Transfermarkt Scraper

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.transfermarkt.com/spieler-statistik/wertvollstespieler/marktwertetop");

// 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.transfermarkt.com/spieler-statistik/wertvollstespieler/marktwertetop");
await page.content();

const data = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
  const players = [];
  document.querySelectorAll("table.items tbody tr, table tbody tr").forEach(el => {
    const name = el.querySelector("a[href*='/spieler/'], a[href*='/profil/']")?.textContent?.trim();
    const position = el.querySelector("td:nth-child(2)")?.textContent?.trim();
    const club = el.querySelector("img[alt][title]")?.getAttribute("alt");
    const value = el.querySelector("a[href*='/marktwertverlauf/'], td:last-child a")?.textContent?.trim();
    const age = el.querySelector("td:nth-child(3)")?.textContent?.trim();
    if (name) players.push({ name, position, club, value, age });
  });
  return JSON.stringify({ total: players.length, players: players.slice(0, 15) });
})()`);

console.log(JSON.parse(data));
await spider.close();