Petfinder Scraper

Extract adoptable pet listings, breed details, shelter contact information, and adoption status from Petfinder animal rescue database. Built on spider-browser .

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

Quick start

Extract data in minutes.

petfinder-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.petfinder.com/search/dogs-for-adoption/us/ca/los-angeles/");
await page.content(10000);

const data = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
  const pets = [];
  document.querySelectorAll("[data-test='Pet_Card']").forEach(el => {
    const name = el.querySelector("[data-test='Pet_Card_Name']")?.textContent?.trim();
    const breed = el.querySelector("[data-test='Pet_Card_Breed']")?.textContent?.trim();
    const age = el.querySelector("[data-test='Pet_Card_Age']")?.textContent?.trim();
    const location = el.querySelector("[data-test='Pet_Card_Location']")?.textContent?.trim();
    const link = el.querySelector("a")?.href;
    if (name) pets.push({ name, breed, age, location, link });
  });
  return JSON.stringify({ total: pets.length, pets: pets.slice(0, 10) });
})()`);

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

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Fetch API

One endpoint for petfinder.com.

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

POST /fetch/petfinder.com/

Pet nameBreedAgeGenderSizeShelter name

Try it Fetch docs

cURL

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