Channel4 Scraper
Spider read channel4.com in 1.3 s without a browser and returned 234 lines of clean markdown.
* Documentaries & Factual Entertainment* These need to be broad appeal shows that will primarily live first on linear – but have a long tail that means they’ll thrive and drive streaming viewing as well**. ****How we want our Lifestyle viewers to feel*** The audience wants uplifting content & the promise of happy endings and resolution / reveals.* Format that does the hard work for the audience & makes it easy to join across the ep.* Broad subjects that feel relevant to most people in some way, tackled in unexpected ways.* We want **emotion in our shows**– that ultimately always leaves the audience feeling uplifted.* Feel good tone is crucial – however we know the audience loves a sense of unpredictability & spontaneity – but we always need resolution of some sort, and ideally a good hook and reason to watch the next ep.* Immersive and inspiring formats rather than finger-wagging, preachy or too overtly instructional.* Competition in unexpected places can revive and reinvigorate classic topics.**Top Tips: 8 things to think about – all beginning with ‘T’*** **Title: **A killer title will bring the audience and do the marketing heavy lifting for you. *Air Fryers: Are They Worth It?* was pretty much commissioned off the title alone.* **Territory: **Is it big / broad / relevant?* **Talent**: If they’re not big names they need to be big on expertise and renowned in their field. Something to say and a reason for us to listen.* **Trends: **Is it ‘a thing’ or about to be ‘a thing'? Is the time right to do it now?* **Take Out:** Learning new things from the comfort of the sofa, for example ‘Bake Off’, where knowledge and insights from Paul and Prue bring added value.* **Transformation**: An opportunity for both the contributors’ skills to evolve and for them, personally, to change and grow.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 channel4.com.
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://channel4.com");
// 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.channel4.com", {
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 channel4.com costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.00014 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.
- Free balance on signup
- No card required to test
- Balance never expires
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Start scraping channel4.com.
You already have the call. A key raises the rate limit and turns on browser rendering, proxies, and concurrency. Balance never expires, and top-ups go through secure checkout.