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Directories & Listings

Hotfrog Scraper

Extract international business directory listings, company descriptions, service areas, and contact details from Hotfrog. Powered by spider-browser .

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hotfrog.com target
99.5% success rate
~4ms latency
Quick Start

Extract data in minutes

hotfrog-scraper.ts
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://www.hotfrog.com/search/us/new-york/plumber");
await page.content();

const data = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
  const listings = [];
  document.querySelectorAll(".listing-item, .search-result-item").forEach(el => {
    const name = el.querySelector("h2 a, .company-name")?.textContent?.trim();
    const description = el.querySelector(".description, .listing-desc")?.textContent?.trim();
    const address = el.querySelector(".address, .location-text")?.textContent?.trim();
    const phone = el.querySelector(".phone, .contact-phone")?.textContent?.trim();
    if (name) listings.push({ name, description, address, phone });
  });
  return JSON.stringify({ total: listings.length, listings: listings.slice(0, 15) });
})()`);

console.log(JSON.parse(data));
await spider.close();
✓ ready to run | spider-browser | TypeScript
Fetch API

Structured data endpoint

Extract structured JSON from hotfrog.com with a single POST request. AI-configured selectors, cached for fast repeat calls.

POST /fetch/hotfrog.com/
Business nameDescriptionAddressPhoneWebsiteCategory
curl
curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/hotfrog.com/ \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"return_format": "json"}'
Python
import requests

resp = requests.post(
    "https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/hotfrog.com/",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    json={"return_format": "json"},
)
print(resp.json())
Node.js
const resp = await fetch("https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/hotfrog.com/", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({ return_format: "json" }),
});
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);
Extraction

Data you can extract

Business nameDescriptionAddressPhoneWebsiteCategoryService area
Data

Business intelligence

Extract company profiles, contacts, and industry data from hotfrog.com.

Pagination

Directory crawling

Navigate category trees and paginated business directories automatically.

Scale

Bulk enrichment

Process thousands of business profiles for lead generation datasets.

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