Automotive

NHTSA Scraper

Extract NHTSA vehicle safety ratings, recall notices, complaint data, and crash test results from the government database. Powered by spider-browser .

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nhtsa.gov target

99.5% success rate

~4ms latency

Quick Start

Extract data in minutes

nhtsa-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.nhtsa.gov/vehicle/2024/TOYOTA/CAMRY/4%20DR/FWD");

const data = await page.extractFields({
  vehicle: "h1.vehicle-header",
  overallRating: ".overall-rating-value",
  frontalCrash: '[data-testid="frontal-rating"]',
  sideCrash: '[data-testid="side-rating"]',
  rollover: '[data-testid="rollover-rating"]',
  recallCount: ".recall-count",
});

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

✓ ready to run | spider-browser | TypeScript

Fetch API

Structured data endpoint

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

POST /fetch/nhtsa.gov/

Vehicle modelOverall safety ratingFrontal crashSide crashRollover ratingRecall count

Try it Fetch API Docs

curl

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