Defensenews Scraper
Extract news articles, headlines, and publication data from Defensenews.
curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/scrape \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"url": "https://defensenews.com/", "return_format": "markdown"}'This exact call produced the response beside it. Get a key →
- Content
- 154 lines 21.9 KB markdown
- Render
- No browser plain request is enough
- Fetch time
- 110 ms one measured fetch
- This fetch cost
- $0.000788 bandwidth plus compute
##### Pentagon
###### US used ‘virtually all’ long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say
###### The U.S. Army has reportedly used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during America's five-month war with Iran.
#### Pentagon moves to triple Patriot, quadruple THAAD interceptor production
###### The Pentagon is looking to triple Patriot missile production and quadruple THAAD interceptor production through framework agreements announced Monday.
###### Mideast Africa
###### Just one in three Americans backs Iran war, most unsure of Trump’s goals, poll finds
###### A Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 69% of Americans think President Donald Trump has not “clearly explained the goals of U.S. military involvement in Iran.”
###### Chinese military researchers tap US AI models to train defense systems
###### Chinese researchers have reportedly used leading U.S. AI models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic to train AI systems to advance defense capabilities.
###### The arms race for cheaper anti-ballistic weapons is underway
###### After years of a Patriot monopoly, new anti-ballistic alternatives are emerging. Officials hope to see some of them on the battlefield by the end of 2026.
##### Naval
###### US Navy deploys GARC uncrewed surface vessel in first live-fire training exercise
###### With no Iran war end in sight, Germany pulls back two navy ships eyed for Hormuz mission
###### EU naval mission will now intercept Russian shadow tankers in the Indian Ocean
###### US Navy 2 years behind on hypersonic missile installation on Zumwalt destroyers
##### Space
###### European firms plan exo-atmospheric interceptor for 2027 test
###### Bliksem EXO is meant to defeat ballistic threats including Russia’s intermediate-range Oreshnik missile with separating and maneuvering re-entry vehicles.You just saw the output.
That was one page. A key runs the same call across every URL on defensenews.com, with browser rendering, proxies, and concurrency. Sign up and a free balance lands on your account. No card required to test.
- Free balance on signup, no card
- Failed requests cost $0
- robots.txt respected by default
The same call, in code.
The keyless call above returns markdown. These examples add a key, so you get browser rendering, proxies, and concurrency on defensenews.com.
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://defensenews.com");
// No selectors, no schema. Spider reads the page and names the fields.
const data = await page.scrape();
console.log(data);
await spider.close();import { Spider } from "@spider-cloud/spider-client";
const spider = new Spider({ apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY! });
const result = await spider.scrapeUrl("https://www.defensenews.com", {
return_format: "markdown",
});
console.log(result);Ready for volume? Get an API key →
Fields you can pull.
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 defensenews.com costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000788 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.
- Free balance on signup
- No card required to test
- Balance never expires
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