Co Scraper
Spider read iol.co.za in 867 ms without a browser and returned 235 lines of clean markdown.
The IEC has begun the 89-day countdown to the Local Government Elections, with political parties and independent candidates given until 28 August to submit nominations as the electoral timetable takes effect.Hope Ntanzi|Published 32 minutes ago#### Kidnapped Johannesburg attorney rescued hours after abduction in NorthcliffA 26-year-old Johannesburg attorney who was abducted outside her Northcliff home on Wednesday evening has been rescued safely in Vosloorus, with suspects arrested and a vehicle linked to the kidnapping recovered.Wendy Dondolo|Published 3 hours ago#### What's causing the mass fish deaths along the Western Cape coast?Authorities are investigating a worrying trend of pelagic fish mortality along the West Coast, with sardines being the most affected species.Nokubonga Ndlovu and Yasmine Jacobs|Published 25 minutes ago#### Trail runner dies after fall at Cape Town's Constantia Nek on his 47th birthdayA beloved trail runner’s 47th birthday challenge ended in tragedy, leaving family and friends mourning a man remembered for his courage, inspiration and passion for life.Xolile Mtembu|Published 10 minutes ago#### How businessman Sakie Sakhumzi Magele got nearly R4 billion in education contractsBooking flights, hotels and meals for Eastern Cape education officials earned one tenderpreneur's company more than R1m a day for 10 months last year.Brandon Nel and Abongile Ginya|Published 8 hours ago#### Media24 bloodbath deepens as more newsroom staff face the axeMore jobs are set to be lost at Media24 as its restructuring process grows longer, with another 19 positions from the business news editorial team now also under threat.Simon Majadibodu|Published 4 hours ago#### WATCH | IEC outlines election timetable ahead of local government electionsThe 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 iol.co.za.
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://iol.co.za");
// 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.iol.co.za", {
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 iol.co.za costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000956 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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