GET ecfr.gov HTTP 200217 ms12.8 KB$0.000105 captured Aug 7, 2026

ecfr.gov, as data

One API turns any ecfr.gov 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 217 ms
Page size: 12.8 KB of markdown, 247 lines
Fields: Title, Department, Date, Description and 2 more
Captured: Aug 7, 2026

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Free balance on signup, no card. This ecfr.gov page cost $0.000105 to fetch.

response 200 · 217 ms · 12.8 KB

* 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.

POST /scrape · ecfr.gov/index.md · markdown · 247 lines · captured Aug 7, 2026

What Spider does on ecfr.gov

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.

217 ms · $0.000105

/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 ecfr.gov'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://ecfr.gov/", "return_format": "markdown"}'

from spider import Spider

app = Spider()
params = {"return_format": "markdown"}
page = app.scrape_url("https://ecfr.gov/", params=params)
print(page[0]["content"])

import { Spider } from "@spider-cloud/spider-client";

const app = new Spider();
const [page] = await app.scrapeUrl("https://ecfr.gov/", {
  return_format: "markdown",
});
console.log(page.content);

plain request · no browser, no selectors

What ecfr.gov costs

Multiplied from the measured 12.8 KB page. Estimates round to the cent.

cost measured

This page, once 12.8 KB over HTTP, measured $0.000105

This page, daily for a month 30 fetches at the measured price ≈ $0.003146

1,000 pages this size 12.5 MB at the measured price ≈ $0.10

10,000 pages this size 125.2 MB at the measured price ≈ $1.05

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 217 ms and cost $0.000105. The same call takes any URL on ecfr.gov.

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