Gov Scraper
Spider read defra.gov.uk in 241 ms without a browser and returned 380 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs" and "Subscriptions".
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.# Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs* Bringing food into Great Britain* Bringing your pet dog, cat or ferret to Great Britain* Funding for farmers, growers and land managers* Get your dog or cat microchipped* Environment, farming and countrysideNew plan to make English farming profitable, productive, sustainable and resilientThe 25-year Farming Roadmap gives English farmers certainty beyond the next harvest for the first time.Keeping farm animals and horses in extreme weatherHow to care for animals on farms and in transport in severe hot or cold weather, floods or drought.New EU rules for pet travel for GB residentsThe changes apply to non-commercial movements of dogs, cats and ferretsMajor clean-up begins at notorious Kidlington waste siteAn estimated 21,000 tonnes of illegal waste to be removed after being dumped by criminal gangsLargest ever Government investment in threatened species recoveryA total £90 million funding for species recovery across EnglandIconic golden eagles to make comeback in EnglandEnvironment Secretary approves additional £1m of government funding to explore the reintroduction of golden eagles, restoring hopes they will return to EnglandLatest from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural AffairsPet travel: approved air, sea and rail carriers and routesReport receipt of waste: choose a software provider## SubscriptionsThe 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 defra.gov.uk.
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://defra.gov.uk");
// 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.defra.gov.uk", {
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 defra.gov.uk costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000242 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
Run it keyless, no account
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Start scraping defra.gov.uk.
You already have the call. A key raises the rate limit and turns on browser rendering, proxies, and concurrency. Balance never expires, and top-ups go through secure checkout.