LexisNexis Scraper
Spider read lexisnexis.com in 12.3 s without a browser and returned 90 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "How to Retrieve a Document by Citation", "How to Retrieve Multiple Documents by Citation" and "How to View References from a Multiple-Citation Results List".
This guide explains how to retrieve documents by citation in Lexis+® and Lexis®.* Valid citation(s) for the document(s) you want to retrieve.### How to Retrieve a Document by Citation1. In the **Search** field, enter a citation. The citation is entered in the Search field.2. Click **Search**. The full document is displayed.### How to Retrieve Multiple Documents by Citation1. In the Search box, enter multiple citations separated by semicolons or commas. The citations are entered in the Search box.2. Click **Search**. A results list is displayed in random order.3. Review the results list for **Get it Now** indicators. Out of plan documents are identified with a Get it Now indicator.### How to View Search Results Instead of the Full Document1. Retrieve a document by entering a citation in the **Search** field and clicking **Search**. The full document is displayed.2. Under **About This Document**, click **Find references to this case** or **Find references to this code**. Filtered search results are displayed.### How to View References from a Multiple-Citation Results List1. In the top left of the results list, click** View references to**.... References are displayed.### Additional Information* The Search box has a limit of 5,000 characters.* Use Get & Print to retrieve multiple citations or *Shepard's*® Citation Service reports.**Supported Pinpoint Formats:**If your citation includes a pinpoint page, the service retrieves the document and navigates to the specified page.**Repealed or Renumbered Statutes:**If a code citation cannot be found, the Table of contents is displayed. Possible reasons include:* Section renumbered or repealed* Citation refers to a chapter or range, not a single document* Click **Search for…** in the top right to display search results for the citation.The same call,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 lexisnexis.com.
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://www.lexisnexis.com/en-us/practice-areas.page");
// No selectors, no schema. Spider reads the page and names the fields.
const data = await page.scrape();
console.log(data);
await spider.close();import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";
const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
stealth: 2,
captcha: "solve",
});
await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://www.lexisnexis.com/en-us/practice-areas.page");
await page.content(12000);
const data = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
const areas = [];
document.querySelectorAll(".practice-area-card").forEach(el => {
const name = el.querySelector(".card-title")?.textContent?.trim();
const description = el.querySelector(".card-description")?.textContent?.trim();
const link = el.querySelector("a")?.getAttribute("href");
if (name) areas.push({ name, description: description?.slice(0, 200), link });
});
return JSON.stringify({ total: areas.length, areas: areas.slice(0, 10) });
})()`);
console.log(JSON.parse(data));
await spider.close();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 lexisnexis.com costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000024 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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