Hackaday Scraper
Spider read hackaday.io in 111 ms without a browser and returned 88 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "Hackaday Platform", "Explore Projects" and "Chat With the Community".
Join the Hardware RevolutionHackaday.io is the world's largest collaborative hardware development community.# Hackaday PlatformHackaday.io is the single largest online repository of Open Hardware Projects. Have an idea for a new art project, hardware hack or startup?Find related projects and build on the shoulders of giants.Start with nothing more than an idea. Document your progress as you move forward.Use our powerful WYSIWYG editing platform for stress-free documentation.Add team members to your projects and work together in a private collaboration space.Discuss code snippets, project images, ideas and project details before committing changes to project logs.Feedback enhances every project.With over a million members, Hackaday.io will enhance your next project with community, support and broad visibility.# Explore ProjectsPowerPD, a compact ESP32-based programmable power supply that turns a USB-C PD charger into a small bench supply.PowerPD — ESP32 USB-C PD/PPS Bench Power SupplyESP32 E-Ink watch that can run solely on solar power# Chat With the Community### [Hack Chat 6,515 members A general chat to talk about your projects and find collaborators for whatever you are working on. Join Chat](https://hac.io/m/2369)### [LED Art Ongoing/Weekly Chat 59 members Chat or ask questions about LED Art projects here. Join Chat](https://hac.io/m/289684)### [Modular Synth Discussion 24 members Eurorack, 5U, semi-modular, building, patching, playing, and anything else modular sythesizer related. Join Chat](https://hac.io/m/271844)# Find a Hackerspace Near YouThe 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 hackaday.io.
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://hackaday.io");
// 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.hackaday.io", {
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 hackaday.io costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000061 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 hackaday.io.
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.