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Photography & Design

Shutterstock Scraper

Extract stock image metadata, contributor profiles, licensing info, and keyword tags from Shutterstock library. Powered by spider-browser .

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shutterstock.com target
99.5% success rate
~4ms latency
Quick Start

Extract data in minutes

shutterstock-scraper.ts
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.shutterstock.com/search/technology");
await page.content(10000);

const data = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
  const images = [];
  document.querySelectorAll("[data-automation='AssetGrids_GridItemContainer']").forEach(el => {
    const img = el.querySelector("img");
    const src = img?.getAttribute("src");
    const alt = img?.getAttribute("alt");
    const id = el.getAttribute("data-asset-id");
    if (src) images.push({ src, alt, id });
  });
  return JSON.stringify({ total: images.length, images: images.slice(0, 10) });
})()`);

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

Structured data endpoint

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

POST /fetch/shutterstock.com/
Image titleContributorImage IDKeywordsLicense typePrice
curl
curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/shutterstock.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/shutterstock.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/shutterstock.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

Data you can extract

Image titleContributorImage IDKeywordsLicense typePriceResolutionCategory
Content

Asset metadata

Extract image metadata, tags, and license info from shutterstock.com.

Rendering

Gallery handling

Handle masonry grids, lightboxes, and lazy-loaded image galleries.

Scale

Collection scraping

Process entire collections and portfolios with automatic pagination.

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