Sports & Fitness

The Athletic Scraper

Extract sports journalism articles, in-depth analysis, and insider coverage from The Athletic. Powered by spider-browser .

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theathletic.com target

99.5% success rate

~4ms latency

Quick Start

Extract data in minutes

the-athletic-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://www.nytimes.com/athletic/");
await page.content();

const data = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
  const articles = [];
  document.querySelectorAll("article, [data-testid='article-card']").forEach(el => {
    const headline = el.querySelector("h2, h3, [class*='headline']")?.textContent?.trim();
    const author = el.querySelector("[class*='author'], [class*='byline']")?.textContent?.trim();
    const category = el.querySelector("[class*='label'], [class*='tag']")?.textContent?.trim();
    const link = el.querySelector("a")?.href;
    if (headline) articles.push({ headline, author, category, link });
  });
  return JSON.stringify({ total: articles.length, articles: articles.slice(0, 10) });
})()`);

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

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Fetch API

Structured data endpoint

Extract structured JSON from theathletic.com with a single POST request. AI-configured selectors, cached for fast repeat calls.

POST /fetch/theathletic.com/

HeadlineAuthorPublished dateSportSummaryTags

Try it Fetch API Docs

curl

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