Niemanlab Scraper
Spider read niemanlab.org in 468 ms without a browser and returned 168 lines of clean markdown.
A new book looks at how AI is rewiring the newsroom, for better and worseEven The New York Times “isn’t immune” to declining search traffic — one reason it’s leaning into videoU.S. news jobs are more than 3× more likely to be based in Manhattan than they were 25 years agoA record-breaking eight Pulitzer awardees disclosed AI use this yearFive winners and three finalists detailed their AI adoption to the judging committee.AI authentication tools are built without adequate journalist input, new report findsReaders turned to these local newspapers for real-time safety updates and weekend readsThe Philadelphia Inquirer launched Inquirer Weekend in April, while readers looked to The Orange County Register’s coverage when a chemical tank was at threat of exploding in May.Collaborations and primary elections boosted traffic to public media sites this quarter“If I have any takeaway, it’s really just the importance of headlines that answer the question, ‘Why does this matter? Why should I care?'”How three newsrooms are charting different paths for AI useIn our recent research, we examined how three different media outlets — Reuters, the BBC, and The Guardian — were deploying AI in their workflows.By Erik P. Bucy and Milad Jalalian EbrahimiDespite concerns about AI Overviews, some nonprofit news outlets see a surge in search traffic“We found this heartening, in a time when many experts are writing eulogies for clickthrough from search engine results pages.”It’s been a year since Congress cut off federal funding for public media. How are things going?Tacos, elk sheds, and Facebook ads: How some local news sites saw their traffic spikeBig gainers included L.A. Taco, The TRiiBE, and Buckrail. Here’s our quarterly ranking of the top 25 local for-profit news sites in the United States.LGBTQ+ outlet LOOKOUT aims to expand throughout the Southwest, and beyondThe 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 niemanlab.org.
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://niemanlab.org");
// 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.niemanlab.org", {
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 niemanlab.org costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000159 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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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.