Isu Scraper
Spider read isu.edu in 1.4 s without a browser and returned 76 lines of clean markdown.
* R1 = Course is rotated every year, either Fall or Spring* R2 = Course is rotated every two years, either Fall or Spring* R3 = Course is rotated every three years, either Fall or Spring* General Education Requirement* Equivalent course designates a course that can be considered to meet the same requirements as another specific course in the undergraduate catalog* Lab that may be offered or required in conjunction with a specific courseA complete list of abbreviations is published in the university catalog under the Courses tab with the label of "How to Read Course Descriptions".A university academic administrative unit with specific departments offering academic programs. Each college is headed by a dean to which department chairs, faculty and administrative staff report.The list of courses to be taught each semester and has its own special language. Students should search the class schedule to find classes and register as soon as allowed based on their class level (e.g. Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, Senior).Calculated after final grade values are added and divided by the total number of credits earned during all semesters. This occurs at the end of the current term. The cumulative GPA is used to determine academic standing.* An undergraduate student with fewer than 26 passed credits must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 1.75 to be in good academic standing* An undergraduate student with 26 or more passed credits must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 to be in good academic standing* Students not meeting the minimum cumulative GPA standards will be subject to academic probation and risk dismissal from the university. Students on financial aid or scholarships risk losing their benefitAlso see Grade Point Average (GPA).The teaching professionals at an institution of higher education.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 isu.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://isu.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.isu.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 isu.edu costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000081 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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