Smith Scraper
Spider read smith.edu in 166 ms without a browser and returned 95 lines of clean markdown.
Our open curriculum invites discoveryHer beef bourguignon is still on the menu.During her time at Smith, culinary icon Julia McWilliams Child ’34 played basketball (she was 6 feet, 2 inches tall), served on the student council, joined the Dramatics Association, and chaired the refreshment committee for her senior prom. In 1948, she moved to Paris with her husband—and the rest is history. Her PBS show, *The French Chef*, made her a star, and her influence continues at Smith, where the campus center is named for her and where Julia Child Day is celebrated each November with recipes from her cookbooks. Bon appétit!Stay current with all things Smith. Learn about upcoming events and peruse the news on Smith Today.Beatriz Cazho Garcia ’28 begs to differ with those who say young people aren’t engaged in politics.President Sarah Willie-LeBreton Selected for Prestigious Presidential FellowshipThe yearlong fellowship brings together a select group of university leaders from across the U.S.Project Wolverine & Project Piccolo: Mapping Spinal Cord Recovery at SmithStudents in Smith College’s summer research program delve into neural circuits and regeneration.Sociology major; Landscape Studies minor; Community Engagement & Social Change concentrator“I love being a resource for people. I love being able to give my honest perspective. And with that, so many opportunities have come up.”Meet Smith’s micro-influencerGlory Divine Yougang Tahon ’26Computer Science and Psychology double major“Reflecting on my experiences, the emotion I mostly felt was gratitude, and that became a motivator.”About her educational nonprofit“I have done a lot so far, but I know I still have so much to learn. I know I want to pursue Hudson Creek Canines, though, and I know what goes into that is education.”Paying it forward, one dog at a timeNeuroscience major; Chemistry minorThe 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 smith.edu.
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://smith.edu");
// 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.smith.edu", {
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 smith.edu costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000149 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
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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.