Psychology Today Scraper

Extract therapist directories, psychology articles, treatment approaches, and mental health resources from Psychology Today. Built on spider-browser .

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

Quick start

Extract data in minutes.

psychology-today-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.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/new-york-ny");
await page.content();

const data = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
  const therapists = [];
  document.querySelectorAll(".results-row, .profile-card").forEach(el => {
    const name = el.querySelector(".profile-title, h2 a")?.textContent?.trim();
    const credentials = el.querySelector(".profile-subtitle")?.textContent?.trim();
    const specialties = el.querySelector(".profile-specialties")?.textContent?.trim();
    const location = el.querySelector(".profile-location")?.textContent?.trim();
    if (name) therapists.push({ name, credentials, specialties, location });
  });
  return JSON.stringify({ total: therapists.length, therapists: therapists.slice(0, 10) });
})()`);

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

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Fetch API

One endpoint for psychologytoday.com.

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

POST /fetch/psychologytoday.com/

Therapist nameCredentialsSpecialtiesInsuranceLocationRating

Try it Fetch docs

cURL

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