Gov Scraper
Spider read dfat.gov.au in 200 ms without a browser and returned 307 lines of clean markdown.
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 partnersThe 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 dfat.gov.au.
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://dfat.gov.au");
// 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.dfat.gov.au", {
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 dfat.gov.au costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000165 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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