GET defence.gov.au HTTP 200333 ms3.8 KB$0.000076 captured Aug 7, 2026

defence.gov.au, as data

One API turns any defence.gov.au 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 333 ms
Page size: 3.8 KB of markdown, 74 lines
Fields: Title, Department, Date, Description and 2 more
Captured: Aug 7, 2026

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Free balance on signup, no card. This defence.gov.au page cost $0.000076 to fetch.

response 200 · 333 ms · 3.8 KB

### Outdated browserIt seems you are using an outdated web browser not supportedby this website which may effect your viewing experience.or any other modern web browser.# Defence07 Aug 2026 ###### Air Force ###### News ### Enhancing ground and air integration Australia and Japan strengthen airborne early warning and control capabilities during Exercise Pitch Black.07 Aug 2026 ###### Air Force ###### News ### Indian Air Force showcases the Rafale The Indian Air Force’s most advanced multirole fighter makes history with its debut at Exercise Pitch Black.07 Aug 2026 ###### Navy, Army, Air Force ###### News ### Partnerships key to Defence's aviation power Expertise in aircraft structural integrity is one area where world-class research and development is enhancing capability.06 Aug 2026 ###### Air Force ###### News ### 180 years of combined service Four military personnel receive a Federation Star from the Chief of Air Force during Exercise Pitch Black.## Media releases###### Media release ###### 07 Aug 2026 #### Exercise Pitch Black 2026 concludes###### Media release ###### 06 Aug 2026 #### Australia renews world-leading ocean forecasting partnership###### Media release ###### 05 Aug 2026 #### Defence scientist honoured for transforming Australia's sovereign rocket propulsion capability###### Speech ###### 04 Aug 2026 #### Chief of the Defence Force - Speech at ADSTAR Summit###### Transcript ###### 04 Aug 2026 #### Press Conference, ADSTAR Summit - Chief of the Defence Force and Chief Defence Scientist###### Media release ###### 03 Aug 2026 #### New Defence Research Centre to strengthen Australia's defence innovation ecosystem

POST /scrape · defence.gov.au/index.md · markdown · 74 lines · captured Aug 7, 2026

What Spider does on defence.gov.au

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.

333 ms · $0.000076

/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 defence.gov.au'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://defence.gov.au/", "return_format": "markdown"}'

from spider import Spider

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

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

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

plain request · no browser, no selectors

What defence.gov.au costs

Multiplied from the measured 3.8 KB page. Estimates round to the cent.

cost measured

This page, once 3.8 KB over HTTP, measured $0.000076

This page, daily for a month 30 fetches at the measured price ≈ $0.002269

1,000 pages this size 3.7 MB at the measured price ≈ $0.08

10,000 pages this size 37.1 MB at the measured price ≈ $0.76

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 333 ms and cost $0.000076. The same call takes any URL on defence.gov.au.

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