SourceForge Scraper
Extract open-source project listings, download counts, user reviews, and comparison charts from SourceForge. Powered by spider-browser .
sourceforge.net target
99.5% success rate
~4ms latency
Extract data in minutes
sourceforge-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://sourceforge.net/directory/");
const data = await page.extractFields({
projectName: ".project-info h3 a",
description: ".project-info .description",
rating: ".project-info .star-rating",
downloads: ".project-info .download-count",
lastUpdated: ".project-info .updated",
category: ".project-info .category",
});
console.log(data);
await spider.close(); ✓ ready to run | spider-browser | TypeScript
Structured data endpoint
Extract structured JSON from sourceforge.net with a single POST request. AI-configured selectors, cached for fast repeat calls.
POST
/fetch/sourceforge.net/ Project nameRatingDownloadsReview countCategoryLicense
curl
curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/sourceforge.net/ \
-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/sourceforge.net/",
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/sourceforge.net/", {
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); Data you can extract
Project nameRatingDownloadsReview countCategoryLicenseLast updatedPlatform
Listings
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