The Athletic Scraper
Spider read theathletic.com in 166 ms without a browser and returned 280 lines of clean markdown, including the section "NFL Training Camp".
Blazers' arena renovation takes another step toward funding as county approves term sheetBrown on if he's talked to Tatum since trade from Celtics: 'Not really'Racing Louisville owner seeks new investment, says relocation not off the tableLions make Jahmyr Gibbs the NFL's highest-paid running backNo timeline for Eric Bieniemy's return to the Chiefs, but he's coaching from afarVinicius Junior signs new Real Madrid contract to 2032UEFA doubles down on World Cup boycott threat despite Infantino apologyLongtime Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow to retire at end of season### NFL Training Camp#### Is the 2-high safety trend here to stay? NFL defensive coaches explain why it is Stopping explosive plays remains a key priority for defensive play callers, and having two high safeties remains a proven tactic for it. Ted Nguyen29NFL training camp 2026 live updates • LIVEUpdated 35m agoSizing up the Commanders after 6 practices: Jayden Daniels is back, and more help is coming Nicki Jhabvala25Rick Venturi unfiltered: Colts analyst weighs in on Indy's QBs, trade talk and much more James Boyd7De’Zhaun Stribling, Jaydon Blue and more 2026 fantasy football sleepers Jake Ciely15Chiefs stock report: Evaluating risers and fallers after first full week of camp Jesse Newell14### MLB#### A retiree won an auction to join the Phillies’ radio booth — and crushed it Longtime Phillies fan Lewis Kalb, 73, dreamed of doing play-by-play. When he won the chance to be behind the mic, he was ready Zach Powell57Ghiroli: Competitive windows don’t exist, MLB teams should push in chips when they can Brittany Ghiroli255Sonny Gray finds his form — and Red Sox keep theirs, win ninth straight series Jen McCaffrey98Phillies' starting pitching depth in focus after Andrew Painter's exit Charlotte Varnes62Tigers' Max Clark on Ichiro, defense and life in the major leagues Cody Stavenhagen19The 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 theathletic.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.nytimes.com/athletic/");
// 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!,
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();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 theathletic.com costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.001296 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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