GET defense.gov HTTP 200132 ms15.2 KB$0.000333 captured Aug 7, 2026

defense.gov, as data

One API turns any defense.gov 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 132 ms
Page size: 15.2 KB of markdown, 224 lines
Fields: Title, Department, Date, Description and 1 more
Captured: Aug 7, 2026

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Free balance on signup, no card. This defense.gov page cost $0.000333 to fetch.

response 200 · 132 ms · 15.2 KB

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

POST /scrape · defense.gov/index.md · markdown · Showing 26 of 224 lines · captured Aug 7, 2026

What Spider does on defense.gov

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.

132 ms · $0.000333

/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 defense.gov'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://defense.gov/", "return_format": "markdown"}'

from spider import Spider

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

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

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

plain request · no browser, no selectors

What defense.gov costs

Multiplied from the measured 15.2 KB page. Estimates round to the cent.

cost measured

This page, once 15.2 KB over HTTP, measured $0.000333

This page, daily for a month 30 fetches at the measured price ≈ $0.009983

1,000 pages this size 14.8 MB at the measured price ≈ $0.33

10,000 pages this size 148.4 MB at the measured price ≈ $3.33

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 132 ms and cost $0.000333. The same call takes any URL on defense.gov.

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