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Scrape journals.plos.org

Get any journals.plos.org page back as clean markdown, no account needed.

Measured on this page: 151 ms · $0.000463 · 76 lines

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Last capture journals.plos.org/index.md markdown · 76 lines
# **Research journals***PLOS Computational Biology* provides a home for research of exceptional significance that uses computational methods and AI to further our understanding of living systems from molecular to ecosystem scales. We strengthen the accessibility and reusability of your work to empower biologists everywhere.### PLOS Genetics*PLOS Genetics *publishes research related to genetics and genomics across the full breadth of this field, from microbes to humans and from basic science to translational approaches. We welcome cross-disciplinary research that provides new insights and substantially advances our understanding of biological principles and processes. We act as a forum for practicing scientists by publishing high-quality, peer-reviewed research, reviews and opinion articles.### PLOS One*PLOS One* accepts research in over two hundred subject areas across science, engineering, medicine, and the related social sciences and humanities. We evaluate research on the basis of scientific validity, strong methodology, and high ethical standards, selecting for research that contributes to academic knowledge. We encourage inter-and multidisciplinary studies, and accept a range of submissions from primary research to protocols and systematic reviews, including research with negative or null results.### PLOS Pathogens*PLOS Pathogens* publishes ground-breaking research on pathogen biology and host-pathogen interactions across all life forms. From fundamental discovery through to translational, applied and clinical research we uphold the highest standards of quality, ethics, integrity, and editorial judgment through fair and transparent peer review. Our rigorous selection process ensures that only impactful and high-quality research is published. We are committed to advancing open science and a diverse and inclusive culture that represents our global community and engages with international experts as authors, editors, and reviewers from across the world.

The same call, in code

The run above is the whole API. A key adds browser rendering, proxies, and concurrency on journals.plos.org.

plos-one-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://journals.plos.org/plosone/search?q=microbiome");

// No selectors, no schema. Spider reads the page and names the fields.
const data = await page.scrape();

console.log(data);
await spider.close();
ready to run · spider-browser, no selectors npm i spider-browser

Fields and cost

The capture above cost $0.000463 to fetch. You pay $1 per GB plus $0.001 per CPU minute, and failed requests cost $0.

Article titleAuthorsAbstractSubject areasDOIPublished dateViewsCitations

Spider names these fields from the page. The keyless call returns the page as markdown. Structured JSON comes from the /fetch lane, which needs a key.