Inaturalist Scraper
Spider read inaturalist.org in 456 ms without a browser and returned 385 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "Every observation tells a story" and "Observe".
A Community for Naturalists · iNaturalist## Every observation tells a storyBarrio Flaminia, Heredia, Sarapiquí, Costa Ricaobservations contributing to biodiversity sciencespecies documented across the globepapers citing iNaturalist dataspecies discovered or rediscovered by community scientists### ObserveOpen the app and photograph any wild plant, animal, fungi, or other organism — from your neighborhood or anywhere in the world.The app suggests an identification instantly, and a global community of naturalists confirms or refines it.Your observation becomes open data — used by scientists, conservationists, and researchers worldwide.Nature is changing faster than ever, so we need you to help record what lives where.It has really helped me with species identification, in addition to giving me the opportunity to interact with different people around the world.Marine Conservationist & Underwater Photographer, Kenya](https://inaturalist.org/people/dzivulajr_03)iNaturalist opens the door to so much new and exciting research on understudied taxa. In my opinion, this platform is the cutting edge of ecological science.Field Guide Author at Owlfly LLC, USA](https://inaturalist.org/people/humanbyweight)iNaturalist and its dedicated community of identifiers became an invaluable resource in my explorations. It helped lay the foundation of my current work.Biodiversity Researcher, Sri Lanka](https://inaturalist.org/people/amila_sumanapala)iNaturalist is a powerful tool that connects people, nature, and knowledge. I can photograph a rare species, or even one that has not yet been described, and at the same time, I contribute to conserving our natural heritage.Environmental Technician and hobby photographer, Brazil](https://inaturalist.org/people/nah_fachetti19)No matter where in the world you are, whether you have a PhD or just love the outdoors, iNaturalist will bring you closer to nature and many fellow naturalists.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 inaturalist.org.
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://inaturalist.org");
// 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.inaturalist.org", {
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 inaturalist.org costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.00012 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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