GET dfat.gov.au HTTP 200200 ms26.6 KB$0.000165 captured Aug 7, 2026

dfat.gov.au, as data

One API turns any dfat.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 200 ms
Page size: 26.6 KB of markdown, 307 lines
Fields: Title, Department, Date, Description
Captured: Aug 7, 2026

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Free balance on signup, no card. This dfat.gov.au page cost $0.000165 to fetch.

response 200 · 200 ms · 26.6 KB

We work with international partners and other countries to tackle global challenges, increase trade and investment opportunities, protect international rules, keep our region stable and help Australians overseas.Statement on Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ballistic missile launchesAustralia is deeply concerned by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) ballistic missile launch on 6 August 2026, and multiple other launches this year.Hambali Trial - Registration of Interest for Australians Affected by the 2002 Bali and 2003 Jakarta Terrorist AttacksEncep Nurjaman (also known as Riduan Isomuddin or Hambali) is expected to face a United States (US) military trial at Guantanamo Bay in relation to his alleged role in the 2002 Bali bombings and the 2003 J.W. Marriott Hotel bombing in Jakarta.Joint statement on DPRK IT workersDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade issued the following statement on fraudulent North Korean (DPRK) IT workers.Statement on announcement that Nicaragua will no longer hold electionsThe Australian Government is deeply concerned about President Ortega’s statement that Nicaragua would no longer hold elections, an escalation of the continued dismantling of democratic principles and institutions in Nicaragua.The Australia in the World: 2025 Snapshot focuses on a key element of our national policy - our foreign policy.The Office of the Pacific is enhancing Australia’s engagement with our Pacific family.Portfolio Budget Statements and Official Development Assistance Budget Summary.Applications for the 2027 Graduate Program are now open.Scholarships & grants for study and internships / mentorships in the Indo-Pacific region.Travel advice you can trust. Stay informed by subscribing for updates.The Office of Southeast Asia is deepening Australia’s engagement with Southeast Asian partners

POST /scrape · dfat.gov.au/index.md · markdown · Showing 16 of 307 lines · captured Aug 7, 2026

What Spider does on dfat.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.

200 ms · $0.000165

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

from spider import Spider

app = Spider()
params = {"return_format": "markdown"}
page = app.scrape_url("https://dfat.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://dfat.gov.au/", {
  return_format: "markdown",
});
console.log(page.content);

plain request · no browser, no selectors

What dfat.gov.au costs

Multiplied from the measured 26.6 KB page. Estimates round to the cent.

cost measured

This page, once 26.6 KB over HTTP, measured $0.000165

This page, daily for a month 30 fetches at the measured price ≈ $0.004952

1,000 pages this size 26.0 MB at the measured price ≈ $0.17

10,000 pages this size 259.6 MB at the measured price ≈ $1.65

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 200 ms and cost $0.000165. The same call takes any URL on dfat.gov.au.

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