GET beacondb.net HTTP 200146 ms5.0 KB$0.000035 captured Aug 7, 2026

beacondb.net, as data

One API turns any beacondb.net page into markdown, structured JSON, its link graph or a screenshot, and crawls the whole site the same way. The panel shows the real response we captured.

target profile from the capture

Render mode: Plain HTTP, no browser needed
Response: HTTP 200 in 146 ms
Page size: 5.0 KB of markdown, 56 lines
Fields: Business Name, Address, Phone, Category and 1 more
Captured: Aug 7, 2026

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Free balance on signup, no card. This beacondb.net page cost $0.000035 to fetch.

response 200 · 146 ms · 5.0 KB

* **ethically sourced**: opt-in only data collection## contributeto add coverage for your area you can use the following apps on your phone:* NeoStumbler: user friendly app for easily submitting new coverage* download on Accrescent, F-Droid, Google Play, or GitHub* as of version 1.5.1, just click “yes” when prompted to set the endpoint to beaconDB* for older versions: in Settings → Endpoint → Suggested services, select beaconDB to automatically apply the correct configuration* Tower Collector: long established app for collecting cell towers* download on F-Droid or Google Play* the latest versions of Tower Collector upload to beaconDB by default!* Network Survey: robust tool for comprehensive local data collection* on the main screen, under Upload to Database, open Upload Settings to enable submitting data to beaconDB## usageplease note that beaconDB is experimental and may be inaccurate or unreliableas beaconDB is starting from scratch there is likely no wifi coverage for your area. if beaconDB can’t estimate your location using wifi, it will fallback to an approximate cell tower location sourced from MLS’ final data dump, or an IP-based estimate as a last resort. note that submissions will take at least 5 minutes to become available in the beaconDB API.### microGif your Android ROM supports microG, you can easily set beaconDB as an online location service using microG’s new location engine (stable as of v0.3.6). beaconDB can be selected in microG Settings → Location → More options → Select online location service. make sure to enable ‘Request from online service’ under both ‘Wi-Fi location’ and ‘Mobile network location’.### geocluemost Linux distros include geoclue as a location backend. you can use beaconDB by overriding the URL used to request WiFi location data:`sudo mkdir /etc/geoclue/conf.dsudo tee > /etc/geoclue/conf.d/99-beacondb.conf <<EOFurl=https://api.beacondb.net/v1/geolocate# submit data, only possible with a GPS antenna

POST /scrape · beacondb.net/index.md · markdown · Showing 23 of 56 lines · captured Aug 7, 2026

What Spider does on beacondb.net

Same key, five endpoints. The numbers under a cell were measured on this page.

/scrape

Page to markdown

Clean text for RAG and LLM context, boilerplate removed. The lane that runs without a key.

146 ms · $0.000035

/fetch

Page to JSON

Spider reads the page and names the fields. Pass your own schema when you need exact keys.

/crawl

Whole site

Follows beacondb.net's own links, respects robots, streams pages as they land.

/links

Link graph

Every internal and external URL on a page, before you decide what to fetch.

/screenshot

Rendered capture

Real Chromium, full-page PNG. The same call also returns the rendered HTML.

The call behind the panel

This request produced the response above. Paste it with your key and you get the same bytes.

request scrape.sh

curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/scrape \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPIDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url": "https://beacondb.net/", "return_format": "markdown"}'

from spider import Spider

app = Spider()
params = {"return_format": "markdown"}
page = app.scrape_url("https://beacondb.net/", params=params)
print(page[0]["content"])

import { Spider } from "@spider-cloud/spider-client";

const app = new Spider();
const [page] = await app.scrapeUrl("https://beacondb.net/", {
  return_format: "markdown",
});
console.log(page.content);

plain request · no browser, no selectors

What beacondb.net costs

Multiplied from the measured 5.0 KB page. Estimates round to the cent.

cost measured

This page, once 5.0 KB over HTTP, measured $0.000035

This page, daily for a month 30 fetches at the measured price ≈ $0.001047

1,000 pages this size 4.9 MB at the measured price ≈ $0.03

10,000 pages this size 49.2 MB at the measured price ≈ $0.35

1 GB of transfer costs $1, plus $0.001 per CPU minute, and failed requests cost $0. Crawling daily? The Unlimited plan is a flat monthly rate.

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The capture above took 146 ms and cost $0.000035. The same call takes any URL on beacondb.net.

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