Slack App Directory Scraper

Extract app listings, categories, install counts, and compatibility info from the Slack App Directory. Built on spider-browser .

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target
slack.com/apps: success rate
99.9%: latency
~4ms

Quick start

Extract data in minutes.

slack-app-directory-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://slack.com/apps/category/At0MQP5BEF-project-management");
await page.content(10000);

const data = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
  const apps = [];
  document.querySelectorAll("[data-qa='app_card']").forEach(el => {
    const name = el.querySelector("[data-qa='app_name']")?.textContent?.trim();
    const description = el.querySelector("[data-qa='app_short_description']")?.textContent?.trim();
    const installs = el.querySelector("[data-qa='app_installs']")?.textContent?.trim();
    const category = el.querySelector("[data-qa='app_category']")?.textContent?.trim();
    if (name) apps.push({ name, description, installs, category });
  });
  return JSON.stringify({ total: apps.length, apps: apps.slice(0, 15) });
})()`);

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

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Fetch API

One endpoint for slack.com/apps.

Structured JSON from slack.com/apps with a single POST. AI-resolved selectors, cached on the first call.

POST /fetch/slack.com/apps

App nameCategoryInstall countRatingDescriptionDeveloper

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cURL

curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/slack.com/apps \
  -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/slack.com/apps",
    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/slack.com/apps", {
  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