Library of Congress Featured Public Domain Images Scraper
A page on the Library of Congress website showcasing a curated selection of public domain images, primarily photographs and prints, related to clocks and time. Powered by spider-browser .
Extract data in minutes
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.loc.gov");
const data = await page.extractFields({
image_alt: "img[alt^="Photograph of a young woman with short hair standing behind an enormous alarm clock that partially covers her face. "]",
image_description: "div.item-description h2",
image_src: "img[src^="/static/portals/free-to-use/public-domain/clocks-calendars/"]",
logo: "img[src^="/static/"]",
public_domain_button: "button.button-tertiary.button-round",
search_label: "label[for="search"]",
});
console.log(data);
await spider.close();Structured data endpoint
Extract structured JSON from loc.gov with a single POST request. AI-configured selectors, cached for fast repeat calls.
/fetch/loc.gov/ curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/loc.gov/ \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"return_format": "json"}'import requests
resp = requests.post(
"https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/loc.gov/",
headers={
"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
json={"return_format": "json"},
)
print(resp.json())const resp = await fetch("https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/loc.gov/", {
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);Data you can extract
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