Documentcloud Scraper
Spider read documentcloud.org in 114 ms without a browser and returned 47 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "Upload", "Explore some of our newsworthy projects" and "Documents from trustworthy sources".
# Upload.Everyone is welcome to explore our public document archive and organize interesting documents into projects.### Explore some of our newsworthy projects:Trump pardons](https://www.documentcloud.org/projects/221636-trump-pardons/)Exposed: The Human Radiation Experiments at Hunters Point](https://www.documentcloud.org/projects/203581-exposed/)Archive of inspector general reports](https://www.documentcloud.org/projects/221213-archive-of-inspector-general-reports/)West Lake Landfill project](https://www.documentcloud.org/projects/214065-west-lake-landfill-project/)## Documents from trustworthy sourcesNewsrooms, independent journalists, archives and academic projects can upload, annotate, and publish documents.To get started, create a MuckRock account and request verification.Create an account Learn more about verification## Turn documents into data### Public APIDocumentCloud has a public API that you can use to manage large-volume projects.### Add-onsUse community-authored extensions and tools help you do even more with your documents and data.### Full-text searchAutomatic OCR and search indexing make it easy to explore documents.### Python SDKGet started with our Python SDK to automate document uploads, analysis, and processing tasks.DocumentCloud is an open-source project. Explore the code on GitHub.DocumentCloud is a project of the MuckRock Foundation, a 501c3 organization that is committed to trust, transparency, and civic engagement.## Together, we hold power to account and shine a light on government transparency### Your donation fuels vital tools such as MuckRock Requests, FOIA Machine, DocumentCloud and oTranscribe that promote civic engagement.* To donate via Apple Pay, visit our dedicated GiveButter page.You can always find our most current financial statements at MuckRock's financial transparency page.If you'd like to support our work with a legacy, a gift of stocks or crypto currency, contact marcia@muckrock.com.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 documentcloud.org.
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://documentcloud.org");
// 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.documentcloud.org", {
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 documentcloud.org costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000074 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
Run it keyless, no account
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Start scraping documentcloud.org.
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.