Thetimes Scraper
Spider read thetimes.com in 113 ms without a browser and returned 1,025 lines of clean markdown.
NHS has no deadline to bring in new rules on single-sex spacesRules allowing transgender patients to be treated in the wards of their choice are still in place despite new national guidance from the EHRCInside ExfilSquad: the teenagers hacking the government ‘for fun’Lewis, founder of an emergent cybercriminal group, says stealing sensitive data from Whitehall is ‘stupid easy’ — and why he is not motivated by moneyArday claimed publisher offered ‘1.4 million’ to snap up his bookPublishing sources said such a sum was far higher than the £10,000 advance they would have expected for a biography like the former professor’sJason Arday’s boss gave ‘full support’ after hearing plagiarism claimThe Cambridge professor, who resigned on Wednesday, was backed by his head of faculty when concerns were raised in 2023Ivan Toney charged with nightclub assaultThe England footballer has been charged with actual bodily harm following the incident in Soho in DecemberWeather presenters ‘eyeing exit’ as BBC cuts biteTomasz Schafernaker, Louise Lear and Darren Brett are said to be considering voluntary redundancy as the broadcaster downsizes and focuses on digitalIs Elon Musk right that money will be worth nothing in ten years?The world’s richest man says there’s no need to save because AI is going to change the value of everything. He might have a point…More asylum seekers taken to safety during third night of disorderFraudster cleared of wealthy wife’s murder did kill her, coroner saysBritain found the gift Trump would love most — then didn’t give it to himStudent kills grandparents before Bangkok school shooting spreeIs Elon Musk right that money will be worth nothing in ten years?Foreign Office plans to present the US president with a ministerial red box ended with frantic emails and then silence, its maker tells The TimesThe 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 thetimes.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://thetimes.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.thetimes.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 thetimes.com costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.002084 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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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.