Slant Scraper
Spider read slant.co in 1.7 s without a browser and returned 227 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "Write.as Review", "Commonly Compared" and "Alternative Products".
OverviewSpecsQuestionsProsConsJekyll 182RecommendationsWordPress 208RecommendationsWordpress.com 32RecommendationsSquarespace 46RecommendationsBlogger 20RecommendationsMetalsmith 9Recommendations# Write.as ReviewGet it here 8 0 Review of Write.as powered by the Slant community. Simple, writing-focused platform that keeps you private. #### SpecsUpdate LicenseAGPL Price$1-$25 / month Free tierYes LanguageGo Markup LanguagesMarkdown Full SSL SupportYes WYSIWYG EditorNo Free subdomainYes See all SpecsHide Specs #### Ranked in these QuestionsQuestion Ranking #3 What are the best alternatives to Blogcoli?What is the best online blogging platform?](https://www.slant.co/topics/2806/~online-blogging-platform)What are the best blogging platforms?](https://www.slant.co/topics/2190/~blogging-platforms)What are the best solutions for a personal blog?](https://www.slant.co/topics/329/~best-solutions-for-a-personal-blog)Works totally anonymously or you can sign up with a pen name.You can publish without ever signing up or giving out your email address.It's made for writing, so there aren't crazy buttons and alerts all over the place to distract you.The editor only lets you write plain text, select from a few fonts, and use Markdown for formatting. It's difficult to use Write.as for more complicated blogging or creating a full website.The writing space is very limitedThe writing window is limited to only about one-fifth of the page, the rest is just blank. You can only see about three lines of text at a time. Seems like a mismanaging of space.#### Commonly Compared#### Alternative ProductsFind the best product instantly.Add to ChromeAdd to EdgeAdd to FirefoxAdd to OperaAdd to BraveAdd to SafariThe 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 slant.co.
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://slant.co");
// 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.slant.co", {
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 slant.co costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000204 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.
- Free balance on signup
- No card required to test
- Balance never expires
Run it keyless, no account
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Start scraping slant.co.
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.