Chron Scraper
Spider read chron.com in 135 ms without a browser and returned 323 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "WEATHER", "Texas cold front could knock down triple-digit temperatures" and "Politics".
Gulf Coast## Anglers along Texas coast grapple with crippling live bait shortageLately, "the shrimp just aren't there," one shrimper said.Gulf Coast## Galveston receiving $3.2 million facelift from the stateWork continues up and down the island city.## WEATHER## Hail, 75 mph winds could slam parts of Texas—here's when"Some storms will be capable of producing heavy rain"## Colorado State hurricane forecast updates 2026 storm predictionsEl Niño is changing the game for 2026 hurricanes.## Texas could see a surprising shift during hurricane season peakForecasters say El Niño is expected to play a major role.## Texas cold front could knock down triple-digit temperaturesForecasters say the system will make Texas “less hot."## Prepare for a full week of dangerously hot temperatures across TexasForecasters are issuing warnings regarding potentially fatal conditions.Check out our researched and recommended local businesses. All advertising is disclosed. Curators are independent of our newsroom. Learn More## PoliticsPolitics## Talarico’s Paxton voter fraud claim sparks questions about his record"When the top officials go looking for people to skewer for it, and then do it themselves, it really smacks of hypocrisy."Politics## Why a Paxton-Talarico debate could become Texas' biggest political showdown.The high stakes behind a possible Paxton-Talarico debatePolitics## Abbott orders Texas crackdown on alleged birth tourism schemesPolitics## Texas county judge shuts down meeting as voting fight eruptsPolitics## Paxton goes all-in on Faith in new Senate pushPolitics## It's on? Texas Senate rivals may be set for debate showdownPolitics## Texas Libertarians keep losing. So why do they keep running?## Space## Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket erupts in massive fireball## NASA lays out bold new plans for building a moon base## South Texas will go dark during May 11 eclipse—but you've got timeThe 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 chron.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://chron.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.chron.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 chron.com costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.001348 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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- No card required to test
- Balance never expires
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