Mcgill Scraper
Spider read mcgill.ca in 115 ms without a browser and returned 42 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "Find what", "Summer learning opportunities" and "Interested in joining our community?".
## *Find what## Summer learning opportunities,### Building careers in the field and lab Agriculture students aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty as they gain career experience at Macdonald Campus and Quebec farms.### Celestial program for the next generation A hands-on, intensive program at McGill helps participants build knowledge in the fast-growing field of radio astronomy.### Research that’s relevant – and paid Arts undergraduates earn funding to address key issues, from improving Quebec’s health-care system to delving into populism.## Interested in joining our community?## News* ### McGill remains Canada’s top university in 2027 QS World University RankingsUniversity places 30th globally and breaks into global top 10 for sustainability* ### Seven Law grads earn Supreme Court of Canada clerkshipsBilingual BCL/JD program helps explain McGill graduates’ success in obtaining the highly competitive positionsRead about the new Supreme Court clerks* ### Dobson Cup competition showcases next generation of McGill entrepreneursAnnual event, which awards nearly $200,000 to startups tackling challenge in four categories, helps founders validate their ideas, pitch to investors* ### McGill honours equity leaders and community buildersRecipients of annual awards recognized for advancing inclusion, reconciliation and access to legal support across campus and beyondRead about McGill's equity and community leadersThe 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 mcgill.ca.
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://mcgill.ca");
// 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.mcgill.ca", {
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 mcgill.ca costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000093 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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- Balance never expires
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Start scraping mcgill.ca.
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.