GET fda.gov HTTP 200203 ms5.5 KB$0.000077 captured Aug 7, 2026

fda.gov, as data

One API turns any fda.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 203 ms
Page size: 5.5 KB of markdown, 89 lines
Fields: Title, Department, Date, Description and 2 more
Captured: Aug 7, 2026

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Free balance on signup, no card. This fda.gov page cost $0.000077 to fetch.

response 200 · 203 ms · 5.5 KB

# FDA Licenses First-Ever Freeze-Dried Plasma Product in the U.S.This is a game-changer for our brave military service members, ensuring faster, life-saving access to critical blood products right where it matters most – in the combat zone.### Featured Topics### FDA in ActionFDA Approves New Engineered Viral Immunotherapy for Patients with Treatment-Resistant Advanced MelanomaSupporting and Strengthening Domestic Drug ManufacturingPreventing Accidental Apoquel Chewable OverdosesThe FDA at 120: A Long, Distinguished History Protecting AmericansAccelerating and Modernizing Early and Late-Stage Clinical DevelopmentYear 1 Goals in Reducing Animal Testing in Drug DevelopmentResults from Largest-Ever Testing of Infant Formula in the U.S.FDA PreCheck Pilot Program: Strengthening Domestic Pharmaceutical ManufacturingFood Chemical Safety Post-Market Assessment Program and Reassessment of BHT, ADA### Press AnnouncementsFDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization for Drug to Prevent New World Screwworm in Multiple Species, Including Sheep, Cattle, Goats, and SwineFDA Approves First Drug to Treat the Full Range of Narcolepsy Type 1 Symptoms### Products We RegulateRadiation-Emitting ProductsVaccines, Blood, and Biologics

POST /scrape · fda.gov/index.md · markdown · 89 lines · captured Aug 7, 2026

What Spider does on fda.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.

203 ms · $0.000077

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

from spider import Spider

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

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

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

plain request · no browser, no selectors

What fda.gov costs

Multiplied from the measured 5.5 KB page. Estimates round to the cent.

cost measured

This page, once 5.5 KB over HTTP, measured $0.000077

This page, daily for a month 30 fetches at the measured price ≈ $0.00232

1,000 pages this size 5.3 MB at the measured price ≈ $0.08

10,000 pages this size 53.3 MB at the measured price ≈ $0.77

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 203 ms and cost $0.000077. The same call takes any URL on fda.gov.

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