Washington Post Scraper
Spider read washingtonpost.com in 171 ms without a browser and returned 331 lines of clean markdown.
## Trump, Hegseth clashed over munition shortages affecting Iran war strategyThe president demanded answers from the defense secretary on why he had apparently been misled on extreme munitions shortages that threaten to limit military options with Iran, two people told The Post.By Tara Copp, Natalie Allison and Noah RobertsonSen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) is seen in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 29. (Getty Images)## Sen. Mitch McConnell discharged from rehab center, continuing recovery at homeThe Kentucky Republican has been absent from the Senate since he was hospitalized June 14 after a fall at home.## White House drafting order on vaccines, autism despite pollsters’ warningsThe effort underscores President Donald Trump’s determination to elevate vaccine policy even as a federal judge has halted Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s sweeping vaccine overhaul.By Rachel Roubein, Lena H. Sun and Dan Diamond## Trump tries new tack against birthright citizenship after Supreme Court snub## Why you shouldn’t be surprised if Democrats don’t flip the HouseDemocrats are ahead in polls, and voters typically punish the party that controls the White House during midterms. But Republicans have several paths to maintaining power.Charlie Hatcher, left, is challenging Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tennessee). (USA Today Network/Reuters Connect; Getty Images)## Trump-backed Rep. Andy Ogles faces challenger in Tennessee primary* Governor: Sen. Marsha Blackburn, a longtime Trump ally, wins GOP nomination* Senate: Democrats choose nominee to challenge Sen. Bill Hagerty (R)Fauci at a hearing July 29, where he repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment. (AP)## Senate panel votes to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress for refusing to answer in covid hearingThe 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 washingtonpost.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://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/");
// 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,
captcha: "solve",
});
await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/");
await page.content();
const data = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
const articles = [];
document.querySelectorAll("[data-feature-id='homepage/story']").forEach(el => {
const headline = el.querySelector("h2, h3")?.textContent?.trim();
const link = el.querySelector("a")?.href;
const author = el.querySelector("[data-qa='author-name']")?.textContent?.trim();
if (headline) articles.push({ headline, link, author });
});
return JSON.stringify({ total: articles.length, articles: articles.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 washingtonpost.com costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.004794 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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