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. Built on spider-browser .

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target
loc.gov: success rate
99.9%: latency
~4ms

Quick start

Extract data in minutes.

loc-gov-scraper.ts

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();

ready to run · spider-browser · TypeScript

Fetch API

One endpoint for loc.gov.

Structured JSON from loc.gov with a single POST. AI-resolved selectors, cached on the first call.

POST /fetch/loc.gov/

Image AltImage DescriptionImage SrcLogoPublic Domain ButtonSearch Label

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cURL

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"}'

Python

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())

Node.js

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);

Extraction

Fields you can pull.

Image AltImage DescriptionImage SrcLogoPublic Domain ButtonSearch LabelShow More Button

Pricing

Real-time price data

Monitor product prices, discounts, and availability changes on loc.gov.

Anti-Bot

Protection bypass

Automated CAPTCHA solving and fingerprint rotation to access product pages reliably.

Scale

Bulk extraction

Process thousands of product pages concurrently with smart retry and browser switching.

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