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The 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 videolan.org.
videolan-org-scraper.ts
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://videolan.org");// 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.videolan.org", { return_format: "markdown",});console.log(result);
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 videolan.org costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000113 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.
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.