diff --git a/bot/requirements.txt b/bot/requirements.txt
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diff --git a/bot/scraper.py b/bot/scraper.py
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+from seleniumbase import SB
+
+def getFeaturedShader():
+    with SB(browser="chrome", headless=False, uc=True) as sb:
+        # first loads the site and solves the cloudflare captcha
+        sb.uc_open_with_reconnect(
+            "https://www.shadertoy.com/",
+            reconnect_time=3
+        ) 
+
+        if not sb.is_connected():
+            sb.reconnect()
+
+        sb.uc_gui_handle_captcha()
+        sb.sleep(10)
+
+        # wait for the page to load
+        sb.wait_for_element(".shaderSmall", timeout=30)
+
+        # grabs the first shader on featured shaders and its link
+        link_element = sb.find_element(
+        '.shaderSmall a[href^="/view/"]'
+        )   
+
+        shader_link = link_element.get_attribute("href")
+        sb.open(shader_link)
+
+        # fetches shader code
+
+        sb.wait_for_element(".CodeMirror")
+
+        shader_code = sb.execute_script("""
+        return document.querySelector(".CodeMirror").CodeMirror.getValue();
+    """)
+
+    return shader_link, shader_code