Thefreedictionary Scraper
Spider read thefreedictionary.com in 186 ms without a browser and returned 625 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "Quotation of the Day", "Mismatch" and "English Language Forum".
## Quotation of the DayWhen I talk of eyes, the stars come out! Whose eyes are they? If they are angels' eyes, why do they look down here and see good men hurt, and only wink and sparkle all the night?## MismatchMatch each word in the left column with its antonym (opposite) on the right. When finished, click Answer to see the results. Good luck!## Ad## English Language Forum* ...his mind momentarily made up to turn around* "Is from London to Manchester 180 miles?" — Is this question correct?## The Free Dictionary Blog### NEW at The Free Dictionary: Wordle Word Finder! Next time you're facing a hurdle with Wordle, we can help!## FlashcardsPlease log in or register to use Flashcards and Bookmarks. You can also log in with## My Bookmarks## Hangman## Grammar QuizIn what way are linking verbs different from factitive verbs?a) Linking verbs reveal an action.b) Linking verbs sometimes take an object complement.c) Linking verbs do not reveal that a person, place, or thing is being made or deemed something else.d) Linking verbs link a subject to another part of the sentence.## Spelling Beeadj. Granting or inclined to grant permission; tolerant or lenient## Match UpMatch each word in the left column with its synonym on the right. When finished, click Answer to see the results. Good luck!Old version (Words Within Words)**Play your friends head-to-head at WordHub.com**Use the letters in the wheel to create as many words as you can before time runs out!Play with mouse: Click letters to add or erase them. Click the red circle to delete all.Play with keyboard: Type to add and Backspace to erase. Press Escape to delete all.If you leave this page, you'll lose your results. Log in with one click to save your game!**Share your results and see if your friends can find more words than you!**The 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 thefreedictionary.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://thefreedictionary.com");
// 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.thefreedictionary.com", {
return_format: "markdown",
});
console.log(result);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 thefreedictionary.com costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000199 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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