Nexus Mods Scraper

Extract game mod listings, download counts, endorsements, and mod descriptions from Nexus Mods community. Built on spider-browser .

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target
nexusmods.com: success rate
99.9%: latency
~4ms

Quick start

Extract data in minutes.

nexus-mods-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://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/trendingmods/");
await page.content();

const data = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
  const mods = [];
  document.querySelectorAll(".mod-tile").forEach(el => {
    const title = el.querySelector(".tile-name a")?.textContent?.trim();
    const author = el.querySelector(".author a")?.textContent?.trim();
    const downloads = el.querySelector(".mod-dl-count")?.textContent?.trim();
    const endorsements = el.querySelector(".mod-endorse-count")?.textContent?.trim();
    const link = el.querySelector(".tile-name a")?.getAttribute("href");
    if (title) mods.push({ title, author, downloads, endorsements, link });
  });
  return JSON.stringify({ total: mods.length, mods: mods.slice(0, 10) });
})()`);

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

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Fetch API

One endpoint for nexusmods.com.

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

POST /fetch/nexusmods.com/

Mod titleDownloadsEndorsementsAuthorVersionCategory

Try it Fetch docs

cURL

curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/nexusmods.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/nexusmods.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/nexusmods.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