Gitter Scraper
Spider read gitter.im in 219 ms without a browser and returned 116 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "Matrix native", "Get Gitter" and "Loved by our users".
Gitter is a chat and networking platform that helps to manage, grow and connect communitiesthrough messaging, content and discovery.Sign-in to start talking Sign-inMatrix.org is an open network for secure,decentralized communication. There is a variety of clients are available. Learn moreSign-in with GitHub/GitLab/Twitter and start chatting, with End-to-End EncryptedFormat your messages just like with your other favorite developer tools.# Trusted by# Matrix nativeChat that always works and your content is made to last.Available however you want to access Gitter. Just connect your favorite Matrix client toInternals you'll want to see, it's just JSON, make it yours.# Get GitterThe Gitter webapp is available in all modern browsers, and there are a variety of Matrixclients available. We recommend Element for desktop, Android and iOS native apps.After downloading Element, be sure to specify `gitter.im` as the homeserver.> > We have an engineering team and open source community distributed over several> continents, but the conversation lives in one place - and that's Gitter.> > Other communication solutions for the projects I’ve been involved in were far from> ideal. Switching to Gitter was one of the best decisions I've made and there's no going> back now.> > Gitter is the main way people contact us to ask questions about BigchainDB. I guess it> just feels more open, immediate and personal.> > Gitter is the IRC of the post-IRC era. It has helped us at Minio build and connect with> our community really well.> > Gitter has helped to bring the Marionette community together, turning it into a thriving> collaborative environment that has been exceedingly beneficial to both our endusers and> maintainers.> > Gitter was an essential tool, not only for organising LXJS but to create a thriving> community amongst our attendees before, during and even after the conference.# Loved by our usersThe 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 gitter.im.
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://gitter.im");
// 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.gitter.im", {
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 gitter.im costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000055 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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- Balance never expires
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Start scraping gitter.im.
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.