The Guardian Scraper
Spider read theguardian.com in 186 ms without a browser and returned 943 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "News" and "In focus".
The cicada that can top 120 decibelsSánchez is Europe's progressive outlier, and paying for it## NewsTrump’s Gaza Board of Peace issues first building contract – for a military baseLouisiana firm awarded tender to build rudimentary outpost to house Moroccan troopsIsrael charges West Bank settler over death of renowned Palestinian activist](https://theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/06/israel-charges-west-bank-settler-killing-palestinian-activist-awdah-hathaleen)New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567m over harms to children’s mental healthRussia-Ukraine war at a glanceWe will build missiles the way we built drones – ZelenskyyDons call for Cambridge leaders to take blame for Jason Arday appointmentThe rise and fall of Jason ArdayFull rundown of the questions being asked](https://theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/06/rise-and-fall-of-jason-arday)Trump signs new orders targeting birthright citizenshipTrump’s birthright citizenship attack the latest effort in obsessive campaign](https://theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/06/trump-birthright-citizenship-attack)ACLU blasts Trump’s new orders on birthright citizenship, saying they are doomed to fail in court– live](https://theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/aug/06/senators-anthony-fauci-contempt-of-congress-michiganu-democrats-republicans-trump-politics-latest-news-updates)‘Morocco feels emboldened’: Trump’s influence in spotlight after Ceuta disasterSafety fears as scientists make first viruses designed by AITyphoon Dim-sum: how Hong Kong put a tasty snack on the storm mapA new name has been added to the list of future tropical cyclones for the Asia-Pacific region, including one with a culinary twist## In focusAfter decades of decline, New Zealand’s wool industry is making a comebackForty years ago there were more than 22 sheep to every New Zealander, but wool prices and production declined with the uptake of synthetic alternativesThe 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 theguardian.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.theguardian.com/world");
// 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.theguardian.com/world");
await page.content();
const data = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
const articles = [];
document.querySelectorAll("[data-link-name='article']").forEach(el => {
const headline = el.querySelector(".js-headline-text, h3 span")?.textContent?.trim();
const link = el.href || el.querySelector("a")?.href;
const kicker = el.querySelector(".fc-item__kicker")?.textContent?.trim();
if (headline) articles.push({ headline, link, kicker });
});
return JSON.stringify({ total: articles.length, articles: articles.slice(0, 20) });
})()`);
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 theguardian.com costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.002058 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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