Com Scraper
Spider read thewest.com.au in 148 ms without a browser and returned 1,123 lines of clean markdown.
## EntertainmentGame of Thrones author 'struggling with depression' George R R Martin says the past 12 months have been overwhelming for him, as the Game of Thrones author admits to battling "sadness and depression".## EducationGeraldton student’s personal artwork in Statewide showcase Geraldton student Eliza Porcaro is about to have a deeply personal artwork — expressing what it’s like living on the autism spectrum — showcased in a Statewide exhibition## FestivalLane Pittman to Headline 2026 Outback Fortescue Festival Golden Guitar winner Lane Pittman will headline a packed two-day program when the Outback Fortescue Festival returns to Capricorn Oval on Saturday, August 15, and Sunday, August 16## AFL## AFLReid, Duursma ‘genuine’ bond to spur Eagles success West Coast coach Andrew McQualter has compared Harley Reid and Willem Duursma’s importance to the future of the club to two Richmond premiership superstars. Mitchell Woodcock## AFLCats could delist player at centre of concussion deal After avoiding an AFL sanction, Geelong could let go of the player who agreed to a secret concussion deal, with reports his future at the club is uncertain. Jake Santa Maria## AFLMatilda’s moment: Eagles to play for a ‘bigger cause’ West Coast coach Andrew McQualter has revealed the Eagles will draw inspiration from cancer survivor Matilda Pitt as they look to upset Collingwood at Optus Stadium on Sunday. Mitchell Woodcock## opinion opinion AFL opinion Just kick straight! How Eagles take down Pies West Coast return home after a poor performance against the Tigers at the MCG to battle the wounded Pies at Optus Stadium. Beating Collingwood will be tough, but here’s how they can do it, writes Xavier Ellis. Xavier EllisThe 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 thewest.com.au.
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://thewest.com.au");
// 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.thewest.com.au", {
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 thewest.com.au costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.003589 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 thewest.com.au.
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