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Medium Tech Scraper

Extract technology articles, clap counts, reading times, and publication data from Medium tech topics. Powered by spider-browser .

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medium.com target

99.5% success rate

~4ms latency

Quick Start

Extract data in minutes

medium-tech-scraper.ts

import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";

const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
  apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
  stealth: 2,
});

await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://medium.com/tag/programming/recommended");
await page.content(10000);

const data = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
  const articles = [];
  document.querySelectorAll("article").forEach(el => {
    const title = el.querySelector("h2")?.textContent?.trim();
    const author = el.querySelector("[data-testid='authorName']")?.textContent?.trim();
    const readTime = el.querySelector("[class*='readingTime']")?.textContent?.trim();
    const claps = el.querySelector("[data-testid='clapCount']")?.textContent?.trim();
    const link = el.querySelector("a[data-testid='postPreview']")?.getAttribute("href");
    if (title) articles.push({ title, author, readTime, claps, link });
  });
  return JSON.stringify({ total: articles.length, articles: articles.slice(0, 15) });
})()`);

console.log(JSON.parse(data));
await spider.close();

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Fetch API

Structured data endpoint

Extract structured JSON from medium.com with a single POST request. AI-configured selectors, cached for fast repeat calls.

POST /fetch/medium.com/

Article titleAuthorPublicationClapsReading timeResponses

Try it Fetch API Docs

curl

curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/medium.com/ \
  -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/medium.com/",
    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/medium.com/", {
  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