Sfchronicle Scraper
Spider read sfchronicle.com in 112 ms without a browser and returned 251 lines of clean markdown, including the section "Editor's Picks".
San Francisco## Volare boating disaster: Captain told S.F. police that ship was on autopilot before it capsizedCrime## Woman struck by child driver while walking her dog in East Oakland suffers life-threatening injuriesCalifornia## ‘Death row’ for dogs: What led up to shocking discovery of mass California graveMiranda’s Rescue received international attention after officials uncovered a mass dog grave at the “no-kill” sanctuary. New revelations show that ominous signs were ignored for decades.California## Satellite, drone images reveal how investigations at Miranda’s Rescue unfoldedHere’s what we know about the investigations so far based on satellite images and exclusive drone footage of the dig.By Matthias Gafni, Stephen Lam,California## Causes of death released for nine victims in Tahoe avalancheReports released Thursday indicate all nine people died within minutes after a 100-foot-wide wall of snow cascaded 400 feet down a mountain northwest of Truckee.Weather## Powerful El Niño puts California in the bull’s-eye for soaking winter, models showWithin the United States, only California, Florida and the Mid-Atlantic have such a strong signal for unusually wet weather.High School## Top 10 Bay Area high school touchdown threats for the 2026 football seasonTech## Salesforce plans fourth round of San Francisco layoffs in under a yearRestaurants## A 40-year-old Chinese restaurant staple in Oakland has closedArts & Entertainment## Vogue World is coming to San Francisco. Anna Wintour explains why49ers## Broadcaster Greg Papa laid off by KNBR as part of shuffle in midday programming## Editor's PicksSan Francisco## A mysterious landlord. A tenant revolt. Inside a bizarre, only-in-S.F. housing battleBay Area## A major Bay Area bridge closure is coming. Here’s when drivers will be affectedEast Bay## Oakland renters had the upper hand. Now, the market is turning against themThe 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 sfchronicle.com.
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://sfchronicle.com");
// No selectors, no schema. Spider reads the page and names the fields.
const data = await page.scrape();
console.log(data);
await spider.close();import { Spider } from "@spider-cloud/spider-client";
const spider = new Spider({ apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY! });
const result = await spider.scrapeUrl("https://www.sfchronicle.com", {
return_format: "markdown",
});
console.log(result);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 sfchronicle.com costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.001843 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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Start scraping sfchronicle.com.
You already have the call. A key raises the rate limit and turns on browser rendering, proxies, and concurrency. Balance never expires, and top-ups go through secure checkout.