Co Scraper
Spider read the-star.co.ke in 150 ms without a browser and returned 303 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "News" and "Latest".
## News###### State raises wheat producer price to Sh5,100 per bag###### UK clarifies why two warships are docked in Mombasa3h agoCHRISTABEL ADHIAMBONews###### Cop among two arrested over Dr Mutiso killing###### Court says Kenya's general election should be held next Tuesday###### August 7 bombing: Remembering Kenya’s darkest day3h agoEMMANUEL WANJALANews[### Ndegwa Njiru, Mohamed Ali land top Wiper postsThe party also announced the appointment of former MP Jamleck Kamau as its chairman](https://the-star.co.ke/news/2026-08-07-ndegwa-njiru-mohamed-ali-land-top-wiper-posts)[###### Cop fatally shot Dr Victoria Mutiso, DCI boss Amin saysAmin says investigators had positively identified the officer as the person who allegedly shot Mutiso](https://the-star.co.ke/news/2026-08-07-cop-fatally-shot-dr-victoria-mutiso-dci-boss-amin-says)[###### DCI probes possible link between Dr Mutiso murder, Kyalo Mbobu shootingHe stressed that the investigation was still active and that detectives were pursuing several additional leads.](https://the-star.co.ke/news/2026-08-07-dci-probes-possible-link-between-dr-mutiso-murder-kyalo-mbobu-shooting)1h agoCHRISTABEL ADHIAMBONews[###### Amin to Gachagua: If you have information on Dr Mutiso's murder, go to DCIDCI boss says any information that could help the investigation should be given to detectives](https://the-star.co.ke/news/2026-08-07-amin-to-gachagua-if-you-have-information-on-dr-mutisos-murder-go-to-dci)###### Sugar suppliers sue State over Sh173.6m unpaid bills###### Thai pupil: I was standing in front of my teacher when she was shot###### Ex-OAG deputy director charged in alleged Sh28m degree fraud## Latest6m ago###### Ndegwa Njiru, Mohamed Ali land top Wiper posts1h ago###### Cop fatally shot Dr Victoria Mutiso, DCI boss Amin says1h ago###### DCI probes possible link between Dr Mutiso murder, Kyalo Mbobu shooting1h ago###### Amin to Gachagua: If you have information on Dr Mutiso's murder, go to DCIThe 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 the-star.co.ke.
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://the-star.co.ke");
// 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.the-star.co.ke", {
return_format: "markdown",
});
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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 the-star.co.ke costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000549 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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