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defense.gov · HTTP 200

Defense Scraper

Spider read defense.gov in 132 ms without a browser and returned 224 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "Signers of the Declaration of Independence: Virginia, Part 3", "Airmen Support 'Salute to America' Celebration" and "Trump Establishes Military Spouse Commission".

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Response defense.gov/index.md markdown · 224 lines 
An official website of the United States Government### Signers of the Declaration of Independence: Virginia, Part 3### Airmen Support 'Salute to America' CelebrationThe Department of War is committed to working with allies, partners and like-minded nations in the Pacific and to upholding a free and open region founded on respect for international rules, laws and norms.### Secretary of War Pete Hegseth Holds a Press Availability at the U.S. Embassy in Singapore### Readout of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's Meeting With Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro, Jr.### Readout of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's Meeting With Australia Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Richard MarlesDOW recognizes the service and sacrifice of our military families, and dedicates resources, services, policies and programs to support service members and family members across the globe.### Trump Establishes Military Spouse Commission### Freedom Haulers Initiative to Help Veterans Get Commercial Driver's Licenses, Better Jobs### Vice Chairman Presents Purple Heart to Operation Iraqi Freedom Vets## Press Products### Department of War Publishes Fifth Release of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Files on WAR.GOV/UFODepartment of War Publishes Fifth Release of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Files on WAR.GOV/UFO### Department of War Enhances C-UAS Marketplace to Expand Access to Validated TechnologiesDepartment of War Enhances C-UAS Marketplace to Expand Access to Validated Technologies### Secretary of War Flag Officer Announcement for Aug. 3, 2026Secretary of War Flag Officer Announcement for Aug. 3, 2026## From The ServicesU.S., Ghana Partner for Drone Innovation Showcase### U.S., Ghana Partner for Drone Innovation Showcase**Marines Complete Operation Slingshot### Marines Complete Operation Slingshot**16 Nations Kick Off Maritime Exercise SEACAT### 16 Nations Kick Off Maritime Exercise SEACAT**Air Mobility Command Welcomes New Commander
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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 defense.gov.

defense-gov-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://defense.gov");

// 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 URL

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 defense.gov costs to scrape.

The capture above cost $0.000333 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://defense.gov/", "return_format": "markdown"}'

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