IMDb Scraper
Extract movie ratings, cast info, box office data, and reviews from IMDb.
curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/scrape \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"url": "https://imdb.com", "return_format": "markdown"}'Returns imdb.com as markdown, live. Get a key →
We have not stored a capture of imdb.com, so there is nothing real to show here yet. Run the call above and you get the live page back as markdown.
The same call, in code.
The keyless call above returns markdown. These examples add a key, so you get browser rendering, proxies, and concurrency on imdb.com.
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.imdb.com/chart/top/");
// No selectors, no schema. Spider reads the page and names the fields.
const data = await page.scrape();
console.log(data);
await spider.close();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.imdb.com/chart/top/");
await page.content();
const data = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
const movies = [];
const headings = [...document.querySelectorAll("h3")].filter(h =>
h.closest("a[href*='/title/']") || h.parentElement?.querySelector("a[href*='/title/']")
);
headings.forEach(h3 => {
const title = h3.textContent?.trim();
const link = h3.closest("a[href*='/title/']") || h3.parentElement?.querySelector("a[href*='/title/']");
const href = link?.getAttribute("href");
const container = h3.closest("li");
let year = "";
if (container) {
container.querySelectorAll("span").forEach(s => {
if (/^\\d{4}$/.test(s.textContent?.trim() || "")) year = s.textContent.trim();
});
}
const rating = container?.querySelector("[aria-label*='rating' i]")?.getAttribute("aria-label") || "";
if (title) movies.push({ title, href, year, rating });
});
return JSON.stringify({ total: movies.length, movies: movies.slice(0, 20) });
})()`);
console.log(JSON.parse(data));
await spider.close();Ready for volume? Get an API key →
Fields you can pull.
What imdb.com costs to scrape.
Pricing is $1 per GB of pre-transformation bandwidth plus $0.001 per CPU minute, so most pages land at a fraction of a cent. Failed requests are billed at $0.
- Free balance on signup
- No card required to test
- Balance never expires
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Start scraping imdb.com.
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.