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ecfr.gov · HTTP 200

Ecfr Scraper

Spider read ecfr.gov in 217 ms without a browser and returned 247 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "eCFR" and "The Electronic Code of Federal Regulations".

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Response ecfr.gov/index.md markdown · 247 lines 
* Incorporation by Reference* Using the eCFR Point-in-Time System* Government Policy and OFR Procedures# eCFR## The Electronic Code of Federal Regulations###### Reader AidsReader Aids help people use and understand the eCFR. Reader Aids information is not published in the *Code of Federal Regulations*.Welcome to the eCFR! Check out ourguide to make the most of the site.:: Federal Financial Assistance|:: Animals and Animal Products|:: Business Credit and Assistance|:: Commodity and Securities Exchanges|:: Conservation of Power and Water Resources|:: Housing and Urban Development|:: Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms|:: Navigation and Navigable Waters|:: Parks, Forests, and Public Property|:: Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights|:: Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief|:: Public Contracts and Property Management|:: Emergency Management and Assistance|:: Federal Acquisition Regulations System|The *Code of Federal Regulations* (CFR) is the official legal print publication containing the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the *Federal Register* by the departments and agencies of the Federal Government. The Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR) is a continuously updated online version of the CFR. It is not an official legal edition of the CFR.Learn more about the eCFR, its status, and the editorial process.
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The 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 ecfr.gov.

ecfr-gov-scraper.ts 
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://ecfr.gov");

// No selectors, no schema. Spider reads the page and names the fields.
const data = await page.scrape();

console.log(data);
await spider.close();
ready to run · spider-browser, no selectors

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Fields you can pull.

TitleDepartmentDateDescriptionDocument URLCategory

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 ecfr.gov costs to scrape.

The capture above cost $0.000105 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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Run it keyless, no account 

curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/scrape -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"url": "https://ecfr.gov/", "return_format": "markdown"}'

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