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data.gov.uk · HTTP 200

Gov Scraper

Spider read data.gov.uk in 190 ms without a browser and returned 72 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "Collections", "Spotlight" and "Data manual".

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Response data.gov.uk/index.md markdown · 72 lines 
## Cookies on data.gov.ukWe use some essential cookies to make this website work. We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use data.gov.uk and improve the service.You can change your cookie settings at any time.Help us improve the National Data Library -The home of UK public data to inform decisions and build servicesabout the National Data Library](https://data.gov.uk/roadmap/)## CollectionsCurated collections of high-quality, accessible dataCompany information, prices, trade, economic indicatorsNature, climate, floods, mappingElections and legislation, finance and performance, Council TaxHousing, ownership, planning, addressesPopulation, health, immigration, social mobilityRoads, driving, public transport, shipping## Spotlightyears](https://data.gov.uk/collections/early-years)Child development, health, vaccinations, school readiness## Data manualA guide to working with data in government and the public sector## DirectoryYou can still search the original open data directory, which we're workingon## UpdatesIntroducing the Vulnerabilities Data Standards AlphaFaster support for children to get school ready as Tech Sec vows to better connect public servicesWhat's changing on data.gov.uk and whyblog posts](https://dataingovernment.blog.gov.uk/)
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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 data.gov.uk.

data-gov-uk-scraper.ts 
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://data.gov.uk");

// No selectors, no schema. Spider reads the page and names the fields.
const data = await page.scrape();

console.log(data);
await spider.close();
ready to run · spider-browser, no selectors

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Fields you can pull.

TitleDepartmentDateDescriptionDocument URLCategory

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 data.gov.uk costs to scrape.

The capture above cost $0.000051 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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Run it keyless, no account 

curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/scrape -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"url": "https://data.gov.uk/", "return_format": "markdown"}'

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