Food

SimplyRecipes Scraper

Extract tested home recipes, step-by-step photos, nutritional data, and seasonal guides from Simply Recipes. Powered by spider-browser .

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simplyrecipes.com target

99.5% success rate

~4ms latency

Quick Start

Extract data in minutes

simplyrecipes-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.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/easy_baked_chicken_thighs/");
await page.content();

const data = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
  const recipe = {
    title: document.querySelector("h1.heading__title")?.textContent?.trim(),
    author: document.querySelector(".mntl-attribution__item-name")?.textContent?.trim(),
    rating: document.querySelector("#mntl-recipe-review-bar__rating_1-0")?.textContent?.trim(),
    prepTime: document.querySelector(".mntl-recipe-details__label:first-child + .mntl-recipe-details__value")?.textContent?.trim(),
    ingredients: [],
  };
  document.querySelectorAll(".mntl-structured-ingredients__list-item").forEach(el => {
    recipe.ingredients.push(el.textContent?.trim());
  });
  return JSON.stringify(recipe);
})()`);

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

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Fetch API

Structured data endpoint

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

POST /fetch/simplyrecipes.com/

Recipe nameAuthorRatingPrep timeCook timeIngredients

Try it Fetch API Docs

curl

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