Thestranger Scraper
Spider read thestranger.com in 131 ms without a browser and returned 177 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "Plant Problems" and "Just Can't Get Enough?".
**Love Our Arts & Culture Coverage?**## Israel Invited These Four Washington State Legislators on a Propaganda Tour Amid the Gaza GenocideTheir Legislative Records Show Attempts to Criminalize Protest and Suppress Campus EncampmentsJuly 31, 2026 3:30 pmJuly 31, 2026 3:56 pm## Plant ProblemsReaders’ Rants and ConfessionsJuly 31, 2026 3:16 pmJuly 31, 2026 3:16 pm## The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: July 31–Aug 2, 2026Lake City Summer Festival, Flock Fiber Festival, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $20July 31, 2026 10:58 amJuly 31, 2026 10:58 am## Slog AM: Hamas Agrees to Disarm, Wilson Apologizes, and Tacoma ICE Facility May Release Detained ImmigrantsJuly 31, 2026 9:31 amJuly 31, 2026 9:31 amSomething went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.## Just Can't Get Enough?Your favorite writers slog through the morning’s local and national headlines so you don’t have to. A great way to start your day!A deeper dive into Seattle's arts & culture scene curated by The Stranger's Arts Editor, Emily Nokes.Get the rundown on The Stranger's latest music news, along with weekly song recommendations, concert itineraries, and exclusive interviews with touring artists.One really great thing to do every single day of the week. Curated with love and the utmost fucking seriousness.* Event News & Ticket Alerts (Thursday)Be the first to know about the latest Seattle-area tickets going on sale.Our quintessential guide to the perfect Seattle weekend.* Sundays With A Stranger (Sundays)This is how to spend Sunday morning: pour your coffee and enjoy a longer, more in-depth piece from one of our writers.Tickets to Stranger in-house promotions and events, and occasional partnership emails.The news we're writing about, reading about, and looking out for.Read our in-depth reporting before anyone else.What's happening. Like right now.* Seattle Audio Video PodcastsThe 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 thestranger.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://thestranger.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.thestranger.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 thestranger.com costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000557 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 thestranger.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.