Science & Research

Scite Scraper

Extract smart citation data, supporting and contrasting evidence, and citation context from Scite AI-powered research platform. Powered by spider-browser .

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scite.ai target

99.5% success rate

~4ms latency

Quick Start

Extract data in minutes

scite-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://scite.ai/search?q=vaccine+efficacy");
await page.content(10000);

const data = await page.extractFields({
  title: "[data-testid='search-result-title'] a",
  authors: "[data-testid='search-result-authors']",
  supporting: "[data-testid='supporting-count']",
  contrasting: "[data-testid='contrasting-count']",
  mentioning: "[data-testid='mentioning-count']",
  journal: "[data-testid='search-result-journal']",
});

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

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Fetch API

Structured data endpoint

Extract structured JSON from scite.ai with a single POST request. AI-configured selectors, cached for fast repeat calls.

POST /fetch/scite.ai/

Paper titleAuthorsSupporting citationsContrasting citationsMentioning citationsDOI

Try it Fetch API Docs

curl

curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/scite.ai/ \
  -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/scite.ai/",
    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/scite.ai/", {
  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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