VS Code Marketplace Scraper
Spider read marketplace.visualstudio.com in 859 ms without a browser and returned 93 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "📦 Smart Version Bumping", "✅ Pre-Publish Validation" and "📊 Sidebar Dashboard".
Publish your extension directly from VS Code with a single click. No terminal commands needed!### 📦 Smart Version BumpingAutomatically bump patch, minor, or major versions with visual controls.### ✅ Pre-Publish ValidationComprehensive validation checks before publishing:* package.json validation (name, version, publisher, description)* Icon file verification### 🔐 Secure PAT StorageYour Personal Access Token is stored securely using VS Code's built-in SecretStorage API.### 📊 Sidebar Dashboard* Extension info (name, version, publisher)* Quick actions (Publish, Package, Validate)* Version controls (Bump Patch/Minor/Major)* Publish history### 📈 Status Bar IntegrationCurrent version displayed in status bar with quick access to actions.## Installation2. Go to Extensions (`Ctrl+Shift+X`)3. Search for "Extension Publisher"### 1. Create Publisher AccountIf you don't have a publisher account:1. Go to Visual Studio Marketplace2. Create a new publisher### 2. Get Personal Access Token (PAT)2. Create a Personal Access Token with "Marketplace > Manage" scope3. Copy the token### 3. Configure Extension1. Open Command Palette (`Ctrl+Shift+P`)2. Run "Publisher: Set Publisher Token"### Quick Publish1. Open your extension project folder2. Click the "Extension Publisher" icon in the Activity Bar3. Click "Publish Extension" under Quick Actions### Using CommandsAll commands are available via Command Palette (`Ctrl+Shift+P`):`Publisher: Publish Extension`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 marketplace.visualstudio.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://marketplace.visualstudio.com/search?target=VSCode&category=All%20categories&sortBy=Installs");
// 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!,
});
await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/search?target=VSCode&category=All%20categories&sortBy=Installs");
await page.content(10000);
const data = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
const extensions = [];
document.querySelectorAll(".gallery-item-card").forEach(el => {
const name = el.querySelector(".item-title")?.textContent?.trim();
const publisher = el.querySelector(".publisher-name")?.textContent?.trim();
const installs = el.querySelector(".install-count")?.textContent?.trim();
const rating = el.querySelector(".average-rating")?.getAttribute("title");
const desc = el.querySelector(".item-description")?.textContent?.trim();
if (name) extensions.push({ name, publisher, installs, rating, desc });
});
return JSON.stringify({ total: extensions.length, extensions: extensions.slice(0, 15) });
})()`);
console.log(JSON.parse(data));
await spider.close();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 marketplace.visualstudio.com costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000127 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.
- Free balance on signup
- No card required to test
- Balance never expires
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