Iris Scraper
Spider read iris.edu in 198 ms without a browser and returned 44 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "A merger to reach new heights", "Seismic Monitor" and "Recent Earthquake Teachable Moments".
Facilitate. Collaborate. Educate.EarthScope is a world leader in advancing discovery, research, and educationin seismology to understand ourplanet and to benefit society.#### A merger to reach new heightsIRIS has merged with UNAVCO to form EarthScope Consortium!Recent Earthquake Teachable Moments#### Seismic MonitorUp-to-date map of the latest earthquakes with resources like news, lists, tools and a 3D viewer.#### Recent Earthquake Teachable MomentsFind the latest Teachable Moment presentations for recent notable earthquakes#### Video series on geoscience careersLearn about careers in seismology, geophysics, geodynamicsand more in this video series!#### What is a seismograph and how does it work?Blog post reviewing the basics of seismic monitoring equipment.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 iris.edu.
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://iris.edu");
// 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.iris.edu", {
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 iris.edu costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000064 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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Start scraping iris.edu.
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.