Waqi Scraper
Spider read waqi.info in 164 ms without a browser and returned 369 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "Further information and links", "Credits" and "Air Quality Scale".
## Further information and linksWant to protect yourself against the air pollution? Check our mask and air purifier page.Want to know more Air Pollution? Check our Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) page.Want to see the Air Pollution Forecast? Check our Forecast page.Want to know more about the project and team? Check the Contact page.Want to access the Air Quality data via programatic API? Check the API page.## CreditsAll the credits must go to the worlwide EPA (Enviromental Protection Agencies), as all this work is only made possible thanks to their work. Check the full worldwide EPA list page.## Air Quality ScaleThe AQI scale used for indexing the real-time pollution in the above map is based on the latest US EPA standard, using the Instant Cast reporting formula.Cautionary Statement (for PM2.5)Air quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no riskAir quality is acceptable; however, for some pollutants there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution.Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.Unhealthy for Sensitive GroupsMembers of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be affected.Everyone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effectsActive children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid prolonged outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit prolonged outdoor exertionHealth warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected.Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid all outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit outdoor exertion.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 waqi.info.
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://waqi.info");
// 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.waqi.info", {
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 waqi.info costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000124 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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