to reset the K index to the actual value for the date and time displayed.Changing the date or time will change the K index value to the actual value for the date and time displayed. If the date ortime is in the future, the last displayed K index value will be used as the tool does not have forecasts of K indices. When enteringClick on the "Get Current Datetime" button to reset the K index and the display to the current date and time.# Aurora SightingsThe locations of aurora sightings are displayed on the map for matching date and time. The "Filter Aurora Sightings by Date"selector turns the date filter on/off, allowing sightings to be displayed for matching time and K index, and any date. Clicking onThe 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 bom.gov.au.
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://bom.gov.au");
// 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.bom.gov.au", {
return_format: "markdown",
});
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Spider names these from the page. The capture above came back as markdown; the same
call with return_format: "json" returns them as keys.
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