Thestar Scraper
Spider read thestar.com in 276 ms without a browser and returned 836 lines of clean markdown.
Cruising isn’t just for grandmas anymore — this new luxury ship skews younger and offers private balconies for everyone * 3 hrs ago * CommentsRosie DiManno: Jessica Pegula loves ‘playing in (her) own backyard’ at the National Bank Open * 1 hr ago * CommentsArgonauts vs. Stampeders: Toronto pulls out late win in first home game in two months * 9 hrs ago * CommentsLidster’s field goal earns Toronto Argonauts 33-30 home win over Calgary Stampeders * 8 hrs ago * CommentsBlue Jays vs. Cubs: Chicago steals one in walk-off loss at Wrigley Field * 12 hrs ago * CommentsJamie Burns, an influential figure in Canadian basketball who helped bring the Raptors to Toronto, dies at 71 * 13 hrs ago * CommentsHudson Williams and Connor Storrie are in Toronto and sparking fan frenzies as ‘Heated Rivalry’ gets set to film * 2 hrs ago * CommentsKelly Hrudey a free agent after Sportsnet declines to renew his contract. ‘This is not a retirement’ * 15 hrs ago * CommentsBroken Social Scene was born at a special time in Toronto. Its members reflect on how it all began * 21 hrs ago * CommentsThe next Met Gala will honour a controversial designer convicted of antisemitic slurs. Does his brilliance justify it? * 20 hrs ago * CommentsSoma Ray-Ellis: Shorts in the office: How can I enforce a dress code for employees in summer? Ask Soma * Aug 3, 2026 * CommentsI test-drove the viral Zara ‘death pants’ in Toronto, and lived to tell all. Here’s my verdict * Jul 29, 2026 * CommentsGreater Toronto home sales tick lower in July as prices fall: real estate board * 19 hrs ago * CommentsHis insurer wrote off low mileage Escape despite damage that did not seem to warrant it. What gives? * Aug 1, 2026 * CommentsSportier, sharper, still sensible, this Toyota looks like it performs * Aug 1, 2026 * CommentsBigger, bolder, boxier Subaru is a smooth operator * Aug 1, 2026 * CommentsThe 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 thestar.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://thestar.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.thestar.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 thestar.com costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000986 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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- Balance never expires
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Start scraping thestar.com.
You already have the call. A key raises the rate limit and turns on browser rendering, proxies, and concurrency. Balance never expires, and top-ups go through secure checkout.