Gov Scraper
Spider read abs.gov.au in 161 ms without a browser and returned 76 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "Australian Bureau of Statistics", "Unemployment rate 4.4% June 2026 Seasonally Adjusted" and "Data by region Explore key statistics by geographical area".
# Australian Bureau of Statistics### Population 27,801,023 31 December 2025 Estimated resident population### Consumer price index 3.8% Annual change June 2026 All groups, original### Gross domestic product 0.3% Quarterly change Mar 2026 Chain volume measure, seasonally adjusted### Average weekly earnings $2,051.10 November 2025 Full-time adults ordinary time### Unemployment rate 4.4% June 2026 Seasonally Adjusted### ABS Data Strategy 2025-30 Explore the refreshed ABS Data Strategy### Join the Census team Field Officer jobs are available in metropolitan, regional and remote locations across Australia### It’s time to complete your Census Census night is Tuesday 11 August. You can complete online, on paper or with help from us### Data by region Explore key statistics by geographical area### Media centre Browse our media releases and find out the latest ABS news.### Life Course Data Initiative New insights on frequency, patterns and outcomes of children's residential moves## Articles### Spotlight - Understanding housing classifications in ABS Building StatisticsView article](https://abs.gov.au/articles/spotlight-understanding-housing-classifications-abs-building-statistics)### Underemployment and underutilisation 'u-series', June 2026View article](https://abs.gov.au/articles/underemployment-and-underutilisation-u-series-june-2026)### Understanding child mobility in Australia, 2006-2021View article](https://abs.gov.au/articles/understanding-child-mobility-australia-2006-2021)The Australian Bureau of Statistics acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to their cultures and Elders,past andpresent.The 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 abs.gov.au.
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://abs.gov.au");
// 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.abs.gov.au", {
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 abs.gov.au costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000177 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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- Balance never expires
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Start scraping abs.gov.au.
You already have the call. A key raises the rate limit and turns on browser rendering, proxies, and concurrency. Balance never expires, and top-ups go through secure checkout.