GET fec.gov HTTP 200145 ms4.0 KB$0.000073 captured Aug 7, 2026

fec.gov, as data

One API turns any fec.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 145 ms
Page size: 4.0 KB of markdown, 98 lines
Fields: Candidate name, Party, Total receipts, Total disbursements and 4 more
Captured: Aug 7, 2026

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Free balance on signup, no card. This fec.gov page cost $0.000073 to fetch.

response 200 · 145 ms · 4.0 KB

## Your web browser is not supportedThis site uses features that are not supported by this browser. For a better experience, please switch to a modern browser.## Protecting the integrity of the campaign finance process* ## Search all campaign finance dataResearch federal election data and its relevance across the country.* ## Help for candidates and committeesHelp for individuals and groups who are active in federal elections.Explore relevant statutes, regulations, Commission actions and court cases.## News and announcementsFEC to host September 16 Independent Expenditures and Pre-Election Communications Webinar (2026)Can my campaign accept LLC contributions?Statistical Summary of 15-Month Campaign Activity of the 2025-2026 Election Cycle## Events and deadlinesUnderstand ways to support federal candidatesLearn more about using the FEC's campaign finance dataFind election results and voting information## Who is raising and spending the mostLearn how much individual candidates have raised and spent for presidential, Senate and House elections.* Browse top raising candidates# CommissionersCommissioner Acting as Chair

POST /scrape · fec.gov/index.md · markdown · 98 lines · captured Aug 7, 2026

What Spider does on fec.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.

145 ms · $0.000073

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

from spider import Spider

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

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

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

plain request · no browser, no selectors

What fec.gov costs

Multiplied from the measured 4.0 KB page. Estimates round to the cent.

cost measured

This page, once 4.0 KB over HTTP, measured $0.000073

This page, daily for a month 30 fetches at the measured price ≈ $0.002191

1,000 pages this size 3.9 MB at the measured price ≈ $0.07

10,000 pages this size 39.4 MB at the measured price ≈ $0.73

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 145 ms and cost $0.000073. The same call takes any URL on fec.gov.

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