MyFitnessPal Scraper
Spider read myfitnesspal.com in 150 ms without a browser and returned 103 lines of clean markdown, including the section "How to track calories with a calorie counter app".
The MyFitnessPal app does a lot more than track calories in foods. You can also track macros, vitamins, and other micronutrients and see how everything you eat supports your goals.**Want to level up your goals? Upgrade to Premium!** Unlock MyFitnessPal's best tools (like Barcode Scan, Intermittent Fasting, and Custom Macro Goals).If you've never upgraded to MyFitnessPal Premium or never started a Premium trial before, you are eligible for a 7-day free trial. Start your free trial now.The first Premium subscription charge on your credit card will be after the trial. Once the trial ends, your subscription will auto-renew unless you cancel. If you purchased a monthly subscription, you will be charged every month. If you purchased an annual subscription, you will be charged every year.You may cancel your recurring subscription at any time. Cancel at least 24 hours before the next renewal date to avoid being charged for the upcoming billing cycle. When you cancel, you are canceling the next billing charge—Premium features will remain available to you until the end of your current paid subscription period, regardless of when you cancel the automatic renewal.### How to track calories with a calorie counter appIf you want to know how many calories are in the foods you eat, or how many calories you eat each day, the MyFitnessPal app makes it easy.Free members can do a simple food search from their app's home screen. Premium members have access to other time-saving tools that allow you to scan a barcode or individual foods with your phone's camera to instantly identify the best match. Learn more about Premium and try it free.However you choose to look up calories for foods, MyFitnessPal gives you access to over 18 million global foods in one of the world's largest food databases — including fresh foods, packaged goods, restaurant items, and even foods and recipes you save yourself.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 myfitnesspal.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://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/search?search=chicken+breast");
// No selectors, no schema. Spider reads the page and names the fields.
const data = await page.scrape();
console.log(data);
await spider.close();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.myfitnesspal.com/food/search?search=chicken+breast");
await page.content(8000);
const data = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
const foods = [];
document.querySelectorAll(".food-search-result, [class*='SearchResult']").forEach(el => {
const name = el.querySelector("[class*='Name'], .food-name")?.textContent?.trim();
const calories = el.querySelector("[class*='Calories'], .calories")?.textContent?.trim();
const brand = el.querySelector("[class*='Brand'], .brand")?.textContent?.trim();
if (name) foods.push({ name, calories, brand });
});
return JSON.stringify({ total: foods.length, foods: foods.slice(0, 15) });
})()`);
console.log(JSON.parse(data));
await spider.close();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 myfitnesspal.com costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.001477 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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- No card required to test
- Balance never expires
Run it keyless, no account
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Start scraping myfitnesspal.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.