News

Japan Times Scraper

Extract Japanese news in English, opinion columns, and cultural reporting from The Japan Times newspaper. Powered by spider-browser .

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japantimes.co.jp target

99.5% success rate

~4ms latency

Quick Start

Extract data in minutes

japantimes-scraper.ts

import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";

const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
  apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
  stealth: 2,
});

await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/");

const data = await page.extractFields({
  headline: "h1.single-title, h2.article-title",
  author: ".single-author a, .article-byline a",
  date: "time[datetime]",
  summary: ".single-excerpt, .article-dek",
  body: ".jtarticle, .single-content",
  image: { selector: ".single-featured-image img, figure img", attribute: "src" },
});

console.log(data);
await spider.close();

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Fetch API

Structured data endpoint

Extract structured JSON from japantimes.co.jp with a single POST request. AI-configured selectors, cached for fast repeat calls.

POST /fetch/japantimes.co.jp/

HeadlineAuthorPublished dateSectionArticle bodySummary

Try it Fetch API Docs

curl

curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/japantimes.co.jp/ \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"return_format": "json"}'

Python

import requests

resp = requests.post(
    "https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/japantimes.co.jp/",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    json={"return_format": "json"},
)
print(resp.json())

Node.js

const resp = await fetch("https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/japantimes.co.jp/", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({ return_format: "json" }),
});
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

Extraction