ProPublica Scraper
Spider read propublica.org in 107 ms without a browser and returned 264 lines of clean markdown.
# ProPublica — Investigative Journalism and News in the Public InterestHouse Democrats Demand Answers From Trump’s VA on Vets Struggling to Access Mental HealthcareThe letter from lawmakers to Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins cites a recent ProPublica investigation that found hundreds of therapists have left the agency and vets often aren’t getting the help they need.**5 Months Ago: ** Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under TrumpChip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesWhat Is the Trump Administration Doing With Foreign Aid Money?The billions of dollars Congress has allocated for foreign aid programs must be spent. One proposal from the Trump administration suggested funding research on crime against Afrikaners in South Africa.**3 Weeks Ago: ** Trump Officials Want to Use Human Rights Aid to Advocate for White South Africans and Right-Wing Causes in EuropeChristiana Botic/Verite News and Catchlight Local/Report for AmericaHe’s Eligible for Up to $480,000 After Being Wrongly Imprisoned for 42 Years. The State Says No.Elvis Brooks’ case was an egregious example of a wrongful conviction, civil rights attorneys said. But Louisiana’s attorney general maintains that Brooks and other exonerees are guilty — and therefore don’t qualify for any money from the state.**3 Months Ago: ** Louisiana’s Tough-on-Crime Policies Stand to Cost Taxpayers Millions More for Years to ComeAiden Gonzalez/The Texas TribuneJames Talarico Accused Ken Paxton of Voter Fraud. His Own Voter Registration Is Raising Questions.ProPublica and The Texas Tribune’s review of the Democratic Senate candidate’s residency records found that he may have voted in up to five elections using an address where he no longer lived.**2 Weeks Ago: ** Ken Paxton Touts His Efforts to Fight Voter Fraud. His Senate Opponent Is Now Accusing Him of Committing It.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 propublica.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://www.propublica.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 { 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.propublica.org/");
await page.content();
const data = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
const articles = [];
document.querySelectorAll("article, .river-item").forEach(el => {
const headline = el.querySelector("h2 a, h3 a, .hed a")?.textContent?.trim();
const link = el.querySelector("h2 a, h3 a, .hed a")?.href;
const dek = el.querySelector(".dek")?.textContent?.trim();
const series = el.querySelector(".series-label")?.textContent?.trim();
if (headline) articles.push({ headline, link, dek, series });
});
return JSON.stringify({ total: articles.length, articles: articles.slice(0, 15) });
})()`);
console.log(JSON.parse(data));
await spider.close();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 propublica.org costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000575 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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