CFA Cat Breed Standards Scraper

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:

1. Listing — Pages /breeds/, /breeds/page/2/ ... /breeds/page/4/ collect all ~45 breed links.
2. Detail — Each /breed/<slug>/ page is scraped for the full profile including the standards tab.

The full breed-standard set comes back in one run.

Usage

1. Set Max Items (default: 45 — all CFA-recognised breeds)
2. 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.