CDC Scraper
Spider read cdc.gov in 134 ms without a browser and returned 105 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "Featured Topics", "Scientific Journals" and "Science at CDC".
## Featured TopicsH5 Bird Flu: Current Situation## A to ZFind diseases and conditions; healthy living; workplace safety; environmental health; injury, violence and safety; global health; travelers’ health and more.1. AUG 05 CDC warns of *Salmonella* outbreak linked to jalapeños2. JUL 24 Cyclospora outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce expanded to four new states.3. JUL 19 Statement on CDC Public Health Readiness & Response for the FIFA World Cup 2026™4. JUL 17 Shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell locations is source of cyclosporiasis infections in five states5. JUL 15 New CDC Data Shows Decline in Healthcare-Associated Infections## Scientific JournalsMMWR is a weekly epidemiological digest that provides timely, reliable, objective, and useful public health information. Learn More **EID is a monthly peer reviewed journal covering infectious diseases with emphasis on disease prevention, control, and elimination. Learn More **PCD is a peer reviewed journal covering research, public health findings, innovations, and practices on chronic diseases. Learn More **## Science at CDCTo make science and data easier for broad audiences to interpret, CDC is translating science into practical, easy to understand policy by clarifying and presenting scientific language so that anyone can understand it and standardizing guideline development across the agency.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 cdc.gov.
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.cdc.gov/flu/about/index.html");
// No selectors, no schema. Spider reads the page and names the fields.
const data = await page.scrape();
console.log(data);
await spider.close();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.cdc.gov/flu/about/index.html");
const data = await page.extractFields({
title: "h1",
keyFacts: ".card-body ul",
prevention: "[data-defined='prevention'] .content",
symptoms: "[data-defined='symptoms'] .content",
statistics: ".data-visualization-container",
lastReviewed: ".last-reviewed",
});
console.log(data);
await spider.close();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 cdc.gov costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000105 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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