CFA Cat Breed Standards Scraper
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CFA Cat Breed Standards Scraper
Scrape all CFA-recognised cat breeds from the Cat Fanciers' Association website. Returns breed profiles including coat type, temperament, full breed standard text, faults/disqualifications, and hero images.
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Scrape all CFA-recognised cat breeds from the Cat Fanciers' Association (cfa.org). Returns full breed profiles including coat type, temperament description, complete breed standard text, faults and disqualifications, and hero images — straight from the authoritative US cat registry.
What you get
Each record contains:
- breed_name — Official CFA breed name (e.g. "Abyssinian")
- breed_slug — URL slug (e.g. "abyssinian")
- cfa_recognized — Always
true— every result is CFA-official - coat_type — Coat length category (Shorthair, Longhair, Hairless, etc.)
- characteristics — One-line summary from the listing page
- temperament_text — Full temperament/personality description from the breed introduction
- personality_traits — Trait keywords extracted from the listing blurb
- breed_standard_text — Full CFA breed standard (point scores, conformation, penalties)
- faults_disqualifications — DISQUALIFY clauses extracted from the standard
- hero_image_url — Official breed photo URL
- profile_url — Canonical CFA breed page
- scraped_at — ISO-8601 timestamp
How it works
Two-level crawl:
- Listing — Pages
/breeds/,/breeds/page/2/.../breeds/page/4/collect all ~45 breed links. - Detail — Each
/breed/<slug>/page is scraped for the full profile including the standards tab.
No JavaScript rendering required — the CFA website serves all content server-side.
Usage
- Set Max Items (default: 45 — all CFA-recognised breeds)
- Run — a full crawl of all breeds typically completes in under a minute
Why CFA over TheCatAPI?
TheCatAPI is a hobbyist aggregation with ~2 users on Apify. CFA is the canonical US cat registry that breeders, veterinary databases, and pet marketplaces reference. This actor is the only Apify source for CFA-authoritative breed standards.
