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GET github.blog HTTP 200944 ms14.7 KB$0.000285 captured Aug 7, 2026

github.blog, as data

One API turns any github.blog 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 944 ms
Page size
14.7 KB of markdown, 185 lines
Fields
Username, Post Content, Likes, Comments
Captured
Aug 7, 2026

Free balance on signup, no card. This github.blog page cost $0.000285 to fetch.

response 200 · 944 ms · 14.7 KB
Keep in mind that some browsers and devices might not support all emoji, especially variations like skintone or gender. For example, 👩🏽‍💻 might appear to someone as a sequence of emoji like 👨‍💻🟫♀️ .## Using tools and automation to check your README for accessibilityAlong with keeping the above tips in mind, there are lots of useful tools that make it easy to identify accessibility issues in your README and other .md files.### Browser and code editor extensions* Axe dev tools browser extension on the Chrome store (also works in Edge)* github-markdown-a11y-extension by @iansan5653* markdownlint extension for VSCode### GitHub Actions workflowsYou can use GitHub Actions to run tests on your content every time you take an action on a Markdown file.1. Create a directory in your repository with the name `.github/workflows`.2. Create a YAML file with the name `readme-checker.yml`.3. Paste the code from the markdownlint example YAML file:- uses: DavidAnson/markdownlint-cli2-action@v114. Commit and merge to your main branch.5. Go to the Actions tab of your repository and see the results!### Built-in browser tools* Use your browser’s developer tools to check your alt text is correctly implemented.* In Chrome, right-click on selected text and use “Speech” > “Start speaking” to simulate how a screenreader might announce content.## Share your work to promote accessibility on GitHubOnce you’ve used these tips to make your README more accessible, why not spread the word? Add the Markdown below to your README to share this post and encourage other GitHub users to follow your great example.`This README has been optimized for accessibility based on GitHub's blogpost "Tips for Making your GitHub Profile Page Accessible".
POST /scrape · github.blog/developer-skills/github/5-tips-for-making-your-github-profile-page-accessible.md · markdown · Showing 21 of 185 lines · captured Aug 7, 2026

What Spider does on github.blog

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.

944 ms · $0.000285
/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 github.blog'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://github.blog/developer-skills/github/5-tips-for-making-your-github-profile-page-accessible/", "return_format": "markdown"}'
plain request · no browser, no selectors

What github.blog costs

Multiplied from the measured 14.7 KB page. Estimates round to the cent.

cost measured
This page, once 14.7 KB over HTTP, measured $0.000285
This page, daily for a month 30 fetches at the measured price ≈ $0.00856
1,000 pages this size 14.4 MB at the measured price ≈ $0.29
10,000 pages this size 143.9 MB at the measured price ≈ $2.85

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.

Point this at the rest of github.blog.

The capture above took 944 ms and cost $0.000285. The same call takes any URL on github.blog.

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