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, parent club info, 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, parent club information, 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
- parent_club_name / parent_club_url — CFA breed parent club (where listed on-page)
- 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.
