Playbill Scraper
Spider read playbill.com in 676 ms without a browser and returned 203 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "Trending News", "Broadway Shows" and "Wicked".
Photos: Aaron Tveit, Patti LuPone, Jordan Donica, More Rehearse for *Les Misérables *Opening at Radio City Music HallFormer, current, and possibly future stars of the international hit musical joined forces last week at the famed Manhattan venue.Robert Montano Blew His *Chorus Line* Audition for Michael Bennett, And Learned a Valuable LessonDavid Hyde Pierce, Danielle Brooks, Ayo Edebiri, Jin Ha Will Star in Encores! *Charlie Brown*Video: Anania Says Hercules Mulligan in *Hamilton *Could Be Played by a Trans PerformerGeorge Salazar, Jimin Moon, More to Join *The Rocky Horror Show *Revival## Trending NewsBroadway Rush, Lottery, and Standing Room Only PoliciesPBS to Broadcast Shakespeare in the Park's *Romeo and Juliet*## Broadway ShowsFrom legendary revivals to new must-sees, here’s what is on Broadway today, and what is on the way. When you click to buy tickets through Playbill, we take you directly to the box office.### Wicked### SIX: The Musical### The Lion King### The Great Gatsby### The Book of Mormon### Just in Time* Circle in the Square Theatre## Playbill Photos and VideosLook Back at *Les Misérables* on StageThe *Gaydar* host and drag artist is a swing on *The Rocky Horror Show*.## Broadway Schedule & TicketsLooking for when Broadway shows are performing, or how to get affordable seats? Use our resources below.## Broadway Weekly ScheduleFind out when all shows are performing this week.## Broadway Rush, Lotto & SROLearn how to get tickets through rush, lotto, and standing room policies## What's Currently Playing on BroadwayFind reviews and find all the need-to-know information about the shows on Broadway right now.## Theatre JobsCasting Actors and Dancers for *The Crucible*The 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 playbill.com.
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://playbill.com");
// 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.playbill.com", {
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 playbill.com costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000259 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.
- Free balance on signup
- No card required to test
- Balance never expires
Run it keyless, no account
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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.