TED Talks Scraper
Spider read ted.com in 133 ms without a browser and returned 534 lines of clean markdown.
Our last, best chance to cool the EarthYour vaccine questions deserve real answersWhy opting out of politics is a political choiceOur last, best chance to cool the Earth We're living through oil wars, wildfire smoke and extreme weather driven by a warming planet. But environmentalist Bill McKibben says one thing is finally going right: the price of clean energy has plunged, making it cheaper than ever to power the world without burning fossil fuels. He breaks down how energy from the sun became the best option on Earth — and why this narrow window of time may be our last real shot at a different future. "Energy from heaven, not from hell," he says.Robert Thurman · 2.48M plays · 19 years agoKizzmekia Corbett · 177K plays · 1 month agoKatie Paris, Danielle Roberts · 49.0K plays · 23 days agoTED is supported by ads and partnersThis is what a digital coup looks like “We are watching the collapse of the international order in real time, and this is just the start,” says investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr. In a searing talk, she decries the rise of the “broligarchy” — the powerful tech executives who are using their global digital platforms to amass unprecedented geopolitical power, dismantling democracy and enabling authoritarian control across the world.Carole Cadwalladr · 372K plays · 1 year agoHow to live a meaningful life What makes for a meaningful life? Social psychologist Brian S. Lowery explores three ideas tied to the experience of meaning and shows why simply pursuing personal achievements isn't the best way to find it.Brian S. Lowery · 307K plays · 2 years agoA Palestinian and an Israeli, face to faceAziz Abu Sarah, Maoz Inon · 203K plays · 2 years agoAI is dangerous, but not for the reasons you thinkSasha Luccioni · 216K plays · 3 years agoThe likability dilemma for women leadersRobin Hauser · 228K plays · 4 years agoHow your brain responds to stories -- and why they're crucial for leadersThe 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 ted.com.
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.ted.com/talks?sort=popular&language=en");
// No selectors, no schema. Spider reads the page and names the fields.
const data = await page.scrape();
console.log(data);
await spider.close();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.ted.com/talks?sort=popular&language=en");
const data = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
const talks = [];
document.querySelectorAll("[data-testid='talk-card']").forEach(el => {
const title = el.querySelector("h3")?.textContent?.trim();
const speaker = el.querySelector("[data-testid='talk-card-speaker']")?.textContent?.trim();
const duration = el.querySelector("[data-testid='talk-card-duration']")?.textContent?.trim();
const views = el.querySelector("[data-testid='talk-card-views']")?.textContent?.trim();
if (title) talks.push({ title, speaker, duration, views });
});
return JSON.stringify({ total: talks.length, talks: talks.slice(0, 15) });
})()`);
console.log(JSON.parse(data));
await spider.close();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 ted.com costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000893 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.
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