Wmflabs Scraper
Spider read wmflabs.org in 194 ms without a browser and returned 149 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "Run scripts and visualize data" and "Administer servers for software development".
Tools and bots make it easier to edit and maintain Wikimedia projects. For developers who support Wikimedia projects by developing tools and bots, ** Toolforge** provides the following features:* Free, reliable, and scalable shared hosting, including web servers, databases and other data storage* A distributed job processing system* Support for multiple users to collaboratively maintain and manage tools* Some programming knowledge* An understanding of Unix command lineTo get started, visit Help:Toolforge. Or, learn more about creating bots.### Run scripts and visualize data**PAWS** is a Jupyter notebook installation hosted by Wikimedia. PAWS notebooks can be used for creating tutorials, running live code, creating data visualizations, running basic bots, and more.A single PAWS notebook is maintained by a single user, but they can be downloaded and forked by other users. To use PAWS you need only a Wikimedia login and a web browser. Knowledge of Python is helpful, but not required.### Administer servers for software developmentOpen source software projects help the Wikimedia movement by improving core infrastructure (like MediaWiki), powering research and analytics, and supporting Wikimedia operations and software development. For advanced projects that aren't viable in the Toolforge environment, ** Cloud VPS** (Virtual Private Server) provides the following features:* Free cloud computing environment, powered by OpenStack* Collaboratively-owned collections of virtual private servers, storage, firewall, and HTTPS proxy resources to projects* Access to a variety of data services* Freedom to install packages not provided by Debian or the Wikimedia Foundation* An open source project that isn't viable in the Toolforge environment, or can't be accomplished using other WMCS offerings* One or more active project maintainers who meet basic requirements* Advanced programming knowledgeThe 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 wmflabs.org.
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://wmflabs.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.wmflabs.org", {
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 wmflabs.org costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000138 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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