FEC Scraper
Spider read fec.gov in 145 ms without a browser and returned 98 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "Your web browser is not supported", "Protecting the integrity of the campaign finance process" and "News and announcements".
## 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 ChairThe 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 fec.gov.
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://www.fec.gov/data/candidates/senate/?is_active_candidate=true");
// No selectors, no schema. Spider reads the page and names the fields.
const data = await page.scrape();
console.log(data);
await spider.close();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://www.fec.gov/data/candidates/senate/?is_active_candidate=true");
await page.content();
const data = await page.extractFields({
name: "table tbody tr td:first-child a",
party: "table tbody tr td:nth-child(2)",
state: "table tbody tr td:nth-child(3)",
receipts: "table tbody tr td:nth-child(5)",
});
console.log(data);
await spider.close();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 fec.gov costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000073 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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