Weather & Environment

National Weather Service Scraper

Extract zone forecasts, hazardous weather outlooks, watch and warning bulletins, and observation station data from the NWS. Powered by spider-browser .

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weather.gov/nws target

99.5% success rate

~4ms latency

Quick Start

Extract data in minutes

nws-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.weather.gov/okx/");
await page.content();

const data = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
  const alerts = [];
  document.querySelectorAll(".alert-item, .warning-item").forEach(el => {
    const type = el.querySelector(".alert-type, h3")?.textContent?.trim();
    const summary = el.querySelector(".alert-summary, p")?.textContent?.trim();
    const expires = el.querySelector(".alert-expires, .expiration")?.textContent?.trim();
    if (type) alerts.push({ type, summary, expires });
  });
  const forecast = document.querySelector("#detailed-forecast, .forecast-discussion")?.textContent?.trim();
  return JSON.stringify({ alerts, forecast: forecast?.substring(0, 500) });
})()`);

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

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Fetch API

Structured data endpoint

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

POST /fetch/weather.gov/

Zone forecastHazard outlookWatchesWarningsObservationsDiscussion

Try it Fetch API Docs

curl

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