Github Scraper
Spider read github.blog in 944 ms without a browser and returned 185 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "Browser and code editor extensions", "GitHub Actions workflows" and "Built-in browser tools".
Keep in mind that some browsers and devices might not support all emoji, especially variations like skintone or gender. For example, 👩🏽💻 might appear to someone as a sequence of emoji like 👨💻🟫♀️ .## Using tools and automation to check your README for accessibilityAlong with keeping the above tips in mind, there are lots of useful tools that make it easy to identify accessibility issues in your README and other .md files.### Browser and code editor extensions* Axe dev tools browser extension on the Chrome store (also works in Edge)* github-markdown-a11y-extension by @iansan5653* markdownlint extension for VSCode### GitHub Actions workflowsYou can use GitHub Actions to run tests on your content every time you take an action on a Markdown file.1. Create a directory in your repository with the name `.github/workflows`.2. Create a YAML file with the name `readme-checker.yml`.3. Paste the code from the markdownlint example YAML file:- uses: DavidAnson/markdownlint-cli2-action@v114. Commit and merge to your main branch.5. Go to the Actions tab of your repository and see the results!### Built-in browser tools* Use your browser’s developer tools to check your alt text is correctly implemented.* In Chrome, right-click on selected text and use “Speech” > “Start speaking” to simulate how a screenreader might announce content.## Share your work to promote accessibility on GitHubOnce you’ve used these tips to make your README more accessible, why not spread the word? Add the Markdown below to your README to share this post and encourage other GitHub users to follow your great example.`This README has been optimized for accessibility based on GitHub's blogpost "Tips for Making your GitHub Profile Page Accessible".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 github.blog.
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://github.blog");
// 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.github.blog", {
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 github.blog costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000285 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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