Libcal Scraper
Spider read libcal.com in 356 ms without a browser and returned 58 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "Space Availability - Cabell Library" and "James Branch Cabell Library Room Reservations".
Space Availability - Cabell LibraryVirginia Commonwealth University LibrariesAlternate page for screen reader Users# Space Availability - Cabell LibraryThe Workshop Overnight 3D Printing# James Branch Cabell Library Room Reservations**TheJames Branch Cabell Librarylocated on theMonroe Park Campus**Check out ourfloor mapsto see where the rooms are located.View ourstudy room equipment guideto learn about the library's available spaces, equipment, and troubleshooting options.Got questions? Stop by the Information Desk on the 1st floor, call (804) 828-1111, or text us at (804) 435-5420 for assistance.Rooms may be reserved for 30, 60, 90 or 120 minutes at a time, five times per week.Weekly reservation limits reset at 12am every Sunday.If you do not claim the room within 15 minutes of your reservation start time, your reservation will be released and the room will be available to others until the next scheduled reservation.Prefer a grid-style view? Check out our room availability grid to see open group study room times across the library at a glance.You have reached the end of the bookable window. No availability will be shown past this point.Interactive availability calendar. Use the navigation buttons to browse dates. An accessible alternative is available below.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 libcal.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://libcal.com");
// 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.libcal.com", {
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 libcal.com costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000183 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 libcal.com.
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.