PyPI Scraper

Extract Python package metadata, version history, download statistics, and dependency trees from PyPI. Built on spider-browser .

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target
pypi.org: success rate
99.9%: latency
~4ms

Quick start

Extract data in minutes.

pypi-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://pypi.org/project/requests/");

const data = await page.extractFields({
  name: ".package-header__name",
  version: ".package-header__name",
  description: ".package-description__summary",
  author: "[class*='author'] a",
  license: "[class*='license'] p",
  requires: ".package-header__pip-instructions input",
});

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

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Fetch API

One endpoint for pypi.org.

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

POST /fetch/pypi.org/

Package nameVersionDescriptionAuthorLicenseDownloads

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cURL

curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/pypi.org/ \
  -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/pypi.org/",
    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/pypi.org/", {
  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);

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