GET data.gov.uk HTTP 200190 ms3.5 KB$0.000051 captured Aug 7, 2026

data.gov.uk, as data

One API turns any data.gov.uk 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 190 ms
Page size: 3.5 KB of markdown, 72 lines
Fields: Title, Department, Date, Description and 2 more
Captured: Aug 7, 2026

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Free balance on signup, no card. This data.gov.uk page cost $0.000051 to fetch.

response 200 · 190 ms · 3.5 KB

## 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/)

POST /scrape · data.gov.uk/index.md · markdown · 72 lines · captured Aug 7, 2026

What Spider does on data.gov.uk

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.

190 ms · $0.000051

/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 data.gov.uk'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://data.gov.uk/", "return_format": "markdown"}'

from spider import Spider

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

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

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

plain request · no browser, no selectors

What data.gov.uk costs

Multiplied from the measured 3.5 KB page. Estimates round to the cent.

cost measured

This page, once 3.5 KB over HTTP, measured $0.000051

This page, daily for a month 30 fetches at the measured price ≈ $0.001536

1,000 pages this size 3.4 MB at the measured price ≈ $0.05

10,000 pages this size 34.0 MB at the measured price ≈ $0.51

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 190 ms and cost $0.000051. The same call takes any URL on data.gov.uk.

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